Comments on: Sprint To Detail 4G Strategy: WiMAX? http://gigaom.com/2006/08/08/sprint-4g/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: P. Singh http://gigaom.com/2006/08/08/sprint-4g/#comment-59419 P. Singh Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:40:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/08/sprint-4g/#comment-59419 <p>Let us analyze this further. Sprint wants to deploy Mobile WiMax which means availability of low power, low price chips that can be used to build handsets. Intel doesn't even have inexpensive fixed WiMax chip out yet and we are close to 2007. This means early economical chips will be available realistically from Intel no sooner than 2008. Is it really an Intel win? How would they have anyworthwhile service in 2008?</p> <p>Someone is being unrealistic in the readiness of technology and speed at which a giant like Sprint can implement a new technology in a mature network.</p> Let us analyze this further. Sprint wants to deploy Mobile WiMax which means availability of low power, low price chips that can be used to build handsets. Intel doesn’t even have inexpensive fixed WiMax chip out yet and we are close to 2007. This means early economical chips will be available realistically from Intel no sooner than 2008. Is it really an Intel win? How would they have anyworthwhile service in 2008?

Someone is being unrealistic in the readiness of technology and speed at which a giant like Sprint can implement a new technology in a mature network.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/08/08/sprint-4g/#comment-59418 Jesse Kopelman Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:48:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/08/sprint-4g/#comment-59418 <p>$800M to cover 100M people, I guess if you are only going to build major cities . . . I'm pretty sure that will not make the cut in their agreement with the FCC. Maybe they are expecting to get a lot of free stuff from vendors, just like Sprint did in the early days of CDMA and Nextel did all through their history? Could be an interesting story here.</p> $800M to cover 100M people, I guess if you are only going to build major cities . . . I’m pretty sure that will not make the cut in their agreement with the FCC. Maybe they are expecting to get a lot of free stuff from vendors, just like Sprint did in the early days of CDMA and Nextel did all through their history? Could be an interesting story here.

]]> By: Rajiv http://gigaom.com/2006/08/08/sprint-4g/#comment-59417 Rajiv Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:55:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/08/sprint-4g/#comment-59417 <p>Slashdot has confirmed WiMAX.</p> <p>http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/1643241&from=rss</p> <p>Intel wins this battle for sure.</p> Slashdot has confirmed WiMAX.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/08/1643241&from=rss

Intel wins this battle for sure.

]]> By: Jacob Varghese http://gigaom.com/2006/08/08/sprint-4g/#comment-59416 Jacob Varghese Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:51:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/08/sprint-4g/#comment-59416 <p>Will the voice be carried over Wimax too or just data?</p> <p>is this a grand-scale voip over wifi plan?</p> Will the voice be carried over Wimax too or just data?

is this a grand-scale voip over wifi plan?

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