Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff said the company is in discussions with European companies to create partnerships similar to Clearwire's deal in the U.S. to help it build out mobile WiMAX across Europe, according to an Unstrung article. The operator owns licenses in seven European countries, covering about 200 million people. Clearwire is pooling its assets with Sprint's Xohm business with cash infusions from Intel, Google and three cable operators.
Clearwire has acquired 3.5 GHz licenses in Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Romania, and Spain, and through its affiliate in Denmark, Danske Telecom A/S. At the end of March, Clearwire had just 51,000 customers in Brussels and Ghent, Belgium; Dublin; and Seville, Spain.
For more:
- read Unstrung [1]
Related stories:
Clearwire expects 30 million subs by 2017. Clearwire story [2]
New Sprint-Clearwire deal a shot in the arm for mobile WiMAX. Clearwire editorial [3]
Links:
[1] http://www.unstrung.com/document.asp?doc_id=157504
[2] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/clearwire-expects-30-million-subs-2017/2008-06-12
[3] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/new-sprint-clearwire-deal-a-shot-in-the-arm-for-mobile-wimax/2008-05-08