IamMrFamous07 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 If Sprint pulls this off it will be my new favorite moment in history. Lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDD Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Lol I failed, I tried to get Griffin on there but I did something wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GHoward Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Now what are the advantages of doing the TD-LTE Trials in Corpus Christi if Corpus Christi is a TD-LTE Phase 2 Deployment Market? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraydog Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickel Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GHoward Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraydog Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Now what are the advantages of doing the TD-LTE Trials in Corpus Christi if Corpus Christi is a TD-LTE Phase 2 Deployment Market? Phase 2 sites are in movement now, both phases are supposed to be complete by Spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GHoward Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsnake49 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Looks like Sprint and Dish can work together on occassion. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-17/sprint-dish-work-together-to-test-a-wireless-internet-service.html?cmpid=yhoo Press release: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sprint-dish-trial-fixed-wireless-140000051.html It's a wonderful idea for utilizing the prodigious amounts of spectrum that Sprint owns in the EBS band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zan Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Phase 2 complete by Spring? The last I heard, Phase 2 was to be complete by December 2014. Robert Cough cough I'm told that the entire CLWR WiMax network should be completely converted to include Band 41 LTE -----.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmchssc Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I hope they're planning to utilize 8x8 MIMO for this. That could offer up to 300 Mbps for each 20 MHz carrier per sector. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnygATL Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Cough cough I assume the two phases refer solely to clear ' s current wimax footprint and not to Sprint ' s total current site count. (?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaddy0122 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Cough cough I think you are reading too much into that quote. It only says the WiMax network, not the entire country covered in Band 41. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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. Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caspar347 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I know this may have already been posted, so my apologies if it is a duplicate. But I saw this on G+ this afternoon: http://www.androidheadlines.com/2013/12/sprint-dish-partnering-lte-based-home-broadband-trial-texas.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericdabbs Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 It has. http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5202-sprint-to-trial-fixed-wireless-service-with-dish/ Robert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Newhart Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 This is pretty good news, if Dish concentrates on home fixed service, good news! I have submitted my property to Sprint to help them build a tower, no joy. Anyone know contacts to build a tower for Dish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dave Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 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. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial1 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 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. Sent from my LG-LS980 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrFamous07 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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