It wouldn't. They weren't going to add lightsquared spectrum until after rolling out their own spectrum. They only wanted to use it to supplement their own spectrum.
I don't believe that it was stated that it was irrelevant. The point was that Sprint's Network Vision initiative was announced and started prior to their network hosting agreement with LightSquared. At this point there's no reason to believe that their plans will be altered or slowed due to LS's difficulties. While their money would obviously be beneficial and welcomed, Network Vision is not dependent upon LightSquared.
I am willing to bet another company really lobbied to get this waiver yanked.....
Karma is a mutha..
Yes it was already difficult but .......
Just saying
I don't think it had anything to do with AT&T. There were too many agencies and companies whose ox would be gored and goose cooked by letting Lightsquared operate in the band next to the GPS band, even though LSQ is technically correct in their assertions.
Sprint may have dug itself a $65 million hole with LightSquared partnership
Well, if there's a silver lining for LightSquared in the debacle that has been its attempt to launch a nationwide LTE network, it's that it should be getting a $65 million check from Sprint if everything collapses. The former WiMAX champion and LTE convert may have to return the cash it received as part of a 15 year agreement if the FCC doesn't approve the 4G venture by a March deadline. There is still a chance for an appeal of the commission's decision to reject LightSquared's bid to build an LTE network. But, with the company's inability to solve its vexing GPS issues and increasingly desperate looking maneuvers, we wouldn't be surprised if the check was already in the mail
Sprint may have dug itself a $65 million hole with LightSquared partnership
Well, if there's a silver lining for LightSquared in the debacle that has been its attempt to launch a nationwide LTE network, it's that it should be getting a $65 million check from Sprint if everything collapses. The former WiMAX champion and LTE convert may have to return the cash it received as part of a 15 year agreement if the FCC doesn't approve the 4G venture by a March deadline. There is still a chance for an appeal of the commission's decision to reject LightSquared's bid to build an LTE network. But, with the company's inability to solve its vexing GPS issues and increasingly desperate looking maneuvers, we wouldn't be surprised if the check was already in the mail
Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) intends to have its first wave of TD-LTE 5,000 cell sites up and running by June 2013, the company said. Clearwire CEO Erik Prusch made the comments during the company's fourth-quarter earnings conference call.
Prusch said Clearwire has been working with Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S), its majority owner and largest wholesale customer, to identify sites for Clearwire's planned TD-LTE network, which will overlay the company's existing WiMAX network. He said Clearwire expects to begin the buildout near the end of the first quarter. Clearwire is looking to deploy its LTE Advanced-ready TD-LTE network mainly in urban areas, where traffic is heaviest.
The Clearwire chief said that "not too terribly long" after the first 5,000 sites are online, Clearwire will expand that coverage to 8,000 sites. Interestingly, he added that with the TD-LTE network Clearwire will not be as focused on POPs covered as it as with its WiMAX network, and will instead focus on how much data traffic it can transmit across its network--presumably to get as much as wholesale revenue as possible.
Under the terms of financial and network agreements Sprint and Clearwire reached in December, Sprint will pay Clearwire up to $350 million in a series of prepayments over a period of up to two years for LTE capacity if Clearwire achieves certain buildout targets and network specifications by June 2013.
In the long term, I think Clearwire may just end up being kind of like an "off load" for Sprint instead of exclusively WiFi in high traffic urban areas.
In the long term, I think Clearwire may just end up being kind of like an "off load" for Sprint instead of exclusively WiFi in high traffic urban areas.
A lot of the cable cos are building outdoor WiFi networks, so if you are a cable subscribers for one of them, you could probably roam on all the others. However the coverage might be sporadic or non-existent in some places.
I think a combination of Sprint Dish and Clearwire might be just what the doctor ordered with dreams of OTT television to second and third screens. and even some first screens. Of course, you still have to solve the backhaul problem. Metro fiber loops will be needed for that!
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