Possible Sprint Buy-out by Deutsche Telekom

wjrandon · #1 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 02:09 AM

I read an interesting article over on Betanews.com that speculates the possibility of Deutsche Telekom the current owners of T-Mobile in the United States possibly buying out Sprint. It's pure speculation at this point brought up by some Merrill Lynch analysts but it's an interesting article nonetheless.

There's certainly some pro's and con's to having such a merger or buyout take place.

Article Link: http://www.betanews.com/article/TMob...sts/1204925834

Cumulus · #2 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by wjrandon

I read an interesting article over on Betanews.com that speculates the possibility of Deutsche Telekom the current owners of T-Mobile in the United States possibly buying out Sprint. It's pure speculation at this point brought up by some Merrill Lynch analysts but it's an interesting article nonetheless.

There's certainly some pro's and con's to having such a merger or buyout take place.

Article Link: http://www.betanews.com/article/TMob...sts/1204925834

Please tell me they'll keep us on CDMA.... GSM sucks, and I get tired of listening to GSM cellphones' RFI in shoddy unshielded stereo speakers.

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dmaldo · #3 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 02:43 AM

I work for Sprint. This won't happen. A lot of people (especially with other carriers) like to "speculate" about Sprint and it's direction. I can assure you that Sprint has no plans on being bought out. The recent lay off's and cut in costs were a business decision by Sprint in order to keep things flowing properly in the right direction. You don't hire a new CEO and a whole new batch of advisors (vp, mvp etc.) and sell the company. Sprint is going in the right direction. WiMax will be launching in 2008. Sprint will have new Sprint walkie talkie phones coming out this year that will be running Rev. A. Which also means there is a possiblity that you will be able to use Direct Connect on your Mogul. Sprint is going to be the leader in the wireless industry once again and it will happen sooner than everyone thinks.

So forget about Sprint ever giving up on CDMA (At least until they convert everything to WiMax and you are able to do voice of WiMax. It will end up being CDMA/WiMaX network I think.) They are not going to be bought out. Customer should feel excited about being with Sprint even though there are tough times, Customer Service is going to improve a great deal and you are going to experience being a customer of the leading wireless country in America.

With that said. NO SPRINT ISN'T BEING BOUGHT OUT.

blue4shizzle · #4 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 02:44 AM

i doubt sprint will get bought out now.. i mean they are having rough times.. but jeez it aint THAT bad.. it'll pick up

**imneveral0ne** · #5 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by dmaldo

I work for Sprint. This won't happen. A lot of people (especially with other carriers) like to "speculate" about Sprint and it's direction. I can assure you that Sprint has no plans on being bought out. The recent lay off's and cut in costs were a business decision by Sprint in order to keep things flowing properly in the right direction. You don't hire a new CEO and a whole new batch of advisors (vp, mvp etc.) and sell the company. Sprint is going in the right direction. WiMax will be launching in 2008. Sprint will have new Sprint walkie talkie phones coming out this year that will be running Rev. A. Which also means there is a possiblity that you will be able to use Direct Connect on your Mogul. Sprint is going to be the leader in the wireless industry once again and it will happen sooner than everyone thinks.

So forget about Sprint ever giving up on CDMA (At least until they convert everything to WiMax and you are able to do voice of WiMax. It will end up being CDMA/WiMaX network I think.) They are not going to be bought out. Customer should feel excited about being with Sprint even though there are tough times, Customer Service is going to improve a great deal and you are going to experience being a customer of the leading wireless country in America.

With that said. NO SPRINT ISN'T BEING BOUGHT OUT.

that speech just inspired me to like sprint again o.O bravo lol

blue4shizzle · #6 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 02:50 AM

oh trust, i seriously doubt sprint is going out like that.. whats going on is sprint is working on bigger and better things.. once everything comes together, people will flock in like sardines.. not to mention how the fastest mobile broadband network will be that much faster...

yerling · #7 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by imneveral0ne

that speech just inspired me to like sprint again o.O bravo lol

I work for SPrint also and u made me soo proud of being with this company! seriously.. i understand that our cust service is not the best .. but ive seen changes in the company and i think that little by little the company is going to get where it needs to.. the number 1 spot!

johnny hotsauce · #8 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 03:15 AM

The market analysts have too much time on their hands IMO. DT aquiring Sprint may look good on paper at first considering the value of the Euro is much stonger than the American Dollar and DT would be getting one heck of a good deal with Sprint but then you have to look at the long term ramifacations and cost impact of such an aquisition.

Sprint had enough of a problem engulfing Nextel and those problems are still here and won't go away over night but it looks like Hesse has things starting to head in the right direction. But at that time Sprint Nextel had to deal with 2 companies, 2 different network technologies, 2 billing platforms, 2 cultures and 2 completely different subscriber bases and they're still working through those issues. Now Imagine if DT comes in; instead of 2 of everything it'll now be 2 1/2 companies, 3 network technologies, 3 billing platforms (soon to be 2 as when P2K to Ensemble migrations are complete), 3 cultures, 3 completely different subscriber bases and a partridge in a pear tree.

The long term effects of such an aquisition would be incredibly challenging and very expensive to DT. I personally don't see this happening and don't want this to happen but then again everyone said the same thing about Sprint and Nextel "merging" so I guess we can never say never...

psycom · #9 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 03:18 AM

I just went back to Sprint Friday and LOVE my new Mogul. I was with them in 2000 and service sucked... signals that is. They fixed that. And now with the 100 buck program for everything unlimited including broadband how could I go wrong? Hell, with discounts and a rebate I got the Mogul 6800 for 200 bucks. Can you beat that deal?

orochimaru · #10 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 03:21 AM

sprint is the only company the the national promoter score is a negitive 2 that right -2 that why they are not going to sell anyone one who would by them would have to do a lot of work but hey. anything is possible