Synopsis On a Possible Clearwire-Sprint Reunion
Ari Zoldan on February 8, 2008
Unstrung has provided a hopeful article on Clearwire and Sprint’s possible reunion on the WiMAX front–apparently with help from Google and others. Analyst Eric Kainer provides a synopsis on some of the possibilities:
- When could the deal be announced? The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is one possibility. It takes place next week.
- Clearwire is “close to the finish line” in the deal with Sprint
- Google’s interest in Xohm may be because they feel they can reach more people sooner than via 700 MHz broadband.
- With Sprint’s financial troubles in the news and Clearwire in need of more funding, this may be the optimal time for a reunion
Let’s hope these plans come to fruition in the coming weeks, as postulated. This would be nothing but good news for
WiMAX in the US.
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Ari Zoldan is a distinguished expert in the wireless industry specializing in WiMax technology. Mr. Zoldan is regularly interviewed on CNN and Fox Business Network as an expert in telecommunications advocating WiMax development initiatives. He was interviewed by Ben Kolada, an analyst with the New Paradigm Resources Group, as part of NPRG’s Conversations with Communications Innovators podcast series. He is currently authoring a series of books on WiMax and was featured on TMCNet i January 2009. He moderated a panel of telecommunication professionals discussing the future of wireless technologies at the 4G Wireless Evolution Conference in Miami in February 2009.
