WiMax Handsets In The US Early 2008

WiMax devices are due to hit the US next year… Peter Skarzynski, senior vice president for handsets at Samsung Telecommunications America, talked about launching a number of different products (phones, laptops, game consoles, UMPCs, etc) for Sprint (NYSE: S) and other carriers in the first quarter of 2008; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) expects to hit the market in the first half of next year, probably with internet tablets; Motorola (NYSE: MOT) plans to deliver mobile WiMax devices in the second half of next year according to RCR News. “Initially, retail pricing for WiMAX-enabled smartphones will be $400 to $600 before subsidies, Solis said. In the U.S. market, aggressive subsidies of perhaps $200 might bring prices down to the $200 to $400 range, the analyst said. WiMAX-enabled consumer electronics devices will sell through typical consumer electronics retail channels and thus will not be subsidized.”

RCR News also has a five-minute interview with Don Stroberg, VP of sales for Sprint Nextel Corp.

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