They are probably gonna spin it off...a way to get rid of people who use cell phones to actually make calls
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Dish to bid for T-Mobile/Sprint assets
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Spin off Verizon Prepaid or Visible? I'm on Verizon Prepaid and love it- I have the 6 GB plan and my daughter has the unlimited plan; combined on a family account for a total of $80/month. Then I buy $40 refill cards on Ebay for $23.99. So my total monthly cell phone spend is $47.98
Well, I can understand why they'd want to do that from a revenue standpoint, but I don't like it. Having Prepaid in-house with Postpaid makes things so much better for the customer experience, IMO. And Visible still has technical issues to work out.
An IoT network was never the end-all be-all plans for all of that spectrum that Charlie bought and has squatted on the last few years. He's building out an IoT network now because it's the lowest-cost thing that he can do to avoid forfeiting all those spectrum licenses. But his stated plan is to built a much larger 5G network for consumer usage as phase 2 of his buildout, starting some time next year. It isn't clear if he wants to operate his own branded consumer cellular/broadband service or just license access to it to other companies.
I just thought about this so if Dish was to acquire Boost would they keep it as a prepaid carrier or would they transition it into something like the other guys...
It can't be anything other than an MVNO, because it's utilizing Sprint's network.
Well, assuming DISH actually built out their own new 5G network, there's no reason why they couldn't include access to those towers in with the T-Mo/Sprint towers that Boost would already have access to. As the 5G network got completed, Boost could phase out its reliance on the T-Mo/Sprint towers. (Why would DISH keep paying to access that network once they had their own, unless it was simply for limited roaming purposes.)
That's the only scenario that really makes sense to me if Boost is to actually become a feasible long-term fourth major provider. If all Boost ever does is resell access to T-Mo, why wouldn't T-Mo just revoke access in a few years, as soon as the government agreement allows them to? Or jack up the wholesale pricing so that Boost can't charge any less than T-Mo does for the same network?
Boost has millions of subscribers and is a very successful business by all accounts. That is a lot of buying power. I doubt T-Mobile/Sprint would just give that up that revenue any more than they would for other MVNOs. Boost would give Dish a built-in wireless subscriber base to bridge the gap while they roll out their 5G network. It also gives them a vertical integration they currently lack that companies like AT&T have. Does it align perfectly with Dish's NB 5G IOT network plans? No, but I am a bit dubious of the long-term success of that business line anyway without a traditional consumer voice/data offering to go with it.
Whatever my expectation is for DISH to complete this, it has dropped some if an auction now is being considered. Though we don't know if that would satisfy requirements for the merger....
But...... I also don't know if DISH thinks it can do better getting it in an auction.
But...... I also don't know if DISH thinks it can do better getting it in an auction.
Charlie playing his hand again? I hope he doesn't over play it.
AT&T ends service to customers in northeast Montana
Kinda unrelated but don't you guys find it odd that AT&T and Verizon are decreasing coverage while T-Mobile is expanding...
Kinda unrelated but don't you guys find it odd that AT&T and Verizon are decreasing coverage while T-Mobile is expanding...
It seems to me this isn't going to go anywhere until T-Mobile reaches an agreement with the DOJ as to exactly what it will be divesting. Once that happens T-Mobile is going to have to provide complete information as the what the total package will consist of so bidders can begin to attach a value to it. Until then it's a guessing game and all this isn't going to happen overnite. I think the really tricky part will be if the buyer and T-Mobile can reach a network lease agreement that allows the buyer to control the Sim cards. Control of the Sim cards, for instance, would allow Dish to slowly transition the phones over to their own network should they buildout in that direction. Otherwise Dish would have to wait until their network had national coverage before cutting the cord cold turkey. However you look at it this will not be quick or easy.
From the article, it appears that AT&T cut customers that were using large amounts of roaming data. T-Mobile is adding their own towers and leasing space on existing towers rather than using roaming agreements in that area.
Phones are dead..caput..gone..finis....its all about the internet now...next phase is to mesh it all together...make everything internet capable
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Sorry Juan. Humans will still talk on phones 100 years from now.
What I think you meant to say, is- legacy carrier systems are dead (CDMA, GSM). All voice activity is (or will be) carried over IP.
What I think you meant to say, is- legacy carrier systems are dead (CDMA, GSM). All voice activity is (or will be) carried over IP.
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No. But I spend a great deal of my time at work negotiating with vendors ON THE PHONE. What do you do at work?
I also call my mother from time to time.
Phones are not going away.
