Possible Sprint Buy-out by Deutsche Telekom

[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

[Cumulus]

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]

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.

[imneveral0ne]

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

[yerling]

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!

[cykococo]

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.

More importantly, no one has the kind of cash flow to buy out Sprint. Same speculation right now with Best Buy buying out Circuit City or someone else buying out CC. The only one with enough cash is direct competition that would have to shut down locations in order to not compete with itself.

[mobo]

This is what a company does before being bought out, but you must remeber the reason for the sale. Sprint's name and upcoming technology (wimax). Most likely T Mobile would go away and Deutsche TeleKom would run Sprint on CDMA. This would be a probably be a good thing for Sprint employees as the new company would be investing in it's new product and good for us customers as they would want to increase marketshare.

With Sprint losing massive customers each quarter, and after a large layoff Sprint is ripe for a takeover. Stockholders will demand a change. Watch the stock price now, if it rises DT is on the move.

Mobo

[Stupid Vidiot]

As long as Sprint keeps up with this line of work:

http://www.sprintcaptel.com

They are on the up and up as far as I can tell. Look for this new app to morph into "voicemail2email" real soon.

[mcmichak]

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.

Dont take this the wrong way but it sounds like you've been drinking the company cool aid again

Originally Posted by dmaldo

...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.

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.

I have enjoyed Sprint as my wireless carrier for the last two years. I have had for the most part, exceptional customer service, over the phone, and in the store. If Sprint was to be bought out by T-Mobile, I would take all of my services back to AT&T. T-Mobile's CS is very terrible. I would like also being able to use the Direct Connect on my Mogul. I love my Mogul even more, with the update. I automatically gor TeleNav as a GPS program, when I did the Update. I am not sure if this is because I have the "Sprint Power Vision Biz Pack" (which I am not sure of what all it intels, can't find the description on Sprint.com).

I need to know how to check if my RevA is Enabled/Disabled, like the steps to get to where I can check if I may have disabled it with the upgrade.

I was also crossing my fingers that SprintTV would be accessible with this new update, since I do have it as part of my plan. GPS is good, though.