Friday, May 15, 2009

Clearwire: We don’t need no stinkin’ LTE - Toolbar - REALHS

May 14, 2009

Clearwire CEO William Morrow, on his first conference call yesterday, did several things right. He toned down the first-mover advantage statements regarding Clearwire’s WiMAX technology and rival fourth-generation wireless technology, LTE, and instead focused on the capacity and openness of the WiMAX network. He pointed out that WiMAX offered a way for customers to get streaming video or other applications that carriers are currently leery of. He also was emphatic that even though LTE and WiMAX are similar, Clearwire isn’t planning on dumping WiMAX in favor of LTE anytime soon...