The world's largest mobile operator and the heretofore scrappy
WiMAX provider have linked arms to accelerate the rollout and adoption
of time-division LTE (TD-LTE) across China. While there's little chatter
about an infrastructure build-up itself, China Mobile and Clearwire
have established an agreement "to cultivate a robust device ecosystem
that supports multi-mode, multi-band devices with minimum component
complexity and cost," with particular emphasis on the common 2.5GHz
spectrum. More specifically, the collaboration will work to build up a
high volume of TD-LTE chipsets and devices for commercial availability
in 2012. If Sprint were to purchase (or make a significant investment
in) Clearwire, this deal could be especially important, but for the time
being, the company is finding some independence from the uncomfortable
love triangle that's brewing between itself, Sprint and LightSquared.
While there's no telling what sort announcement will come on October
7th, it's nice to see Clearwire secure an international lover that's
willing to commit to a shared LTE vision. You'll find the full PR after
the break.
source:
Engadget
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