Scobleizer Tweet of the day feed One more thought: this is a forced marriage due to Verizon finally getting the iPhone. Why didn't AT&T spend $39 billion on its network?
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@Scobleizer Well, technically they are- they get all of T-Mobile's cell tower capacity that isn't being used.
@Scobleizer I think they just did.
@Scobleizer maybe they couldn't get HSPA+ to work on their own
@Scobleizer dont think iphone coming to verizon forcing ATT buy tMobile. I am sure it took years to close this deal
@Scobleizer Yes!!!!! Big farts think acquisitions are shortcut answer to all things. (Almost) never are!!!
@Scobleizer Because improving its network wouldn't increase revenue, silly. It's all about revenue.
@Scobleizer a big challenge is getting the permits to build the towers. Buying preexisting towers is a clever hack.
@Scobleizer Because spending that much to upgrade the network still doesn't give them all the T-Mobile subscribers they are getting now?
@Scobleizer because that would not bolster the share price. I think this deal is for the investors.
@Scobleizer not to mention the two data networks are incompatible above EDGE levels
@Scobleizer existing towers is a huge thing plus tmobile owns spectrum that they can use. Win win and just regulatory approval in the way
@Scobleizer they just did
@Scobleizer I imagine they get a few customers as well
@Scobleizer Like my general aversion to stock buybacks. Means "We couldn't think of any high return things to do with the money."
Good point RT @Scobleizer This is a forced marriage due to Verizon getting the iPhone. Why didn't AT&T spend $39 billion on its network?
@Scobleizer because it's cheaper to buy someone out. $39B wouldn't have bought them much network.
@Scobleizer Because AT&T buying T-Mobile is about killing competition-- not building or adding anything.
@Scobleizer I've read it takes forever to build out networks with regulation and such. Maybe buying is just way faster?
@Scobleizer Can't T-mobile's net be integrated with AT&T? A new country-wide rollout isn't quick. T's stuff is installed and has all permits
@Scobleizer so if ATT + T Mobile goes Verizon will likely acquire Sprint ( CDMA unification ) and we'll have 2 wireless carriers in America
@Scobleizer AT&T didn't sit on its thumbs through all this growth. It spent ~$40 billion on its network over the past 4 years.
@chartier and AT&T STILL sucks in SF area, amongst others. Demonstratably so.
@Scobleizer Talk to the city and the hippies in SF about that. Do you have any idea how hard it is to get cell towers up there?
@chartier Most of the bad stuff I have with AT&T isn't in SF. Come drive around Silicon Valley with me. Excuses. Verizon doesn't have them.
@Scobleizer Verizon has also never had a phone that people stand in lines for.
@chartier that's because my AT&T iPhone took 45 minutes to activate in store. My Verizon? 1. Seriously.
@Scobleizer @chartier of course, Verizon also had the benefit of a reworked network stack in the iOS, which alleviated network problems...
@Scobleizer @chartier I queued 4 hrs for iPhone 4, then spent 5 min with Apple staff for the whole purchase & activation #PersonalExperience
@Scobleizer isn't this because, as I think you've pointed out in past, of the extremely strict RF tower regulations in CA? @chartier
@turkchgo @chartier that's only an excuse in SF, not elsewhere. Verizon has a superior network even in San Jose.
@Scobleizer ATT is probably more concerned about the competition Sprint would bring with TMobile than the effects of the Verizon iPhone.
@Scobleizer Does this mean iPhone 5 will be 4G?
@Scobleizer They will spend $39 billion on their network: in wireless spectrum they couldn't get unless they bought T-Mobile.
@Scobleizer you took the words right out of my mouth.
@Scobleizer slow gov't approval of new cell towers in SF/NYC means acquiring T-Mobile may be fastest way to boost AT&T network.
@Scobleizer because it would take them several years to build out the network, acquisition speeds that up, cf T-Mob + Orange in the UK
@Scobleizer Because it is less risky to buy and get the customer base.
@Scobleizer isn't this effectively doing the same thing? They get more cell sites, more frequencies more subscribers almost instantly.
@Scobleizer Despite proselytism, iPhone on $VZ has been a yawner. $T deal likely about scale to support LTE acceleration. #mobile