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Sprint Gets Behind UMTS TDD Too

Nov 2, 2005, 12:27 AM by (staff)

Sprint Nextel has announced they will join the UMTS TDD Alliance, an organization for carriers that have launched the high speed wireless data service. UMTS TDD is a WiMax competitor, meant to provide high speed data to computers over the air. Before the merger, Nextel began trials of UMTS TDD technology in the 2.5 GHz spectrum outside of Washington, DC. The trials are reported to average 1.5 Mbps download and 500 Kbps upload. Sprint has also tested WiMax and Flash OFDM, and is working closely with Intel and others on the development of WiMax. This move does not appear to be an indication that Sprint has chosen UMTS TDD over any other technology.

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muchdrama

Nov 2, 2005, 2:26 PM

*Curious

"This move does not appear to be an indication that Sprint has chosen UMTS TDD over any other technology."

It doesn't? Seems like it to me.

tropicalhaven

Just wait until nextel18 finds out that Sprint isn't 100% behind Qualcomm, that it's interested in other technologies as well. He'll, well, probably "have" a brick.

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viper

muchdrama said:
"This move does not appear to be an indication that Sprint has chosen UMTS TDD over any other technology."

It doesn't? Seems like it to me.

Sprint is pretty much testing everything. They are als...
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