DT To Keep T-Mobile USA, Run It As A Low-Cost, Voice-Centric Carrier...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/technology/11mobil ... »
Interesting recent NY Times article, and another way to look at it. 🙂
Interesting recent NY Times article, and another way to look at it. 🙂
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BetterThanJake said:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/technology/11mobil ... »
Interesting recent NY Times article, and another way to look at it. 🙂
Nice find, Jake. I'm of the personal opinion Deutsche should just hold on to what they have. Tmobile isn't hurting without a 3g network. I also think a network upgrade to EDGE will keep them competitive with the big three. Deutsche should just keep on keeping on.
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In that case, they'd be better off breaking up and selling it off piece by piece. One regional player buy this part, so-on. At least then, those crazy Germans would be able to inflate the price even more... ie: $25B for 18M custs or $10B for 5M custs times whatever...
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dca said:
In that case, they'd be better off breaking up and selling it off piece by piece. One regional player buy this part, so-on. At least then, those crazy Germans would be able to inflate the price even more... ie: $25B for 18M custs or $10B for 5M custs times whatever...
🙄 And what Regional GSM carrier is large enough to afford even a small piece of T-Mobile??? Doesn't sound like a viable option to me. 🙄
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Cingular is not a regional carrier....read the earlier post....that will justify my response.
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muchdrama said:
Nice find, Jake. I'm of the personal opinion Deutsche should just hold on to what they have. Tmobile isn't hurting without a 3g network. I also think a network upgrade to EDGE will keep them competitive with the big three. Deutsche should just keep on keeping on.
Thanks, MuchD. I think you're right... lack of 3G, while costing them a few customers, won't be a deal-breaker for the majority for awhile yet, and in the short- to medium-term EDGE could fill in adequately. It isn't that slow for goshsakes, and T-Mobile has dem cheap data plans, right? What's not to like?
Yeah, in a perfect world they'd be rolling out 3G sooner rather than later, but given their unique market position (TH...
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Just researched it- apparently there is a hard date (more or less) for T-Mobile to roll out EDGE nationwide. T-M is saying it'll happen by the end of '05.
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BetterThanJake said:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/technology/11mobil ... »
Interesting recent NY Times article, and another way to look at it. 🙂
hey can you post the original article? IM at work and can not access it
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Yes, T-Mobile Is Profitable, but What to Do With It?
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By MATT RICHTEL and KEN BELSON
Published: July 11, 2005
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T-Mobile has the youngest subscribers in the industry, many concentrated in urban markets.
Reports last week that Deutsche Telekom may be willing to sell its subsidiary, T-Mobile USA, the smallest of the country's four national wireless carriers, has set people who follow the industry abuzz about the company's uncertain future.
There are plenty of challenges. For example, just to keep pace with the larger wireless rivals, Cingular, Verizon Wireless and Sprint-Nextel, Deutsche Telekom may have to invest about $10 billion in new technolo...
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By MATT RICHTEL and KEN BELSON
Published: July 11, 2005
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T-Mobile has the youngest subscribers in the industry, many concentrated in urban markets.
Reports last week that Deutsche Telekom may be willing to sell its subsidiary, T-Mobile USA, the smallest of the country's four national wireless carriers, has set people who follow the industry abuzz about the company's uncertain future.
There are plenty of challenges. For example, just to keep pace with the larger wireless rivals, Cingular, Verizon Wireless and Sprint-Nextel, Deutsche Telekom may have to invest about $10 billion in new technolo...
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Yes, T-Mobile Is Profitable, but What to Do With It?
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By MATT RICHTEL and KEN BELSON
Published: July 11, 2005
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Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News
T-Mobile has the youngest subscribers in the industry, many concentrated in urban markets.
Reports last week that Deutsche Telekom may be willing to sell its subsidiary, T-Mobile USA, the smallest of the country's four national wireless carriers, has set people who follow the industry abuzz about the company's uncertain future.
There are plenty of challenges. For example, just to keep pace with the larger wireless rivals, Cingular, Verizon Wireless and Sprint-Nextel, Deutsche Telekom may have to inves
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