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Sprint Nextel to Build 4G Network Using WiMax
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By Allen Tsai | Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:45 am |
Sprint Nextel announced today that it plans to use WiMax technology to power its next-generation high-speed wireless network.
The Sprint Nextel 4G mobility network will use the company's extensive 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings, which cover 85 percent of the households in the top 100 U.S. markets.In an effort to offer faster speeds, lower cost, and greater convenience and enhanced multimedia quality, Sprint Nextel will work with Intel, Motorola, and Samsung to incorporate WiMaX technology for advanced wireless communications and help make chipsets widely available for new consumer electronics devices. The new WiMax network would provide download speeds of between 2-4 Mbps, on par with DSL or cable modems. Plans target a launch in trial markets by the end of 2007, with deployment that reaches as many as 100 million people in 2008. Sprint Nextel intends to expand mobile WiMaX network coverage thereafter. The WiMax plan comes after Sprint said it planned to upgrade its 3G data network starting at the end of 2006.
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