Mr. Ed
Extreme Android User
this is prolly the closest to truth I can quote without getting myself into trouble ..none of the below is official from sprint..or me... just found articles
funny thing is it's over a year old article
Sprint-Nextel giving up the iDEN network by 2014 - Charlotte Smartphones | Examiner.com
I can tell you they were very well aware of the spectrum auctions...and refused to pay those prices. Time will tell how that decision pans out.
They have so much in the works, and a very clear plan moving forward..the big question is will it work. SO many ifs.....
some more useful blurbs
"During the past three years, Sprint Nextel moved their transmitter frequencies to different places in the 800Mhz radio spectrum. This freed up spectrum for Public Safety."
"Next week, the Sprint Direct Connect, PTT network will start to move to CDMA network protocol. Sprint also plans to deploy CDMA 1X voice service in its 800 MHz spectrum and move CDMA traffic off its 1900 MHz spectrum. This will significantly increase throughput and reduce network congestion.
Sprint's 4G WiMAX high-speed network partners with Clearwire to cover the nation. Clearwire has had financially bad several years slowing their expansion. Analysts were also perplexed that Sprint isn't including Clearwire in its network revamp project because Sprint is a 54 percent owner of Clearwire.
This oversight started a spirited discussion with the financial analyst on Friday. They asked wouldn't it be cheaper to buy Clearwire and rebuild their system with LTE technology, rather than spending $10 billion to build Sprint's own LTE network? Sprint said they spend $1 billion a year in fees to Clearwire for WiMAX. Sprint executives’ answers did not satisfy the financial analyst and you can bet similar questions will continue in the future as Network Vision comes online."
"Part of the reason Sprint is stepping away from Clearwire is that Clearwire has chosen to install LTE TDD (time-division duplexing). TDD is used with IEEE 802.16 WiMAX radio switching protocol. Thus, Clearwire would not have to modify their radio signaling protocol.
Sprint is using LTE FDD because most cellular systems, including the UMTS/WCDMA Frequency Division Duplexing mode and the CDMA2000 system, already use it. Thus, Sprint will have a smoother transition between their LTE, CDMA EVDO, and 1X radio switching protocol devices. This will also lower the cost of manufacturing their dual-mode mobile devices.
Sprint says they will sell the (Clearwire) WiMAX devices through 2012. They also said they would support the WiMAX devices after 2012. This could be a way of leveraging Clearwire into selling off their 71 installed WiMAX locations. "
that article goes on to talk about the iphone and how it cost sprint to bring that on board. from what I understand sooooo much changed at that point.
anywhooo...that article is : http://www.brightsideofnews.com/new...-real-4g-lte2c-wimax-slipping-into-limbo.aspx
funny thing is it's over a year old article
Sprint-Nextel giving up the iDEN network by 2014 - Charlotte Smartphones | Examiner.com
I can tell you they were very well aware of the spectrum auctions...and refused to pay those prices. Time will tell how that decision pans out.
They have so much in the works, and a very clear plan moving forward..the big question is will it work. SO many ifs.....
some more useful blurbs
"During the past three years, Sprint Nextel moved their transmitter frequencies to different places in the 800Mhz radio spectrum. This freed up spectrum for Public Safety."
"Next week, the Sprint Direct Connect, PTT network will start to move to CDMA network protocol. Sprint also plans to deploy CDMA 1X voice service in its 800 MHz spectrum and move CDMA traffic off its 1900 MHz spectrum. This will significantly increase throughput and reduce network congestion.
Sprint's 4G WiMAX high-speed network partners with Clearwire to cover the nation. Clearwire has had financially bad several years slowing their expansion. Analysts were also perplexed that Sprint isn't including Clearwire in its network revamp project because Sprint is a 54 percent owner of Clearwire.
This oversight started a spirited discussion with the financial analyst on Friday. They asked wouldn't it be cheaper to buy Clearwire and rebuild their system with LTE technology, rather than spending $10 billion to build Sprint's own LTE network? Sprint said they spend $1 billion a year in fees to Clearwire for WiMAX. Sprint executives’ answers did not satisfy the financial analyst and you can bet similar questions will continue in the future as Network Vision comes online."
"Part of the reason Sprint is stepping away from Clearwire is that Clearwire has chosen to install LTE TDD (time-division duplexing). TDD is used with IEEE 802.16 WiMAX radio switching protocol. Thus, Clearwire would not have to modify their radio signaling protocol.
Sprint is using LTE FDD because most cellular systems, including the UMTS/WCDMA Frequency Division Duplexing mode and the CDMA2000 system, already use it. Thus, Sprint will have a smoother transition between their LTE, CDMA EVDO, and 1X radio switching protocol devices. This will also lower the cost of manufacturing their dual-mode mobile devices.
Sprint says they will sell the (Clearwire) WiMAX devices through 2012. They also said they would support the WiMAX devices after 2012. This could be a way of leveraging Clearwire into selling off their 71 installed WiMAX locations. "
that article goes on to talk about the iphone and how it cost sprint to bring that on board. from what I understand sooooo much changed at that point.
anywhooo...that article is : http://www.brightsideofnews.com/new...-real-4g-lte2c-wimax-slipping-into-limbo.aspx
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