I think we all knew that the writing has been on the wall for LightSquared for quite some time now. But according to some anonymous reports from people in the know, it looks like Sprint's tenuous relationship with LightSquared could be over as soon as next week.
LightSquared has been struggling to get regulatory approval to start building out its proposed LTE network. The GPS industry is rightly worried about how LightSquared's network could interfere with GPS satellites, and the FCC doesn't look like they're ready to budge at all. Back at the beginning of February, Sprint told LightSquared that it had until March 15 to get its sh*t together, and it doesn't look like Sprint will be granting any more extensions. Thus, Sprint's now preparing to part ways.
Sprint is already well on its way in deploying an LTE network without LightSquared, and some think that Sprint may end up renewing its existing relationship with Clearwire as it seeks additional capacity and spectrum for its expanding LTE network. In any case, new LTE devices should still be on their way as early as this May, with a possible LTE EVO this summer.
Times up no more waiting…. Sprint has its own lte, long pause coughf…coughf… Coughf, excuse me I have SPRINT dry LTE SYNDROME,Fills like its getting a lot worse,
I wrote about Lightsquared taking dump months ago, and wrote about it here.
The CEOs are a couple of fools, especially the idiot interviewed by Charlie Rose months ago.
The CEO was talking BS, and trying to sell anyone anyone who would listen that there no doubt he’d get Government approval……
Jackass!
With that being said, I obviously have little hope for Sprint, as if appears Sprint is run like a 2 bit company.
company, when it is a multi hundred million dollars corporation.
Get rid of the Idiots at the top, like Hesse. But it looks like Hesse will pull out right before the end ship sinks, because for some reason, he’s not getting dumped, which should have happened long ago.
He’s in bed with someone, and it may just be himself, with his ego.
I hope Sprint does well, as I’m a customer, but I have extreme doubts, as their track record SUCKS, as does Hesse and his executive board.
Dump them all, get a refund for the millions spent, and distribute it amongst the Customers.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Hesse got some real nice payoffs for spending 31 billion for the iphone deal.
No doubt in my mind he either for payoffs, promises or whatever, but Hesse for Paid, no doubt, whether directly, or indirectly, now or in the future..
Got, not for.
Tough tying from my phone, as I can’t back space multiple lines to correct typos for some reason.
Anyway, Dump Hesse, and let’s get a real CEO who knows what he or she is doing.
It’s not LightSquared’s fault that the GPS satellite signals are trash compared to ground LTE signals. How about GPS get it’s shit together and stop stepping on the future. How about they integrate some of the GPS tech into the LTE antennas to make up for it? Surely location data would be even more accurate with antennas on the ground.
Sprint has made a lot of bad decisions over the years. Like Nextel,LightSquared,faking 4G national coverage,and paying Apple a very sum of money to sell and advertise the iphone.
after 13 years I canceled my sprint account. After all their talk of 4g coming to my city in months after the evo 4g never happening, I got tired of years of waiting to see them fail again with lte and continue to wait with their sad 3g speeds. I was lucky to get 0.60 mbps on 3g. I switched to Verizon and getting a average of about 10mbps.
This is what happened when sprint bought Nextel ,all the cell phone manufacturers left sprint and went to other wireless providers ,thanks sprint for pissing all of us the paying customers off good job keep up the good work its working just fine we love what u do how you do it when u do it to us like you always been doing it just like the soap opera the days of our lives ….wait didn’t they get canceled.mmmmmm
Comments here are destined to enter a black hole of desperation.
Why bother ?
The squeaky wheel gets the most grease.
Not like NYC, where Bloomberg and Kelly make sure that the voices of the people are silenced.
Sprint, where the customers can make their gripes known, and maybe, something can be done.
If not, we won’t go down in silence, and without letting the community know the truth.
Countdown to Verizon and my Galaxy Nexus t minus 60 days. I’ll GLADLY pay more for REAL 4G. Sorry Sprint…it was a nice run while it lasted.