2Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 1. Makes a Wireless Statement
Bidding for Sprint would solidify Google’s intentions to compete in the wireless market.
3Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 2. One-Ups the iPhone
Google would be able to self-support a Google Phone and any social networking services it chose to run on it.
4Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 3. Because Google Rules
As it has on the desktop, Google could carve out its own mobile Internet ad destiny, making the iPhone look like a modest success in comparison.
5Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 4. Puts Carriers on Watch
Google would spice up a stagnant, old-line telco market, making Verizon and AT&T think twice before they move.
6Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 5. Sprint, Spectrum Buy is a Win-Win
Google buys Sprint and 700MHz wireless spectrum and stuns all in three years by becoming the No. 1 carrier after consumers and enterprises flock to gorgeous mobile phones and impeccable networks.
7Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – Reasons Why Google Shouldn’t Buy Sprint
Reasons Why Google Shouldn’t Buy Sprint
8Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 1. Never Mess With a Good Thing
Google and Sprint already enjoy a healthy relationship, working together on WiMax and the OHA (Open Handset Alliance). They don’t need to merge.
9Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 2. It’s the Culture, Stupid!
Sprint’s inability to make the Clearwire deal work may mean it can’t play nice with others. Does Google want that mess on its hands?
10Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 3. Bad Example
Google buys Sprint, and then what happens to the OHA? It blows up, is what happens. Who wants to work together in the OHA when leader Google opens up a new conflict-of-interest avenue?
11Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 4. Because Size Does Matter
YouTube and DoubleClick are nothing compared with Sprint. Google hasn’t proven it has the chops to consume large companies. At a $45 billion market cap, Sprint could get stuck in Google’s carnivorous craw.
12Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 5. Greed is Not Always Good
Pundits everywhere are waiting for Google to make that one false move that will symbolize the accrual of arrogance. This could be it.
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