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Unlimited Plans Could Create Unlimited Trouble
Will consumer adoption of unlimited mobile plans cause your call quality to suck? ABI Research seems to think so. In a report released today, ABI Research says unlimited plans can lead to more phone calls, more data use and worst of all, more YouTube-related video streaming. And that leads to more of a burden on wireless networks and backhaul. Since Sprint’s unlimited plan includes 3G data as well as voice, it may be the canary in the coal mine for other carriers waiting to see what unlimited means for their networks.
Sprint Wants to Tell You Simply Everything
Having been excoriated for its poor customer service and monumental financial losses, Sprint is reaching out and trying to make amends. It’s offering up an online chat with its chief marketing officer, John Garcia, who will field questions about Sprint’s Simply Everything unlimited plan, the Xohm launch, as well as other ideas submitted by the audience. The chat will run from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET (8:30 a.m.- 9:30 a.m. PT) on Monday March 17th, and it will be accessible at www.buzzaboutwireless.com. Garcia is going to need the luck of the Irish to make it through this one, I bet.
T-Mobile, Sprint Together? Just Say No…Now
Merrill Lynch analysts suggest that because of a strong euro and looming price wars, Deutsche Telekom might make a bid for beleaguered Sprint and add it to its T-Mobile USA unit. In theory it may seems like a wonderful idea. In reality, if this deal happens, then it is going to be worse than a Las Vegas wedding after a night-long binge! The combined company will operate four different kind of networks — iDen, CDMA, WiMAX and GSM. Did these analysts forget that the iDEN-CDMA integration has been one of the major reasons for Sprint-Nextel’s troubles?
Sprint Lightens its Load
Sprint told Wall Street today that it plans to cut 4,000 jobs and close 125 stores — and Wall Street, despite having been warned, was decidedly unimpressed. Stay tuned for Sprint’s Feb. 28 earnings call to hear more about its WiMax network and Xohm…who knows what else?
