Tag: sprint
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Sprinting to LTE
Alan Weissberger connects the dots regarding several different announcements from Sprint and Ericsson and infers that Sprint is building an LTE network. This is big news, as, to date, Sprint has relied on Clearwire and its WiMAX infrastructure for its next generation network build. Alan suggests, we may see a Sprint offering of an LTE Network…
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Highlights of Sprint Developers Conference: Oct 26-28, 2010 Santa Clara, CA
Disclaimer: Unlike all other Viodi View articles, this one will refrain from the analysis, insight, inferences and comments that this author is noted for. Instead, that content is being provided exclusively on the IEEE ComSocSCV Discussion mail list. Instructions for IEEE members to join are at the bottom of www.comsocscv.org. We will not offer opinions here or…
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Hold the Obit: Sprint pays $105M for spectrum, will focus on WiMAX
Sprint will buy 10 MHz of spectrum from Wirefree Partners III for $105 million to boost its coverage in 16 markets, the carrier noted in a newly filed quarterly report. Wirefree Partners was formed by former executives of Sprint affiliate AirGate PCS, which was acquired by Alamosa Holdings, which Sprint then purchased. In 2005, during…
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Clearwire and Sprint ask 3GPP for TDD-LTE U.S. std in 2.6GHz band
Introduction Clearwire and Sprint are part of a group of operators and vendors that have asked the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards body to start work on specs that would allow TD-LTE to be deployed in the US in the 2.6GHz spectrum — which is now used for mobile WiMAX in the U.S. The actual 3GPP…
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3G and LTE squeeze WiMAX- is the market window still open?
Summary: Many pundits have declared the window of opportunity for WiMAX has closed. Squeezed between he enhanced capability of 3G technologies (e.g. HSPA/HSPA+ for GSM) and accelerated LTE roll-outs, (notably Verizon Wireless) the claim is that WiMAX is DOA. We disagree! In particular, we believe there is a reasonable market for WiMAX fixed and nomadic/portable service…
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Google (and Intel) write down Clearwire investment; Google optimistic about Android platform
Google’s fourth quarter results were hurt by write downs related to investments in AOL and Clearwire. The Internet search leader also said it remained confident about the progress of its Android platform for mobile handsets. Google reported a net income of $382 million, down 68 percent from the $1.21 billion in the year-ago period, but…