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    Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint

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      1Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint

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      Reasons Why Google Should Buy Sprint

      2Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 1. Makes a Wireless Statement

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      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

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      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

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      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

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      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

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      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

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      Reasons Why Google Shouldn’t Buy Sprint

      8Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – 1. Never Mess With a Good Thing

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      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!

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      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

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      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

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      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

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      Pundits everywhere are waiting for Google to make that one false move that will symbolize the accrual of arrogance. This could be it.

      13Reasons Why Google Should/Shouldn’t Buy Sprint – See More Slideshows Like This One

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