Monday, December 1, 2008

Clearwire/Sprint WiMAX Deal Closes, With Surprise Twist

Clearwire/Sprint WiMAX Deal Closes, With Surprise Twist
The much-heralded marriage of Clearwire and Sprint™ proposed mobile WiMAX venture closed last week but with the startling disclosure the network Clearwire will build will be carefully tailored for a possible future conversion/upgrade to Long Term Evolution (LTE).
...Clearwire will build a network to "enable us to operate both mobile WiMAX and LTE technologies, if we choose to do so." The technologies used for "mobile WiMAX and LTE have a lot in common," ...

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