Xohm Won't Reach Deployment GoalsStill waiting on CEO to get the budget in order... ( old news - 09:25AM Thursday Feb 14 2008) tags: business · wireless · alternatives · Sprint Broadband DirectIntel executive and president of the WiMAX Forum Ron Resnick tells attendees at the Mobile World Congress that Sprint probably won't hit their original deployment goal for its Xohm WiMax service (100 million subscribers by 2009), and that the company really hasn't even finalized the Xohm budget. The 2-4Mbps, $40-$50 service will still see launches this Spring in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., but reorganization has left some details up in the air. Although Tabassi said the soft launch was going forward this spring in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., he also said he was waiting "for finalization of our budget." Tabassi said Sprint would at least cooperate with Clearwire on roaming agreements so the two companies don't duplicate WiMAX buildouts. New CEO Dan Hesse, after deciding to fire 4,000 employees and close 8% of their stores, has also decided to relocate the Sprint headquarters back to Kansas. Clearwire recently announced they'd resumed talks with Sprint to co-build the WiMax network, and the new coalition hopes to get additional build funding from Google, Intel and Best Buy.
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 moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | What do you expect? This project starts and stops more than a taxi in New York City.
Things better settle down quick or there is going to be a sale in the telecom world.  | |
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | Re: What do you expect? The problem is that we have heard internal fighting over this project that was even accompanied with the departure of a CEO.
I hope it doesn't end up like the old ricochet service. | |
| Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL
 ·AT&T Southeast
| Curtains It's too late for Sprint to make a turnaround. I see a buyout coming in the form of a non-telecom company buying the Xohm part of Sprint. I'm betting that Microsoft or Google makes a move in the near future.
Sprint seems to be A.D.D. or something. They can't seem to focus on the task at hand. | |
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old_dawg
"I Know Noting..."
join:2001-09-22
Westminster, MD
| Re: Curtains said by Gilitar  : I see a buyout coming in the form of a non-telecom company buying the Xohm part of Sprint. I'm betting that Microsoft or Google makes a move in the near future. Oh really?, and where did you get this vision from?.
Pull the magic 8 ball down off the shelf perhaps? 
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| expert007
join:2006-01-10
Buffalo, NY | If Google Doesn't win the spectrum auction....which it certainly appears that they won't, wouldn't buying Xohm make sense for them?
Pure speculation...that's my disclaimer. | |
| | xenophon
join:2007-09-17 | Re: If Google That seems like a reasonable possibility. Or at least significantly invest in it. | |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Sprint/Xohm may be waiting to see how the final outcome of the auction is before committing resources.
No reason to spend excessively if there isn't any pressure from competition.
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J Polivka
@sprintlink.net
| Story correction on Sprint Xohm There are several errors in your story, which is a rehash of other press reports filed from Barcelona. Ron Resnick is with The wiMAX Forum and is not a Sprint employee.
Sprint announced last year it would provide an update in 2008 of its earlier Xohm budget and coverage targets. Your metrics are dated information. Clearwire, not Sprint, indicated that talks were underway regarding spectrum alignment and technology cooperation that could lead to roaming arrangements. Thanks for updating your readers. | |
| xenophon
join:2007-09-17
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| How to deploy on schedule...To deploy on schedule, Sprint needs to...
- Split off Xohm as a separate public company to allow Google, Intel and others in the WiMAX interest invest. But Sprint should not let go of the spectrum and also should hold most of the spinoff. They can buy it back when WiMAX takes off.
- Distribute the rollout with Clearwire and agree not to deploy in the same markets. Roam to each other. If it makes sense, merge.
- Dump the Nextel network and invest fully in WiMAX  && | |
| | Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL
·AT&T Southeast
| Re: How to deploy on schedule... said by xenophon :- Dump the Nextel network and invest fully in WiMAX && +1000000 | |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | But then my Blackberry 7100i wouldn't work anymore 
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packetscan
Premium
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clubs: | Already Dead Before it launches it's alreay dead.
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| | xenophon
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February 14th, @12:22PM
| Re: Already Dead Dumb and uninformed comment. It just means the rollout slows down until the budget is committed or they find outside funding. They already have it in Chicago, DC and Baltimore and word is Dallas is basically complete. Sounds like consumer release is around April or next quarter. | |
| | ydoucare
join:2003-03-12
Rensselaer, IN | Jesus, do some of you people even READ the article? | |
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