Merger / buyout?
I have seen 2 US Cellular corp stores in my area close and re-open as Sprint stores...coincidence?
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In our area Sprint stores are closing and new US Cellulars are opening because Sprint Roams here and is now calling its customers to cancel their agreements, so we get a lot of new activations from this.
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I have seen 2 US Cellular corp stores in my area close and re-open as Sprint stores...coincidence?
Were these corporate stores? I believe more than likely, these stores might have been agents, switching over to being a Sprint agent. I know in my area, there is only 1 corporate store, and the remaining stores are agents. A few USCC agent stores have closed in my area recently, along with a couple of T-mobile agents. I don't know about Sprint corporate or agent locations. Verizon Wireless has few locations overall in my area. There are 4 corporate stores (1 mall kiosk & 3 brick & mortar stores) and a few agents (15 or less within 2 counties). I might have the count wrong on overall num...
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Wait... Really? "Sprint operates a nationwide network with CDMA technology in the PCS (1900 MHz) band, in addition to a nationwide iDEN network acquired during Sprint's merger with Nextel in August 2005. Sprint also offers high-speed EVDO Revison A data technology in most areas. Sprint is also planning a gradual transition of its iDEN network to CDMA technology, while also building a separate WiMAX data network offering faster speeds than EVDO Rev. A."
"U.S. Cellular is a large multi-regional carrier offering service in 155 markets - in 26 states - across the country. The company primarily uses CDMA technology, and also provides legacy TDMA service. Most coverage is cellular-band (800 MHz), with some PCS (1900 MHz) areas in the Central...
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"U.S. Cellular is a large multi-regional carrier offering service in 155 markets - in 26 states - across the country. The company primarily uses CDMA technology, and also provides legacy TDMA service. Most coverage is cellular-band (800 MHz), with some PCS (1900 MHz) areas in the Central...
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