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Clearwire’s growing financial problems threaten Sprint’s 4G plans

Partial article from : http://gigaom.com/broadband/clearwires-growing-financial-problems-threaten-sprints-4g-plans/

Clearwire is thinking about skipping out on a $237 million loan payment due in two weeks, which could make things very uncomfortable for its primary shareholder and wimax bandwidth customer Sprint. A Clearwire default or bankruptcy could do irreparable harm to Sprint’s future 4G strategy –- whether the operator admits it or not.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Clearwire’s new CEO Erik Prusch said the mobile broadband wholesaler is weighing whether or not to conserve cash by putting off loan payments due Dec. 1. Clearwire has a 30-day grace period after the payment comes due so if Clearwire delayed sending a check, Pursch said the company could make good use of that time to seek more funding and to sign up new partners to resell its WiMAX service. Prusch declined to tell the Journal if Clearwire is considering the option of restructuring its debt load either in or out of bankruptcy, though he did say the company is consulting with multiple advisors on its “strategic options.”

Clearwire is walking a tightrope, and if it falls, its weight will land squarely on Sprint. Not only would Sprint lose much of investment during a Clearwire bankruptcy, but it also risks parting with perhaps its most valuable asset: spectrum. When Clearwire’s current incarnation was created in 2008, Sprint turned over 70 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum to the new venture, relying on Clearwire to be a good steward of Sprint’s future mobile broadband strategy. WiMAX turned out to be a flop, but as the network technology slowly dies, the spectrum it runs over remains just as valuable, if not more so.

Clearwire holds over 100 MHz in every major U.S. market. To put that in perspective, that’s more than five times what AT&T and Verizon are using to launch their current ultra-fast LTE networks. With that kind of capacity, Sprint conceivably could continue to offer unlimited smartphone data plans well into the future, while its competitors struggle to limit their customer’s usage.

Sprint wants to leave WiMAX in the dust eventually, which is why it has committed to its own LTE buildout using its own PCS spectrum. But you can bet Sprint is counting on keeping that 2.5 GHz in reserve, using the current WiMAX network to power its 4G smartphones and modems and Clearwire’s proposed future time-division LTE (TD-LTE) (subscription required) deployment to supplement future 4G capacity. Sprint, however, isn’t exactly advertising its dependency on that spectrum.  ….more from

http://gigaom.com/broadband/clearwires-growing-financial-problems-threaten-sprints-4g-plans/



P1 promoting right usage with right device

PETALING JAYA (Nov 9, 2011): Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (P1) has launched another cheeky campaign titled ‘Potong Stim’ as part of its education programme and to promote One Plan, its latest bundle plan.

Following the success of its ‘Sudah Potong’ campaign which taught consumers about wireless Internet, the new campaign promotes the right usage with the right device, said P1 CEO Michael Lai.

“We want to continue educating the market. Last time, people didn’t even know what wimax is about. Education is important because the more consumers understand it, the more they appreciate it,” he told SunBiz recently.

More @ http://www.thesundaily.my/news/203760



P1 W1MAX Coverage Update – 6th April 2011

P1 W1MAX Coverage Update – 6th April 2011

 

Site ID State Area Location
S0085 Melaka Melaka Town Taman Siantan Puri
S0086 Melaka Melaka Town Taman Melaka Mall
C10513 Selangor Rawang Rawang Town
C10682 Selangor Kota Perdana Taman Pinggiran Putra
C10710 Selangor PJ SS22
N20262 Kedah Sungai Petani Taman Wang
N20560 Kedah Sungai Petani Taman Nilam
N10527 Penang Mainland Prai
N20239 Kedah Sungai Petani Bandar Puteri Jaya
C10897 Selangor Klang Taman Wangi
N00442 Perak Ipoh Taman Ipoh Timur
C11162 Selangor Subang Taman Subang Mas
C0252 Selangor Shah Alam Seksyen 14
C11078 Selangor Puchong Kampung Pasir Baru
N0040 Penang Island Kampung Belachan
N20203 Kedah Alor Setar Anak Bukit
C11153 Selangor Klang Taman Nilam
C11350 Selangor Subang Taman Nusa Subang
N20603 Kedah Sungai Petani Kampung Masjid
N10245 Penang Prai Kampung Tok Ebot
C0371 N 9 Seremban Taman Tengku Ampuan Najihah
C0385 N 9 Seremban Seremban Jaya
C10876 Selangor Gombak Kampung Sungai Pusu
C10628 WP Sentul Pasar Sentul
C20715 N 9 Seremban Taman Tengku Ampuan Najihah
N00235 Perak Bota Bandar Sri Iskandar
N10526 Penang Butterworth Kampung Benggali
N20158 Kedah Kulim Kulim Perdana
C0503 WP Salak Selatan Bandar Tun Razak
C10692 WP KLCC Bukit Tunku


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