Sprint overpaid for Nextel
Another source, specifically mentions payments need for Nextel Partners and Sprint Affiliates.
Sorry.
Anyway, to your point that you mentioned that the affiliates would be paid, well that is quite obvious and we have been saying that forever in our debates. Therefore, that is nothing new.
Not sure if you saw this... "The benefits of integrating Sprint-Nextel as well as the enhanced scale of the business leaves us with a positive outlook for the group.""
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In addition, Nextel-sprint will have at least $12 billion in synergies plus a continued gain in free cash flow to continue to de-leverage their balance sheet. Therefore, that is a very good reason why many analysts and brokerage firms love the c...
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Considering they aren't the only ones, just another one, that believes Sprint overpaid your theory of "player hating" just doesn't seem to make sense.
With the second paragraph, the other companies all love Nextel-sprint and they said that they would be the most profitable wireless company in the industry because they are already raising their estimates on basically every metric.