By Bo Gowan
12 May 2008
10:24 am EDT
The big news in the wireless industry recently has been the consortium of companies that have come together to invest in Sprint and Clearwire’s WiMAX build-out. The news has generated a lot of positive buzz for WiMAX, which has generally been taking a beating in the press this year.
But not everyone is so positive on the news. Erick Schonfeld in Seeking Alpha says that “Google got snookered” in the deal, and lays out several reasons why. Erick states his main reason as follows:
What I do know is that Google came reluctantly to the table and that for a long time the deal was being blocked internally at Google for some very good reasons. The main reason is that …
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By Bo Gowan
22 January 2008
4:18 pm EST
Broadband wireless provider Clearwire is using Nortel to build out their own VoIP network. Today in this press release, Nortel announced a contract with Clearwire to provide the end-to-end network and supporting services.
Clearwire is a provider of wireless broadband to the home as a DSL/cable alternative. At last public count, they had ~350,000 subscribers across 46 markets in the U.S.
Clearwire already offers their residential customers VoIP service bundles in 37 of their 46 markets using partner networks. This new network will bring the VoIP network in-house using Nortel’s CS 2000 for the infrastructure, and Nortel AS 5200 to provide the base of SIP applications such as voice, call management, desktop video calling, and collaboration tools.
For more info, …
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