Sprint Supports Idea of T-Mobile Investing in Clearwire
Dec 2, 2010, 4:38 PM by Eric M. Zeman
According to a Goldman Sachs analyst who spoke with Sprint's C-level team, the company supports the idea of T-Mobile buying wholesale WiMax network capacity from Clearwire. Goldman's Jason Armstrong said, "Sprint indicated they have encouraged a wholesale deal. Sprint would support a T-Mobile equity infusion into Clearwire," though it would depend on the price for access. Armstrong also said that Sprint is still negotiating with Clearwire about future investments. Unfortunately for Clearwire, Sprint "does not appear to have shareholder support for a full buy-in of Clearwire, making an equity infusion most likely." Today, Clearwire announced a debt offering in hopes of raising $1.1 billion. Last month, Clearwire announced staff cuts and network roll-out delays in order to save money.
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Don't do it T-Mo!
I think the reason they may invest in Clearwire is if Clear decides to switch from WiMax to LTE, or get access to more spectrum. However, noth...
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AndroidRules said:...
Stay away from WiMAX. Yes I know it's tempting but no, just be patient and hold out for LTE. WiMAX is not your best interest or your customers. It's a niche play. You're a global company that uses a global techno
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Sprint builds out Wimax then decides to migrate to LTE i figure the cost would be drastically lower then initial build out basically putting sprint in a good position to migrate and...
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Next year Tmo's network will be faster than Sprint's WiMax anyway. . . .
The next 2-3yrs it's going to be all about who is fastest. Bottom line is it won't be Sprint,...unless they upgrade to WiMax Release 2.
Jayshmay said:
The next 2-3yrs it's going to be all about who is fastest.
Maybe from an advertising point, yeah. But quality of network is a bigger sticking point.
If it was the only factor Sprint, since '08 when WiMax launched, would have been kicking the teeth of the competition in with steel-toed boots.
That did not ...
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please answer this cellphone experts
Here's a simple story of my cell phone experience.
I first used T-Mobile back when it wasn't called T-Mobile and well it sucked in every conceivable way
I switched over to Verizon. It was great the last 4 years I was using it. Then I learned to tether. Capped limits were a joke. Tethering was a feature I needed to have and I believe it is a vital feature for mobile internet usage. What really is the point of 21mb download speeds when I am being charged over 100 dollars a month! On top of that that I use 5 GB’s in a span of 2 days! Come on now Verizon, Att, and T-mobile. We are living in an age where we are transitioning from voice to video!
The 100 dollar individual prices were getting to me so I switched back to...
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What was the question?
Maybe the solution isn't tiered pricing. Maybe they should just ban people like you from having it since you don't know how to use it responsibly. Then just lower the price for everyone else.
75 gigs a month on average ove...
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Keep in mind that, given a golden opportunity like this, in which Sprint could advertise that they offer unlimit...
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In your rant you have only one question.
"Again what’s the point of 2000000mb download speeds when capped to 5 or even 10g...
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belovedson said:
Again what’s the point of 2000000mb download speeds when capped to 5 or even 10gigs a month?!
Verizon apparently does not want super-heavy consumers on their network. They are using pr...
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its good for t mobile
say what you want about wimax not being 4g, but atleast its beta 4g, not made up 4g
thats like tmobile claiming ISDN is broadband when wimax is more like DSL
Wimax and LTE are part of the same ecosystem
Dan Hesse has already said this, but there is room for wimax and lte to co-exist. For Sprint and Tmobile, the answer isn't solved with "wimax or lte?"... its the challenge of the buildout, due to the amount of towers they have to erect to build a reliable network in their spectrum holdings. Verizon's current LTE buildout is easier because the spectrum (700mhz) is allowing them to overlay LTE antennae's on their CDMA towers with hopefully dependable results.
ANYWAYS, I see no reason that Clear shouldn't offer to allow Tmobile to use their excess spectrum to either build themselves...
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