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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[For all intents and purposes, they are pretty much an MVNO now, huh?  That's crazy!  While I'm sure they'll appreciate the money, it seems very emasculating (I can't think of a better term) to own not even the majority your own cell towers, in my opinion.  What would happen if TowerCo were to just forego the lease?  Not that that's likely to happen, but it's funny to think anyway...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[carcomptoy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 9:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[Exactly my though.  An interesting path...from MNO to MVNO to DMVNO (that D stands for dead).  At last someone agreed to pick up the hammer and punch that nail into Sprint's coffin.  Long live GSM.... I bid farewell to CDMA madness.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maciek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 6:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mpatel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 9:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[dare we say they're now a TowerCo MVNO?<br>Not really. There are selling the real estate only. It's still their network and their technology.<br><br>Sprint is doomed any which way you look at it. They need T-Mobiles customer service and Xohm in full force yesterday to survive.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mpatel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 11:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[Add in this, it looks like a tough business situation for Sprint at the moment. Which is a shame because I have 50 phones on their network right now, but honestly they're the ONLY carrier that services my company in the proper areas.<br><br><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN2447205520080924?rpc=44&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN2447205520080924?rpc=44&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 10:17AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is highly inaccurate. TowerCo is not a carrier, they just own real estate and the tower itself. These towers usually have multiple carriers on them. So if Verizon owned a tower and ATT had their antennas on it also, would that mean VZ was an ATT MVNO? No. Sprint still owns all the equipment on site: antennas, radios, equipment shelters, etc. They get cash up front, and TowerCo gets to charge them and the other carriers a monthly fee. No one's turning sites off, etc. It's a play by Sprint to get some cash in hand at the expense of selling off some real estate assets, nothing more. I've heard some people say they will leave Sprint over this...really? OK I understand if you have other issues, but over a real estate transaction that has no effect on you? <br>Whatever else they do in the future, this particular transaction is really no big deal.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[PoisonEye]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 11:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[You are 100% correct PoisonEye.  This sale is merely for the towers and and land they are sitting on, NOT in any way the cellular equipment.  These towers will be like every single other tower now, which are usually owned by Crown Castle and such.  Terrible article, it should be taken down ASAP>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yankees368]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 12:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[Guys, just to be clear, I was calling Sprint an MVNO here with tongue firmly planted in cheek!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ziegler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 11:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[Dear Verizon,<br><br>This is the the CEO of Sprint, Dan Hesse. We would like to know what day do you plan on acquiring our customer base? Also, please take the failed Nextel division and we'll through in a ton of unsold Samsung instinct handsets that we though were the iPhone killer but turned out to be wrong.<br><br>Also, we are the only carrier still losing subscribers. In this purchase, you could acquire all of our subscribers and then buy the towers from TowerCo at a fairly good price or continue on with our lease until you can expand your own network.<br><br>Please send me an formal "Letter of Intent" so I can get my executive compensation package ready executive compensation package ready (cough), I mean the transition the customers to your network more easily for the launch of the several great new phones you have coming out in the 4th quarter.<br><br>Sincerely yours,<br>Mr. Dan Hesse<br>CEO of the lamest network in the United States of America<br> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[haX0r]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 1:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[The tower sale was only ~5% of Sprint's cell site portfolio. So basically 100% of Sprint's sites are now set up like 95% of them have been for the last few years. <br><br>It's not like it's a HUGE change...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cocoviper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 4:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sprint, TowerCo seal deal on $670M tower sale]]></title><link>http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/09/25/sprint-towerco-seal-deal-on-670m-tower-sale/</guid><description><![CDATA[With the way the economy is in right now, selling off land (and tower) removes sprint's responsibility to obey all local ordinances regarding land/cell phone towers and the cost of maintenance, while ensuring service.<br><br>Also with the way Sprint is losing things left and right......they need to find some way to start gaining something in return.   ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Montusama]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 25th 2008 4:20PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>