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- 12-11-2004, 12:21 PM #1CapnGuest
so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it work
with nextel customers? Will sprint's readylink be dumped and direct connect
from nextel be implemented, man I hope so? Will you be able to direct
connect with both nextel and sprint customers? Will sprint go to sim cards
for phones or will that be dumped once they merge? Anyone with info or just
simple your opinion, happy to hear.
Capt.
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- 12-11-2004, 01:21 PM #2mjohns2Guest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
I was wondering the same about mobile-to-mobile.
But Sprint wont go to iDen and I dont think the Nextel will go to ReadyLink.
I see QChat in the future
"Capn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it work
> with nextel customers? Will sprint's readylink be dumped and direct
> connect from nextel be implemented, man I hope so? Will you be able to
> direct connect with both nextel and sprint customers? Will sprint go to
> sim cards for phones or will that be dumped once they merge? Anyone with
> info or just simple your opinion, happy to hear.
>
> Capt.
>
- 12-11-2004, 01:51 PM #3John RichardsGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
"Capn" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it work
> with nextel customers?
No, it applies only when the call is with Sprint PCS phones on both ends.
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- 12-11-2004, 02:10 PM #4Steve SobolGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
John Richards wrote:
> "Capn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it
>> work with nextel customers?
>
>
> No, it applies only when the call is with Sprint PCS phones on both ends.
The question was what happens after the merger. Cingular and AT&T customers can
now call each other and be billed M2M. I suspect the same will be true in a
Sprint/Nextel merger.
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- 12-11-2004, 02:10 PM #5Steve SobolGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
John Richards wrote:
> "Capn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it
>> work with nextel customers?
>
>
> No, it applies only when the call is with Sprint PCS phones on both ends.
The question was what happens after the merger. Cingular and AT&T customers can
now call each other and be billed M2M. I suspect the same will be true in a
Sprint/Nextel merger.
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- 12-11-2004, 02:46 PM #6Steve SobolGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
Capn wrote:
> so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it work
> with nextel customers?
IMHO yes
>Will sprint's readylink be dumped and direct connect
> from nextel be implemented, man I hope so?
IMHO yes
>Will you be able to direct
> connect with both nextel and sprint customers?
IMHO yes
>Will sprint go to sim cards
> for phones or will that be dumped once they merge?
Probably not. Verizon has a hybrid CDMA/GSM phone for international roamers,
Sprint might end up selling one too.
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- 12-11-2004, 02:46 PM #7Steve SobolGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
Capn wrote:
> so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it work
> with nextel customers?
IMHO yes
>Will sprint's readylink be dumped and direct connect
> from nextel be implemented, man I hope so?
IMHO yes
>Will you be able to direct
> connect with both nextel and sprint customers?
IMHO yes
>Will sprint go to sim cards
> for phones or will that be dumped once they merge?
Probably not. Verizon has a hybrid CDMA/GSM phone for international roamers,
Sprint might end up selling one too.
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- 12-11-2004, 03:40 PM #8O/SirisGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
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- 12-11-2004, 09:31 PM #9CentralGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:46:48 -0800, Steve Sobol wrote:
>>Will sprint's readylink be dumped and direct connect
>> from nextel be implemented, man I hope so?
>
> IMHO yes
>
IMHO I would say sprintpcs would bridge readylink with nextel's
direct connect. Keeping both services on their respective systems but not
drop readylink, at least not till they find something to replace both
direct connect and readylink.
- 12-11-2004, 09:36 PM #10CentralGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:21:04 +0000, mjohns2 wrote:
> I was wondering the same about mobile-to-mobile.
> But Sprint wont go to iDen and I dont think the Nextel will go to ReadyLink.
> I see QChat in the future
>
Nextel already uses iden->cdma bridges and since their new freq band is
for pcs there is no reason why they can't just populate it with cdma
access. Since of course they will be doing equipment changes anyway.
This of course would be a major reason for merging with sprintpcs.
- 12-11-2004, 10:42 PM #11John RichardsGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
"Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> John Richards wrote:
>> "Capn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it
>>> work with nextel customers?
>>
>>
>> No, it applies only when the call is with Sprint PCS phones on both ends.
>
> The question was what happens after the merger. Cingular and AT&T customers can
> now call each other and be billed M2M. I suspect the same will be true in a
> Sprint/Nextel merger.
The proposed merger of Sprint and Nextel is hardly a done deal. It's
probably premature to speculate as to the extent of inter-operability.
Frankly, since the two networks are so disparate, I don't see any M2M
or similar integration happening between the two for quite a while.
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John Richards
- 12-12-2004, 09:57 AM #12TinmanGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
John Richards wrote:
> "Steve Sobol" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> John Richards wrote:
>>> "Capn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>> so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it
>>>> work with nextel customers?
>>>
>>>
>>> No, it applies only when the call is with Sprint PCS phones on both
>>> ends.
>>
>> The question was what happens after the merger. Cingular and AT&T
>> customers can now call each other and be billed M2M. I suspect the
>> same will be
>> true in a Sprint/Nextel merger.
>
> The proposed merger of Sprint and Nextel is hardly a done deal. It's
> probably premature to speculate as to the extent of inter-operability.
> Frankly, since the two networks are so disparate, I don't see any M2M
> or similar integration happening between the two for quite a while.
What integration? It's merely a billing issue. A SPCS phone can
obviously call a Nextel phone right now, and vice versa. I fail to see
what is so difficult about identifying the company that currently serves
a given mobile number; and billing or not billing accordingly. I don't
see it as being any more difficult than identifying a LD M2M call, where
one or both of the parties ported their number from another carrier.
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Mike
- 12-14-2004, 02:38 PM #13Isaiah BeardGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
Capn wrote:
> so what does this mean for things such as mobile to mobile? Will it work
> with nextel customers?
Depends on what decisions are made. If they wanted to go free mobile to
mobile between NExtel and Sprint numbers, it wouldn't be too hard to do.
But before you get your hopes up: nothing is set in stone yet, and
nothing is official.
> Will sprint's readylink be dumped and direct connect
> from nextel be implemented, man I hope so?
Actually, it looks like both standards would be dumped in favor of QChat.
> Will you be able to direct
> connect with both nextel and sprint customers?
If the phones are QChat enabled, yes. But that would definitely require
handset upgrades.
> Will sprint go to sim cards
> for phones or will that be dumped once they merge?
Hard to say. US CDMA carriers don't seem to be a proponent of SIM cards
though, so probably not.
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- 12-14-2004, 02:42 PM #14Isaiah BeardGuest
Re: sprint and nextel crossover
John Richards wrote:
> The proposed merger of Sprint and Nextel is hardly a done deal. It's
> probably premature to speculate as to the extent of inter-operability.
> Frankly, since the two networks are so disparate, I don't see any M2M
> or similar integration happening between the two for quite a while.
M2M isn't a network function, it's a billing function. All that has to
happen during billing is to have the software query a database to see if
the number being called (or the number calling) is a Nextel or Sprint
number. If yes, then It's M2M. It's an arrangement that could be
easily similar to AT&T and Cingular's current setup (similar network,
different billing systems).
But you are right: this is far from a done deal, thankfully.
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