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Cellphone Carriers? Is Sprint Terrible?
Question for those in Consulting: What cellphone networks have you had the best and worst luck with? I need to purchase a new device for my current company and stuck between Verizon and Sprint. Verizon I had a good experience with before, but my anxiety is with Sprint's potential unreliability. I've...
T Mobile + Sprint Cost Synergies - $6bn synergies, $43bn NPV, 8% WACC
J. Braxton Carter T-Mobile US, Inc. - Executive VP & CFO: "Hey, the first thing, we talked about run-rate synergies of $6-plus billion. I want to emphasize that’s pretax. We’ve talked about cost to achieve of $15 billion and gave you more details on this call. That’s pretax. And we’ve talked...
Third Time's a Charm: T-Mobile and Sprint agree to a $26B merger
“This isn’t a case of going from 4 to 3 wireless companies—there are now at least 7 or 8 big competitors in this converging market" - Mr. Legere As wireless companies are racing towards 5G service, some of them (Sprint) are struggling to survive among the competition. After several blocked...
Sprint to Launch 5G Network Next Year
I've always been excited for what phones will be capable of in the coming 5-10 years. Sprint seems to be gearing up for a big 5G launch, however.. it looks like it'll be useless? [quote]Sprint Corp. said it planned to launch a commercial fifth-generation, or 5G, network in early 2019, putting it...
What do people pay for their cell phones network?
I recently posted on the investment banking forum, telling my story about how wildly my first BB Analyst interview experience had gone because of poor cell phone reception. My network is Sprint and I now pay ~$121 per month. I'm thinking about switching because I'm thinking the cost plus low quality...
Sprint to buy T-Mobile for $32 billion?!
Sprint and T-Mobile are currently the third and fourth largest wireless providers in the US respectively. The acquisition of T-Mobile for $40 a share would pose a significant threat to the market leaders Verizon and AT&T. From WSJ : [quote]Both companies feel doing a deal now is critical for their...
Sprint All In on iPhone
Perhaps the only thing you monkeys have in common with your hipster occupiers is the iPhone. The phone that has fascinated a generation making Crackberry and Brickbreaker banker jokes obsolete. News to nobody is that Sprint recently bet the house, kids and car on it. The question is whether the...
Will this be the straw that breaks Sprint's back?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203… Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier, is making a multibillion-dollar gamble that access to the iPhone will be the ticket to a turnaround. Sprint has committed to buy at least 30.5 million iPhones, even though it would likely lose money on the...
Telecoms Play
With AT&T reported bid for T-Mobile for $39 billion dollars and some betting that regulators may not allow, what do you monkeys here think? I personally see this going through because the merger will be good for the country & the combined entity will spend billions of dollars to spread mobile...
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