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May 8, 2008 Archive

May 8, 2008

What does the Sprint-Clearwire deal mean for consumers?

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Clearwire and Sprint Nextel are resurrecting their plan to build a new super-high-speed mobile Internet network. A similar deal fell apart last year, but this time it's backed by big-time investors including Google, Comcast, Time Warner.

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire will combine their wireless broadband units to create a $14.5 billion communications company that will develop a mobile network based on a technology called WiMax. It's like Wi-Fi but the signals travel much farther and can blanket entire cities.

Guest: CNET News.com writer Maggie Reardon

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