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November 12, 2007
(U.S.) WiMAX Doomed? Not really...
Sprint and Clearwire couldn't come to terms on a joint buildout of a national WiMAX network. But is this doom for WiMAX? No, because WiMAX is already rolling out world-wide. Is this doom for WiMAX in the U.S.? I don't think so.
The New York Post has suggested that cable companies -- which have no wireless play to speak of -- might be Sprint's "white knight" in a nationwide WiMAX build. May happen, but Sprint may decide to just go-slow on its WiMAX deployment until the Wall Street harpies quiet down a bit.
There's also Intel looming in the works. Intel pumped $600 million into Clearwire (good news). Clearwire has lost a lot of money this quarter (Bad news). Regardless of how Clearwire does, Intel has a vested interest in the form of more chip sales to see that Sprint's WiMAX efforts don't hit a brick wall.
Posted by dmohney at November 12, 2007 03:30 PM