Sprint choses WiMAX

http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/08/tech...reut/index.htm

Technology will be employed for the construction of new wireless Internet
network, newspaper says.

08/08/06 08:00 AM, EDT
Sprint Nextel Corp. is expected to announce it is choosing the WiMax
technology to build a new wireless Internet network in coming years, The Wall
Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/08/tech...reut/index.htm

More on it:
"http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6103119.html?tag=nl.e589"

"Sprint Nextel is expected to announce it is choosing the WiMax
technology to build a new wireless Internet network in coming years, the
Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the
matter.

Sprint's decision, which could be announced on Tuesday, would be a big
win for backers of the new technology, such as Intel and Motorola, and a
setback for wireless company Qualcomm, which backs a rival technology,
the article said.

WiMax can spread a wireless Internet signal over several miles and is a
longer-range version of the popular Wi-Fi Internet technology, the paper
said.

Building a nationwide WiMax network could cost Sprint between $1 billion
and $4 billion, the report said, quoting analysts.

No one at Sprint was immediately available to comment on the report."


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Mike