Sprint and Clearwire call off WiMAX plans

November 9, 2007 – 9:40 am

You could almost feel this one unraveling, but any remaining hope that Sprint and Clearwire would work something out has apparently been lost. Reportedly, the two have given up on trying to finalize an agreement to jointly build a nationwide WiMAX-based network, citing “complexities of the transaction and the departure last month of Sprint Chief Executive Gary Forsee” as primary reasons for the plan’s deterioration. ‘Course, Sprint still has a few options left, but it’s fairly safe to say that what was the most promising one is seemingly out of the picture, at least for now. Interestingly, it wasn’t noted as to whether the two would hook back up and give this one more go in the future, but there were suggestions that a number of big timers (Intel, Nokia, Samsung, etc.) would possibly “inject financing into Clearwire to help keep its WiMAX project on track.” And here we thought this was only the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

[Via PhoneScoop]

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