{"id":449738,"date":"2010-03-19T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:feeds.phonedog.com:\/\/ae9be3ed9da08baccd882a343a02ab97"},"modified":"2010-03-19T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T16:40:00","slug":"article-t-mobile-considering-clearwire-for-expansion-of-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/449738","title":{"rendered":"ARTICLE: T-Mobile considering Clearwire for expansion of spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/r.phonedog.com\/shared\/images\/2010\/3\/97147-T-Mobile-clearwire-logo.png\" alt=\"Clear\/T-Mobile\" width=\"369\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mergers, joint ventures, IPOs, oh my!&nbsp; Often when we hear the name T-Mobile and any of the aforementioned keywords (i.e. mergers, etc.), we automatically assume &#8220;this has got to be a rumor.&#8221;&nbsp; However, this time around Reuters brings some credibility to the table with quotes from an investors meeting where CEO Robert Dotson spoke. <\/p>\n<p>The most recent rumors we&#8217;ve heard have been of T-Mobile merging with Sprint as well as the possibility of an IPO.&nbsp; However, potential joint ventures seems to be the name of the game today.&nbsp; &#8220;We continue to look at JV opportunities for additional spectrum&#8230; there are a number of different options we look at, (we) have been talking with cable companies, with Clearwire,&#8221; said Dotson.&nbsp; When the obvious question about merging with Sprint was brought up, Dotson replied as follows: &#8220;What you never want to do is take one company that is going through challenges and take another company going through challenges,&#8221; and put them together.<\/p>\n<p>In the great race that is the US wireless industry, T-Mobile is running in fourth position.&nbsp; And while they are working tirelessly at standing up their 3G network across the US, they got a late start.&nbsp; Sprint has a leg up on the competition with their WiMax offerings and expected 4G capable phone around the corner, while Verizon is coming up from behind with LTE deployments planned for 25-30 markets by the end of this year.&nbsp; Increasing their spectrum could be a good move for T-Mobile both in terms of expanding their network and their 4G capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, we&#8217;ll believe it when we see it, but at least we know they&#8217;re working on something.&nbsp; So, what do you think about a marriage between T-Mobile and Clear?&nbsp; Leave your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boygeniusreport.com\/2010\/03\/19\/t-mobile-searching-for-spectrum-in-talks-with-clearwire\/\" >BGR<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSLDE62H14G20100318\" >Reuters<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/2LSz9-ClY0kxwHL5_cqwwkptn3A\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/2LSz9-ClY0kxwHL5_cqwwkptn3A\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/2LSz9-ClY0kxwHL5_cqwwkptn3A\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/2LSz9-ClY0kxwHL5_cqwwkptn3A\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/phonedog_cellphoneblog\/~4\/PMS2zO1RxK8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mergers, joint ventures, IPOs, oh my!&nbsp; Often when we hear the name T-Mobile and any of the aforementioned keywords (i.e. mergers, etc.), we automatically assume &#8220;this has got to be a rumor.&#8221;&nbsp; However, this time around Reuters brings some credibility to the table with quotes from an investors meeting where CEO Robert Dotson spoke. 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