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NV 1.0 is nearing completion. Whatever. This is just a negative platitude. If you're here just to troll, you will lose your privelleges. It's getting to the point that every one of your posts is a

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Indeed! I have noticed around here, and in many technical forums, people seem to think that co-oping with other companies and hiring new people for new projects means that in-progress projects are bei

The Dave
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It's going to be 81° here this weekend. I hope these winter months prove to be a boon for us here in the south for continued rollouts.

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The Network Vision platform, from the very beginning, was built to be accommodating toward these sort of hosting deals.

 

See the original presentations on this and how Sprint was planning to accommodate LightSquared. These sort of hosting deals for TD-LTE will also enable Sprint to more quickly expand Spark TD-LTE capabilities.

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The Network Vision platform, from the very beginning, was built to be accommodating toward these sort of hosting deals. See the original presentations on this and how Sprint was planning to accommodate LightSquared. These sort of hosting deals for TD-LTE will also enable Sprint to more quickly expand Spark TD-LTE capabilities.

Oh LightSquared, What a freaking mess that situation has turned out to be.

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The Network Vision platform, from the very beginning, was built to be accommodating toward these sort of hosting deals. See the original presentations on this and how Sprint was planning to accommodate LightSquared. These sort of hosting deals for TD-LTE will also enable Sprint to more quickly expand Spark TD-LTE capabilities.

I wonder how many existing Clearwire Sites are also located on the Sprint Towers in the Corpus Christi Market since the existing Motorola WiMAX Equipment will need to be replaced and later converted to the Network Vision Platform. Do you have any idea what vendor that Sprint will be using to do the TD-LTE Upgrades in the Corpus Christi Market?

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I wonder how many existing Clearwire Sites are also located on Sprint Towers since the existing Motorola WiMAX Equipment will need to be replaced and later converted to the Network Vision Platform. Do you have any idea what vendor that Sprint will be using to do the TD-LTE Upgrades in the Corpus Christi Market?

I think NSN might be doing TD-LTE overlays in Ericsson markets, but please don't hold me to that.

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I wonder how many existing Clearwire Sites are also located on the Sprint Towers in the Corpus Christi Market since the existing Motorola WiMAX Equipment will need to be replaced and later converted to the Network Vision Platform. Do you have any idea what vendor that Sprint will be using to do the TD-LTE Upgrades in the Corpus Christi Market?

 

 

I think NSN might be doing TD-LTE overlays in Ericsson markets, but please don't hold me to that.

A lot of the current TD-LTE deployment is being handled by Samsung, since that is who Clearwire contracted. It's not known where or when NSN may be taking over.

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I think NSN might be doing TD-LTE overlays in Ericsson markets, but please don't hold me to that.

Houston is an Ericsson Market, but they are using Samsung to do the TD-LTE Upgrades.

 

I wonder if this trial is a signal that DISH might end up doing a network hosting agreement with Sprint that will involve DISH using their spectrum for LTE.

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It's a wonderful idea for utilizing the prodigious amounts of spectrum that Sprint owns in the EBS band.

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I'm more interested in what are the two companies working on.  An initial thought, Sprint a wireless company, Dish a content provider could mean TV contents streaming on Sprint's network?

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Phase 2 sites are in movement now, both phases are supposed to be complete by Spring.

 

Phase 2 complete by Spring?  The last I heard, Phase 2 was to be complete by December 2014.

 

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Cough cough

 

I still have not been told this by one of our sources who is "close" to the Clearwire deployment.  Seems kind of fast for almost double the amount of sites they did in 2013.  Also, I can't imagine WiMax markets like Abilene TX, Modesto CA, Maui HI, Reading PA and Yakima WA having all their sites converted to Band 41 LTE by the end of Spring 2014.

 

It certainly is not impossible, but seems like a tall order.  Neither Sprint nor Clearwire ever moved with that kind of speed so far.  But if they just hook up to existing backhaul and come back to take care of backhaul separately, that would be doable.  We will know in short order with those types of deadlines.

 

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There is no way all the Clearwire sites will be done by Spring 2014.  This winter months are going to slow down production for several months.   I think Robert is right and that the more likely scenario to complete B41 LTE on all Clearwire sites is end of 2014.

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There is no way all the Clearwire sites will be done by Spring 2014.  This winter months are going to slow down production for several months.   I think Robert is right and that the more likely scenario to complete B41 LTE on all Clearwire sites is end of 2014.

It's going to be 81° here this weekend. I hope these winter months prove to be a boon for us here in the south for continued rollouts.

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Anyone else curious if the fcc will look at this and think that they cant allow a sprint, tmobile, dish merger and may use this as a reason to block the merger?

Edit-i am referring to the supposed sprint buyout of tmobile.

 

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There is no way all the Clearwire sites will be done by Spring 2014. This winter months are going to slow down production for several months. I think Robert is right and that the more likely scenario to complete B41 LTE on all Clearwire sites is end of 2014.

 

End of 2014 seems realistic but I'm hoping they over deliver and get them done by end mid year - end of summer

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      Totally agree.  In my county and surrounding counties, TM did not place n-41 on every site.  When I look at the sites in question, I probably would have not placed it there either.  I can find just a few with n-71 only and in most of those cases if you live there and know the probable usage of the residents, you would not do a full upgrade on those sites.  One site in particular is set up to force feed n-71 through a long tunnel on the Turnpike.  No stopping allowed in the tunnel. No stores, movie theaters, bathrooms, so n41 would be a waste.    n25 is not really needed either, so it is not there.  The tunnel is going through & under a mountain with more black bears than people.  TM was smart.  Get good coverage in the tunnel but do not waste many many thousands of dollars with extra unused spectrum. I also see sites with only n71 & n25.  Again this makes sense to me.  Depending on what county we are talking about, they moved much of their b25 from LTE to nr.  Some counties have more n25 than a neighboring county, but luckily, it is plenty everywhere.   When you are in a very rural area, n41 can run up the bills and then be barely used.  I am NOT finding sites that should have had n41 but TM failed to provide it.  They may have to come back later in a few years and upgrade the site to n41.  However, we just may eventually see the last little piece on Band 25 leave LTE and move to n25. I am not sure if the satellite to phone service is using band 25 G block as LTE or nr. We also can possibly have at least some AWS move from LTE to nr at some point.  Yes, everybody wants n41. it is not justified in some cases.  When I travel, I desire some decent service along the entire route but it does not have to be 1 or 2 gig download.   If I can get 50/5 on a speedtest with data that will flow and not stutter, I am very happy. Yes, they will swap out the USC gear.  TM needs to match their existing network. The USCC equipment did the job for years, but it is time to retire it.

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