Sprint and Nextel merging?

Posted by amagab
Today is Wall Street Journal there is an article about an proposed merger between Sprint and Nextel.

It could create the third largest cell-phone provider in the US after Cingular and Verizon.

To me this sounds like a good move for the both companies. However, I don't think it will have a major effect on other providers since Nextel isn't that big of a player. They are however, very profitable.

What do you guys think about this?

Posted by plasmadog
do they use cdma 1x technology?nextel makes those push to talk phones right?are they going to use a similar platform now onwards?

Posted by amagab
Yes, Sprint uses CDMA. It says that Nextel push-to-talk is very successful and the main reason they're so profitable. They would keep Sprint's CDMA network but also incorporate Nextel's push-to-talk technology.