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Data Efficiency Is The Key To Continued Unlimited Data via TechCrunch
by Jordan Crook on 10/27/11
No one is more excited about the iPhone's availability at Sprint than
CEO Dan Hesse. And it's no surprise either, seeing that the carrier is
investing at least $15.5 billion over the next four years just to offer
the device to customers. That said, Hesse has been tooting the iPhone
horn as much as possible, taking special note of its efficient use of
data. He even went so far as to say that the iPhone's data handling may
quite possibly keep Sprint's unlimited data plans alive longer than
expected.
According to Hesse, the iPhone is better at picking up WiFi signals
than Android devices, making it easier for users to jump off their 3G
connection onto a network. This is, of course, great news to any
network as it unloads a good deal of traffic. In the same vein, Hesse
said that Apple's iPhone app requirements result in less data traffic
from apps, as they tend to employ the network less than other
platforms' apps.
"One of the beauties of carrying the iPhone is it extends the period of
time and increases the likelihood of us maintaining unlimited data
longer because it uses our network so efficiently," said Hesse in an
interview with Forbes. However, if smartphone adoption continues to
grow (especially at the rate it's growing now), unlimited data will
cease to be a feasible option for any carrier.
Crunchbase
- SPRINT NEXTEL Company: Sprint Nextel Website: Launch Date: October
27, 1999 IPO: NYSE:S
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including two wireless networks serving almost 49 million customers at
the end of the second quarter of 2009; industry-leading mobile data
services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities;
and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone.
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