"WASHINGTON (AFP) — In a major bet on the WiMax wireless Internet technology, Sprint Nextel and Clearwire said Wednesday they would combine their networks in a new company with investment from Google, Intel and others.
The new company, to be named Clearwire, will deploy a nationwide WiMax network that will "dramatically enhance the speed and manner in which customers access all that the Internet has to offer at home, in the office and on the road," according to a joint statement.
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Link:
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5juBMGdH98Fn3XSfj-Tjmf3TbgiqQ |
Yes, and Google already anounced it in the official Google Blog
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/investing-in-future-of-open-internet.html
Internet 2.0? |
[Moved from "Google + Sprint + WiMax = A Done Deal" – Tony]
Is it just me, or has blog-journalism degenerated so far already, that any mere (whiff of a) *promise* of deployment of new technology somewhere is automatically treated as faït-accomplí, dividends taken out in advance, in the minds of such mindless wishful-thinking "pro-bloggers" as this? [ Yes, Eric, both WiMax and Android are full of promise; yes, they'd be even better in tandem. But the handsets aren't here yet, and it'll take a few years before both these technologies mature enough to be globally, or even Chicagally, viable. And in the meantime, some uppity iPhone with outdated, but adequatech wireless tech, will keep carving out ever bigger market shares for itself.]
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/eric2_0/2008/05/google-poised-t.html
"[...] Google and Sprint [=a mobile network in the US] plan to integrate maps, GPS-enabled local search, YouTube and other Google products more deeply into Sprint phones. [...] Starting as soon as this summer but no later than early fall, Sprint will be the first U.S. home to an emerging crop of Googles Android-based phones.
[...] here's where it gets really interesting for Chicago, among the first markets to get a taste of WiMax: mobile phones with the ability to go online at speeds that rival a homes cable modem connection. [...] Might we soon see the Android platform on a cool touch-screen phone that will sprint like a rabbit past a turtle, such as the 3G-enabled iPhone coming soon to Apple and AT&T stores? [...]" |
