Sprint's Dual-LTE Future Looms: Help Wanted!

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DollarsnSense 7/24/2013 | 3:40:53 AM

re: Sprint's Dual-LTE Future Looms: Help Wanted! First smartphone, LG LS 980, with 2.5GHz TD-LTE (and 800MHx LTE) passes through FCC: http://www.phonescoop.com/arti...

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Cellco 7/23/2013 | 10:56:27 PM

re: Sprint's Dual-LTE Future Looms: Help Wanted! I think you are right on both accounts, the merger timing and the devices availability 1) external devices are consumer acquired and enabled (for choice networks), not necessarily from the operator. So, convincing the weakened PC/LAPTOP market to pro-actively include when so few took on 2.6 and 5.8 enabled carriers before is tough. For the manufacture to add to the many modes requested by a small network operator and at the same time offent much larger carriers will be hard.

Why not make the small carrier pay for the feature. The included modes should be for those with 40% marketshare. Quite frankly, why would you build in the multimode for 8% market share? Charge the carrier for a branded device. By all means my point is not fair, just economical.

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DanJonesLRMobile 7/23/2013 | 4:00:17 PM

re: Sprint's Dual-LTE Future Looms: Help Wanted! Also, timing might also speak to the timing of the closure of the mergers too.

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DanJonesLRMobile 7/23/2013 | 3:59:34 PM

re: Sprint's Dual-LTE Future Looms: Help Wanted! It probably says that initial devices that support 2.6GHz will be dongles and Wi-Fi router type devices and that multi-mode tablets, laptops and smartphones will need to be enabled by more work on the radio network.

Also, as they layer in more 2.6GHz coverage with metrocells and small cells they are going to need to look at hand-off between different RAN networks and devices.

It is going to be a complex business.

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earth 7/23/2013 | 3:53:39 PM

re: Sprint's Dual-LTE Future Looms: Help Wanted! 2500 LTE is already turned on in some markets. It's been spotted in Denver, word is Chicago,NYC, LA, SF and a couple others will have it soon if not already.

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Sarah Thomas 7/23/2013 | 3:48:00 PM

re: Sprint's Dual-LTE Future Looms: Help Wanted! I'm sure they already have engineers on board working on this, but what do you think the fact that they're just not seeking more position says about the timing? Think TDD LTE is phase two Network Vision -- maybe late 2014 time frame?

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