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February 01, 2005
AT&T/SBC Deal Bad News for WiMax?
Om Malik wonders if the AT&T/SBC merger will be bad for WiMax: AT&T and Intel recently said they’d collaborate on developing chips. But now that AT&T is aligned with SBC, which has a large mobile network in Cingular, it’s not clear what might happen to the WiMax initiative at AT&T.
I think that the 3G and WiMax markets, especially the first version of WiMax, are very separate. But the mobile operators are notoriously protective of their space and often reluctant to try new initiatives—look how long it took most of them (except T-Mobile) to pursue Wi-Fi. If AT&T was going to be a WiMax proponent, it likely will be less of a cheerleader now.
Posted by nancyg at February 1, 2005 12:00 PM
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