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Re: EVDO & LTE Costs It won't just be VZW buying. Every major carrier, with the exception of Sprint, has announced plans to go LTE. Cox could end up with WiMAX if they stick with Sprint as a roaming partner, but only time will tell if that happens.
The mix of voice and data could be a tricky one for them. With such limited local coverage, they'll have to undercut the big carriers on price if they want to be competitive for voice, but if they go too low, they run the risk of becoming a bargain carrier like Cricket or MetroPCS. That will get them customers, but they run the risk of overselling their network, which could ruin the experience for data users.
If I were them, I think I'd sell the service like an extended-range home phone. Offer a plan that includes a femtocell that offers fairly cheap unlimited calling, then throw in a modest bucket of cell minutes. That way, the frmtocells will take the brunt of the usage, leaving the cell network uncongested for data users. |
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Plans change. Businesses change. TM made comments about LTE. now they're looking at partnering with Clear. Guess what! ITS WIMAX!
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| Whether they use LTE or WiMAX is irrelevant, assuming they have adequate roaming partners. What matters more is how they need to price their service to get the customers they want. It depends on whether they want to be voice-centric or data-centric.
As for T-Mobile wanting to partner to grow their network, I suspect that the direction they go with that is going to depend heavily on what direction Europe takes. The T-Mobile brand is used in several countries, and DT has a strong incentive to build an international presence that's as uniform as possible. They have to be aware of Vodafone's unhappiness with VZW for going CDMA instead of GSM, and I'm sure they'll want to minimize such a risk. So if Europe adopts WiMAX, T-Mobile will likely do the same, but if Europe goes LTE, then they'll likely go in that direction. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA | said by ISurfTooMuch:As for T-Mobile wanting to partner to grow their network, I suspect that the direction they go with that is going to depend heavily on what direction Europe takes. The T-Mobile brand is used in several countries, and DT has a strong incentive to build an international presence that's as uniform as possible. They have to be aware of Vodafone's unhappiness with VZW for going CDMA instead of GSM, and I'm sure they'll want to minimize such a risk. So if Europe adopts WiMAX, T-Mobile will likely do the same, but if Europe goes LTE, then they'll likely go in that direction. There is very little bandwidth available for WiMAX in Europe. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to ISurfTooMuch
said by ISurfTooMuch:It won't just be VZW buying. Every major carrier, with the exception of Sprint, has announced plans to go LTE. Cox could end up with WiMAX if they stick with Sprint as a roaming partner, but only time will tell if that happens. With WiMAX you would be stuck with no roaming partners except Clear, and nobody does WiMAX in AWS in the USA so custom hardware for you. Clear's WiMAX modems only work with 2.3, 2.5, and 3.5 ghz. AWS and 700 aren't on the list. |
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 kg4icg
join:2003-11-16
Herndon, VA | You do know that Clear has roaming agreements in Russia and Japan and a few other markets for WImax don't ya? |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by kg4icg:You do know that Clear has roaming agreements in Russia and Japan and a few other markets for WImax don't ya? How about domestic roaming which Clear subscribers will use (if it exists) much more than international roaming? Or is it going to be like having a Nextel/IDEN phone? basically no domestic roaming. |
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