Clearwire would need a wholesale deal with a large national...
Clearwire would need a wholesale deal with a large national carrier to avoid having to sell spectrum, Credit Suisse analysts said Monday. Executives and other analysts had said selling spectrum could be an option for the company to fund its…
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LTE network. There are potential buyers for Clearwire spectrum, including MetroPCS, if Clearwire can’t secure a large wholesale deal in the near-term, the Credit Suisse analysts said. They expect TD-LTE smartphones that carry voice over LTE to hit the market soon. There could be 30 TD-LTE networks deployed this year, they said. The value of Clearwire’s spectrum partially depends on the emergence of a robust TD-LTE ecosystem with low-cost handsets, they said. TD-LTE (Time Division LTE) is being used by major Chinese carriers as their LTE standard, while the other LTE standard FD-LTE (Frequency Division) is being used by most U.S. carriers.