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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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w:st="on">Converged Communications Steering Committee Discussion List</st1:PersonName>
[mailto:CCSC@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Wendy Wigen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 09, 2008 8:39 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> CCSC@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CCSC] Comm Daily on the
Sprint Clearwire news</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cable Wireless Plans<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial'>New Wireless Venture Seen Drawing
Scant Regulatory Scrutiny<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Regulators probably won't delay implementation of a planned national
WiMAX network via Sprint and Clearwire spectrum holdings, with financing by
Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Intel, Google and Bright House, said industry and
public interest sources. FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein praised the
announced plans, first reported in March by the Wall Street Journal. "I
have long pushed for ways to facilitate a 'third' broadband channel to provide
consumers everywhere with the benefits of a high-quality wireless broadband
network," said Adelstein. Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff told investors he
expected the plan to get antitrust and FCC clearance before 2009. The
transaction would consolidate much spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band, but probably
won't raise significant antitrust or FCC issues, analysts at Stifel-Nicolaus
wrote. They expect the government to sign off on the deal, even if review
extends into the next administration. However, a Democratic Department of
Justice probably would scrutinize the cable operators' roles, the analysts
said. "The closer the enterprise moves toward merely being another
element of the cable bundle... then the more the government may constrain the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>deal," they said. Google's presence not only as an investor but
also as Clearwire search provider, its preferred provider of other
applications, and its status as default provider for web and local search
services for Sprint probably won't create any hurdles for the transaction, the
analyst wrote. However, it could complicate the company's open access efforts
with the 700 MHz C Block, they said. The deal lets cable operators offer their
own wireless services on Sprint's network and gives them much more control over
those services than the failed Pivot joint venture, said Sprint CEO Dan Hesse.
"This will allow our cable partners to use their own brand and provide the
flexibility that we allow our [other wholesale] customers," he said. Cable
operators will have more control over applications they include in their
services and how they are priced and bundled with other cable services, <st1:place
w:st="on">Hesse</st1:place> said. And the deal will let them "get to
market quickly with a wireless offering in advance of when 4G will be available
across the country," he said. Access to the spectrum carries a good
wholesale price, Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts said. The deal implies a
spectrum value of 25¢ to 33¢ per MHz POP, Comcast said. That's far less than
the 54¢ average price in the AWS auction and the $1.29 price in the recent 700
MHz sale, the company said. Combining Sprint’s and Clearwire's 2.5 GHz
spectrum holdings will give the new venture an average of 151 MHz of capacity
in each of the top 100 U.S. markets, the companies said. In markets 101 to 200
the company will have at least 100 MHz on average, Wolff said. The 2.5 GHz band
is best for mobile broadband services due to channel size and propagation
characteristics, he said. "It's ideal for broadband because high bandwidth
wireless networks have to deliver capacity, not just coverage." The deal,
which values the new Clearwire at $14.55 billion, calls for Comcast to invest
$1.05 billion in the new company, to be 51 percent owned by Sprint Nextel.
Intel will invest $1 billion, Time Warner cable $550 million, Google $500
million and Bright House $100 million, the companies said. After the deal
closes, Trilogy Equity Partners will buy $10 million in class A common stock at
the price the other investors paid. The investments are based on a $20 a share
target price for Clearwire stock, with a $17 floor and $23 cap. Sprint's credit
ratings won't change because of the new venture, Standard & Poor's said.
Google's presence as a financier lends the project cachet, Sanford Bernstein analyst
Craig Moffett wrote. "Their participation also likely ensure the venture
will genuinely embrace an 'open' platform," he said. Google probably will
push the venture toward location- and search-based ad sales, he said. -- <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Josh Wein Communications Daily</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Brush Script MT"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"'>Wendy Wigen</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Government Relations Officer</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>EDUCAUSE</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>1150 18th St. NW
Suite 1010</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20036-3824</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>202-331-5372</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:wwigen@educause.edu">wwigen@educause.edu</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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