Sprint and Clearwire barely started talking to eachother again and it looks like they’re rearin’ to tie the knot. After calling off negotiations, then getting back together again, Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff has announced that Clearwire and Sprint have come to terms on how the two companies will handle roaming customers between their WiMAX networks.
Reuters is reporting that the WiMAX duo has “agreed on common network architecture in order to make it possible for their customers to roam between both networks.” This deal would presumably allow Sprint and WiMAX to essentially break up the US into WiMAX market-halves, with each company serving their own subscriber-base in their respective areas. WiMAX customers from either side would then be allowed to roam between networks as they travel, effectively creating a nationwide WiMAX blanket.
Sweet, this deal marks a breakthrough for Sprint’s prospects as one of the premier mobile-broadband providers in the US. We can’t wait for some commercial service-launches.
[Via: MocoNews]