Comments on: Clearwire Q1 Conference Call: The Highlights

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:41:17 +0000

@Phil we will find out more about how competitive when LTE services actually arrive in the market; it will be interesting to see how a Verizon prices LTE in markets where it also offers FIOS. My bet is that Clearwire will remain cheaper and offer more data bandwidth, but that LTE will have better mobile voice offerings. Is that two distinctly different customer camps, or are they really battling for the same core user? Not sure at this point.

By: Ken Camp

Ken Camp — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:31:42 +0000

One of the things I find most interesting about Clearwire is how often they talk about all the hiring they’re doing. It’s an interesting dichotomy because I’ve talked to a great many people who’ve submitted resumes and letters of interest, yet Clearwire doesn’t do anything but send a canned response. And I’ve experience this personally with them as well. The consensus among many is that they’re stockpiling resumes for when they do really hit their stride and the the jobs they advertise are speculative. I think when they actually start hiring people is when we’ll see they’ve begun to gain a foothold. Until then, Clearwire remains an interesting question mark for most.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 14 May 2009 18:06:40 +0000

I think the trade press loves the WiMax vs. LTE because the two technologies, in the same market, are indeed competitive.