4G Evolution Revolution

WOW there has been some news here in the last weeks concerning the 4G revolution. SO Sprint decides to go in the direction of LTE, I reported in a past article to expect some news from Sprint. Then just last week they "Sprint" says it will not be embedding, supporting wimax in their devices in 2012, or Clear for that matter.

Now I wouldn't read in to that to much. What I got from that press was this. They are not supporting wimax any longer, LTE is another entity. So after Sprint reported an LTE path, I also reported that Clear would be making some big news, So right after Sprint came out in favor of LTE, Clear shares some spot light with their  new LTE path.

I also read some press about Sprint devices embedded with both TD and FD LTE here is the link C/NET. Now to me, that says Sprint and Clear are moving away from wimax. They are certainly not washing their hands of Clear. If Sprint has learned anything, they know the value of that spectrum and the future of true 4G speed is in that massive 2.5 GHZ pipe. They also know the value of being able to utilize that network with their own to offload data and keep their network flowing, they learned that from watching what happened to AT&T, and their network not ready for prime time. It took a nose dive from the introduction

of the iphone and all that data flow crashing, or crushing their legacy voice gear.

Sprint is just ready to go forward, And their saying get on the LTE train, or get left behind. Now I also wrote an article last year about how Clear should have made this decision back then, but because of the Sprint ties, and an in place echo space that needed no disruption, they waited, and that cost them an LTE run away that's put them in a last place position. There are many reasons for this, and it's all corporate. There are also many other investors, lets just say, they did not want to upset the apple cart.

If Sprint really wants to make some 4G news, try offering a 4G only plan on your wimax embedded devices for $45 a month. Lets see your paying Clear $10.00. so $35.00 profit, and you didn't even have to build the network. You might just get the attention of investors, and you and Clear will be off and running with the fastest LTE available.

WOW and then after the news of Sprint treating Clear like a red headed step child with no more wimax, Clear is in talks PCS, which is Sprint, and Verizon. this brings us back to all that spectrum. There are so many ways Clear can contribute in this space, by providing an off load port for all the telecoms, or being the backhaul to devices. And it's not even dependent on clear being built all the way out.

This is how I see this morphing in to an awesome path. If Sprint starts to build out their LTE, while Clear continues to get their truck roll on, they would be building at twice the speed. Now, if these devices are on either a TD or FD LTE network, this is some common ground, at some point their paths meet, and bam, they have not only caught up but have passed the competition, as this is the realm of true 4G. And if the goal was to build out advanced LTE, the fat lady will have sung.

It looks to me like all the carriers are going to find a way to access the Clear spectrum, Clear may well become an integral part of all things 4G, on all devices before this is over.