![]() Why get a smartphone if you can't have fun using it? Unlimited AT&T or Verizon plans would have approached $150, and to get a comparably-priced package, I'd have to settle on limited data or texting plans, which I'd have to constantly try to not blow through. My plan includes 450 afternoon mobile-to-landline minutes, unlimited other minutes, and unlimited texting and data for $79.99 (including a $10 surcharge for having a 4g phone). I got my first smartphone (a Motorola Mobility (MMI) Photon 4g) on Sprint this fall, because a new AT&T or Verizon data plan, without being grandfathered in with an earlier, lower price, is outrageous. Sprint (maybe tied with T-Mobile) now offers the best value proposition for a new smartphone user. However, the business- at least as it appears to potential and current consumers- has improved significantly. ![]() Sprint certainly has challenges going forward, including the build-out of a new 4g LTE network. ![]() The Nextel acquisition and choice of WiMax as its first 4g network are two examples of self-inflicted problems. Sprint has hurt itself with poor long-term decision making. Sprint (S), the red-headed step-child of national carriers, has struggled to gain competitive footing against the larger AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), and also must compete with the smaller T-Mobile (DTEGY.PK). By Greg Bensinger, Dow Jones Newswires 21 Dow Jones NewswiresĬopyright (c) 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Officials from LightSquared and the FCC couldn't immediately be reached for comment. The company said it is not raising additional funds as it works to resolve the FCC's concerns. LightSquared said earlier this month it has enough cash to operate through several quarters, though it has said it needs an additional $3.5 billion to be cash-flow positive over the next two years. The company has argued that it should not bear the cost of providing technology to companies to prevent any GPS signal-jamming. To help mitigate any GPS interference, LightSquared last year agreed to lower the power of its cell towers and to use only a portion of its airwaves. LightSquared has said the agreement will help it save about $13 billion through the end of this decade. Getting the FCC's approval is a condition of Sprint and LightSquared's 15-year accord to share spectrum and network construction and equipment costs. 27 on LightSquared's argument that GPS device manufacturers aren't entitled to legal protection from interference caused by its signals. The FCC is accepting public comment until Feb. LightSquared-which is backed by Falcone's Harbinger Capital Partners hedge fund-needs FCC authorization to roll out its network to 260 million people by 2016. LightSquared has battled criticism from the Defense Department, lawmakers, GPS device manufacturers and others who say its wireless airwaves, or spectrum, will jam GPS signals. That follows a 30-day extension Overland Park, Kan.-based Sprint gave LightSquared at the end of last year. a new six-week extension to get Federal Communications Commission clearance to operate its planned nationwide fourth-generation network.Ī Sprint spokesman said Tuesday the carrier had given LightSquared until mid-March to resolve FCC concerns its network interferes with global-positioning systems. (S) granted billionaire Philip Falcone's LightSquared Inc. Sprint Grants LightSquared New Extension To Get FCC Clearance
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