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Re: CLEAR and T-Mobile said by FrryMnstr:Sprint owns at least 51% of Clearwire. (I've seen some reports of 56%) So technically it would be a Sprint/T-mobile hookup if it happens ...not exactly. It would be Sprint owning half of Clear, and adding T-Mobile to the list of companies that have provided $ to the Clear buildout in exchange for rights to sell access to it like Comcast, Time/Warner, etc. Google is a major investor as well, but they want ad access, not rights to be an ISP on Clear.
Comcast doesn't have anything in the mobile arena--their investment in Clear gives them future mobile video/phone/broadband device options they can sell as their branded "Comcast Mobile" service, same for Time Warner.
T-Mobile obviously already has a 2g network, they're in the process of still building out their 3g network. This is why they're looking at Clear. T-Mobile can in no way afford to build out their own 4g network when they're struggling financially and still behind the other three big carriers in 3-g coverage. If T-Mobile needs to save money but build a 4-g network, they might as well just fund the Clear network and save themselves a ton of money in the process.
Adding another major telecom partner would be a big deal for Clear--it would help keep it build-out going, and keep the prices for access lower. It would also mean that the Clear network would be that much better maintained and constructed, because another 40 million T-Mobile users would need access. | |
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