Sprint CFO: We're still open to spectrum hosting deals

Sprint CFO Joe Euteneuer said the carrier remains open to using its multi-mode base stations to host another company's spectrum, provided such a deal was beneficial to both parties.

Sprint struck an ill-fated spectrum hosting deal with LightSquared that was scrapped after LightSquared's conditional license to operate an LTE network was revoked by the Federal Communications Commission amid concerns about interference between the company's L-band airwaves and GPS receivers. Some analysts have said that Dish Network, Sprint's erstwhile pursuer, could be a target for a spectrum-hosting deal. Dish controls 40 MHz of AWS-4 spectrum in the 2 GHz band and is pursuing LightSquared's spectrum in bankruptcy court.