Re: NEWS: Sprint Nextel Posts $29.5 Billion Loss In alt.cellular.attws John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote:
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/technology/29sprint.html>
>
> Sprint?s stock slid more than 9 percent after the company announced a
> $29.45 billion fourth-quarter loss because of a huge write-down
> related in part to its merger with Nextel Communications. The company
> also said it was suspending the payment of its dividend and had
> borrowed $2.5 billion through a revolving credit facility.
>
> Deep, deep trouble, as I've been predicting all along.
>
It doesn't take a genius to see the problems that would arise from trying to
combine two established carrieres; one based on CDMA and on on iDen. Don't
give yourself too much credit.
Also, why the massive cross-post? This doesn't have anything to do with any
other carrier except Sprint.
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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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