How is Sprint Nextel going to explode soon? Watch for it

Posted May 5th 2006 10:23AM by Brian White
Filed under: Cellular, Government, Regulatory/FCC, Business

With the vast spectrum holdings Sprint Nextel has, we've pondered here on The Wireless Report a few times what its strategy is, and how it's going to roll out 4G advanced wireless services. Don't look for Sprint Nextel to be bidding heavily (or at all) in the advanced wireless services (AWS) spectrum auctions being help on June 29th. They already have quite a bit of radio waves in the front pocket.

So, what are the 4G plans Sprint Nextel is inevitably working on behind its closed doors? Nobody knows for sure, but would they rollout WiMAX on the spectrum they own instead of some other semi-established (Ok, completely established) network protocol like W-CDMA or some other high data-rate protocol? We will shortly see, if not before the year 2008 -- which will be here faster than we can imagine.

[photo credit: http://www.ittn.co.kr]

Reader Comments

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1. You shouldn't have written "rollout". That's a noun. What you want to write is "roll out". Two words.

Posted at 2:07AM on May 7th 2006 by Urbey

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