Sprint: No More Clearwire Devices After 2012

ilovedessert · 10/07/2011, 09:52 AM

Hi all,

FYI....see link.

Take care,

Jay

October 7, 2011
Sprint: No More Clearwire Devices After 2012
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011...gewanted=print

NEW YORK (AP) — Sprint says it will stop selling phones and other devices compatible with Clearwire's network at the end of next year, as it switches customers over to its own fourth-generation data network.

Sprint's president of network operations, Steve Elfman, told investors and analysts Friday at a meeting in New York that the company is already building its own 4G data network and will inaugurate it next summer.

**pogeypre** · 10/07/2011, 09:57 AM

All 4G devices will be supported through 2012. My guess is that WiMax will be around for at least that long. Afterward, who knows. If Sprint is smart (stop laughing), they will make a hard break from WiMax and offer early upgrades for existing WiMax users.

Upont further reading, it looks like they are converting their CDMA network to LTE, not the WiMax one.

Maybe two 4G networks side by side for a while then?

laoh · 10:44 AM

As a friend told me, they just need to swap out a part in the towers to enable from Wimax to LTE... I know this is oversimplifying it but maybe there's no operating both bands?

jhoff80 · 10/07/2011, 10:41 AM

Really it doesn't matter so much, to be honest. If they're concerned about screwing over current Wimax customers, they can just give them a discount on a LTE phone, but by the time Wimax is ready to be phased out, most of those customers will have upgraded anyway.

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pogeypre Man of Steelerator (Super Mod) Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 4,390 Likes Received: 244 Thanks: 1,769 Thanked 2,612 Times in 1,563 Posts	All 4G devices will be supported through 2012. My guess is that WiMax will be around for at least that long. Afterward, who knows. If Sprint is smart (stop laughing), they will make a hard break from WiMax and offer early upgrades for existing WiMax users. Upont further reading, it looks like they are converting their CDMA network to LTE, not the WiMax one. Maybe two 4G networks side by side for a while then? __________________ If you like my Themes, please donate! Thanks! http://wiseguyandbeyond.blogspot.com
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laoh Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 734 Likes Received: 130 Thanks: 30 Thanked 74 Times in 55 Posts	As a friend told me, they just need to swap out a part in the towers to enable from Wimax to LTE... I know this is oversimplifying it but maybe there's no operating both bands? Last edited by laoh; 10/07/2011 at 10:44 AM.
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jhoff80 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boston-area Posts: 6,973 Likes Received: 116 Thanks: 418 Thanked 1,252 Times in 710 Posts	Really it doesn't matter so much, to be honest. If they're concerned about screwing over current Wimax customers, they can just give them a discount on a LTE phone, but by the time Wimax is ready to be phased out, most of those customers will have upgraded anyway.
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