Sprint Nextel Corp (S)

Everything phones soon arising

at 3.90; limited downside risk

Going down again in sympathy with softness at AT & T.

Wimax buzz will grow, though. With Intel and other heavyweights behind it, a reasonable bet on a strong return, especially if S can stabilize its current core business.

They weren,t included in the government contract and I think there is too much competition.

Lots of lessons so far for management. Stock is far undervalued based on subscriber base.

I don't think the company will exist in five years.

No business in US can survive without quality cusotmer service and Sprint is the worst among its competitors. I myself have been a Sprint subscriber for the last 2 years and know it first hand how bad Sprint treats its customers.

Now Sprint is introducing a new touchscreen phone like iPhone. Why would anyone not buy an iPhone and buy something that looks like iPhone and that too from Sprint? The company really needs to pay attention to its customer service before anything else.

Given that its market cap is still near $19b, it will be hard to find a buyer. I think Sprint will become more attractive for a buyer when its market cap is below $10b.

Sprint's wireless nework is in the best position to take advantage of the new WIMax technology and they are already developing their own 4G network. Look to Sprint for the future of wireless broadband networks.

Among to its peers. It is the only one have the negative income although its have the most net sales. Have the lowest revenute growth and earning share. At the telecom market war, if sprint does not coming any new technology or way to cut the cost. I will be hard to survive.

Beat estimates for past 3 quaters, should beat it this quarter, becuase expectations are very low. I like what the new CEO is doing so far, which is focusing on the core business and customer relations. Not to mention, Verizon is having its own problems with faulty equipment and customer dissatisfaction. Beside I like the risk/reward at this levels.

is a buyout candidate at current prices.....opportunity for buyout by AAPL, GOOG, INTC or others who have the cash for wi-fi networks..

Sprint is unhealthy in the worst ways. They are operating two simultaneous infrastructures, thanks to the Nextel debacle. And the transition away from the Nextel network will either require a lot of time or a big one time spend. Not an accounting charge to realize losses like in Q4-CY07, but a real dollar spend, likely financed by debt as their cash position is weak. They have sagging revenue, largely pushed down by strong competition with better devices, more perceived strength in network coverage and speed (true or not doesn't matter), and extremely weak advertising and promotions that have seriously hurt the brand. They are living on borrowed time.

They have done a few things right: spin off Xohm, which is based on the flawed WiMax technology, into the new Clearwire merged company. Growth there will be slower than hype would have you believe--the value proposition is dubious (wireless is not a selling point for fixed home/biz networking, and real world speeds are dissatisfying). And the required build out of entirely new infrastructure will put them far behind LTE deployments from T and VZ in every market. Slow to market with no compelling competitive differentiator. But that business is no longer an S problem, and if I am wrong then S beenfits from the equity they hold in the venture.

And they have Boost mobile--a very successful prepaid label that doesn't suffer from a public association with the Sprint brand (sort of Sprint's Xbox, if you will). Revenues there are growing, given the economy. But, they are not growing enough to make up for losses in the core business.

When news of a 20MM cost cut drives your stock up 10% in a day, you are in deep S. ;)

Wi-Max is the key. A risky one, but a great price to buy.

SPRINT HAS BEEN DOING GREAT FOR ME THESE PAST 2 DAYS AND IS STILL READY FOR A BREAK OUT TOMMOROW THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK!

the main reason I bought Sprint this time around was because I

normally buy it when it goes under 2 and sell when it is at 2.75, but

this time around I chose 2.30, because I like to follow pattern/

behavior, and this time around it hovered around 1.65 for a full day

and I didnt like that so I came down a little on my exit price.

But here are the reasons I believe in it reaching 5 bucks by Nov 09

1) Customer service was the main cause of its downturn before Hesse

came in. It was the worst and now the first.

http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/27/sprint-nextels-customer-serv...

2) "Obama implications" the Nextel subscriber base

is going to be something that will be desirable to a buyer. Both

Verizon and AT&T have competing services, so they

obviously see a need for it. With Obamas emphasis on infratructure

growth... the type of phone that construction workers

will use in such projects will not be iphones

3) Sprint has the fastest 3g network according to recent tests.

4) Sprint is the ONLY carrier with 4g! And now there are cards that

will roam from 3g to 4g so you can have fast 3g data and roam onto 4g

in Baltimore and Portland. It is more than just a cell phone company

http://www.thestreet.com/story/10453612/1/amazing-4g-speeds-from-a-us...

5) Sprint and Clearwire are introducing 4g service to more of the

largest metropolitan cities in the US next year.

6) Since they now own Clearwire they do not need to spend the money

they

once did on R&D to build this company because just last month GOOGLE,

INTEL, COMCAST among other SMART companies gave them 3.2 BILLION

dollars.... thats billions with a B

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&n...

7) Big growth fund companies have been buying more (ok they are not so

big but the big boys like GS already have millions in), and many are

become

first time holders, look at link and hold on fellas... holds on.

http://www.mffais.com/s.html

data traffic data traffic data traffic... Thats the way to make money and business people still dont get Skype and its like... But it can go terribly wrong in 12 months... Let them make money on data traffic the next 6 months and then we'll see.

Money losing (and will continue to lose money for a while), and with unmanageable debt. Bad fundamentals, and it has no real reason to go up very much anytime soon.

buy@6.50 sell@15

Sprint is speculative but that didn't stop Fidelity from increasing their position over one Billion, an over 400% increase in their position.

It will dominate in the WIMAX category in the next few years.