If it is true that “bad press is better than no press”, then LightSquared must take some solace in the recent string of articles announcing its ultimate demise. What evidence have the nay sayers used to declare LightSquared to be dead on arrival? First they point out that LightSquared does not have a network…yet. They then move on to the prohibitive cost of deploying a network. Staying in the technical arena, the next complaint is the lack of…
AT&T just announced that they will purchase T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. This transaction – even after the FCC and DOJ force significant divestitures – will make AT&T the largest wireless carrier in the United States. This will leave AT&T, Verizon (NYSE:VZ), and Sprint (NYSE:S) as the big three wireless carriers in the domestic U.S. market.The wireless industry will have 12 months to figure out the implications of this deal, but it will…
…and will it turn into a prince? Sprint Nextel has initiated project leapfrog with Alcatel Lucent, Ericsson, and Samsung to upgrade its network to LTE while also removing iDEN base stations and fully utilizing its 800MHz spectrum. This three year project is designed to leave Sprint with a competitive, nationwide LTE network while reducing operating costs. Could leapfrog also include the integration of a partner’s network? The evolution of Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas plus the…
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