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Sprint Bags New WiMax Devices, Talks LTE Plans

Mar 29, 2012, 10:29 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Sprint has changed its stance on WiMax devices and no longer plans to bring new WiMax gear to the market, said Bob Azzi, Sprint's senior vice president of networks. Earlier this year, Sprint said that it would offer both CDMA/WiMax and CDMA/LTE devices through 2012, and that it would stop selling WiMax devices by the end of the year. Azzi's comments reflect a change in the company's position. Azzi noted that the company will use the G-Block of its 1900MHz spectrum to launch LTE by the middle of the year. "We are wrapping up final field integration tests," Azzi said. "The technology works and delivers more benefits than we expected." Sprint will have 15 LTE devices available by the end of the year, including smartphones, tablets, and mobile hotspots. The company also plans to refarm portions of its 800MHz spectrum for use with LTE. It is currently transitioning its iDEN customers to its CDMA network, and will eventually use that freed-up spectrum for LTE.

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sp_5015

Mar 29, 2012, 11:28 AM

it is time for some....

WINNING. Is Sprint about to really turn the ship and begin some domination??

JBlaze74

Not sure about winning. It depends on how fast they can implement LTE. I now prepare myself for the Sprint haters to comment about the waste of money to implement WiMax. Not that they're wrong, but I'm ready for this thread to explode, lmao.

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crood

Domination? That's pretty unlikely. They're well behind Verizon & AT&T in deploying LTE and still have to support WiMax for a couple of years, at least. That's going to cost money, as will the LTE buildout.

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