[Hen] Clearwire's Plans In Motion

[Johnson, Bill]

."... Not so long ago, McCaw's WiMAX gambit seemed less threatening to
the entrenched players. There were no industrywide standards for mobile
WiMAX, so the equipment was too expensive to roll out on a large scale.
But last year the industry adopted the long-awaited standards, which
helped bring Motorola and Intel into the game. Add McCaw's control of
one of the biggest chunks of WiMAX spectrum, and he seems well
positioned"

 

Read the full story below;

 

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From: Mat Kaplan [mailto:MKaplan at UCES.CSULB.EDU] 
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 12:42 PM
To: EBSAB
Subject: Clearwire's Plans In Motion

 

McCaw plans nationwide wireless broadband network
Clearwire, founded by cell phone pioneer Craig McCaw, now has enough
licensed radio spectrum to build a nationwide, wireless broadband
network using mobile WiMAX technology. And that's exactly what McCaw
intends to do -- posing a threat to both cable and telecom broadband
networks.   BusinessWeek
<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/dZbQjOauBvkxhhPzhP>  (7/13)
<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/dZbQjOauBvkxlBzxNW> 

Mat 

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