Big news indeed and good weblink. >From an activist shareholder point of view; the other big factor in the Sprint-Nextel issue is the highly respected activist investor Mr. Ralph Whitworth. http://www.directorsforum.com/Bios/bio_whitworth.html
Mr. Whitworth's company Relational Investors has a position of about $500 million or 1% of Sprint-Nextel stock and is a mighty voice in corporate governance and shareholder democracy. You can read about his strategies here: http://webreprints.djreprints.com/1656671510589.html http://gigaom.com/2007/04/12/sprints-own-activist-investor/ hool. The only comment I have is that I still think there is still a place WiMax/WiFi in the U.S. - especially in niche areas where data-centric niche applications are needed. Also in rural areas with NLOS conditions; applications there are rich data centric with voice. Finally, Mr. Whitworth's colleague Mr. David Batchelder is on the board of Washington Group International (an infrastructure engineering company) which just got purchased by URS, based in San Francisco. IN my opinion, specialized companies such as URS/Washington Group International have the project management wherewithal to deploy large scale WAN type WiMax/WiFi systems. Sprint is bogged down and needs capital for existing voice infrastructure. So maybe URS/WGI can help Clearwire. (Disclaimer: I don't own stock in Relational Investors LLC, or Sprint-Nextel; and all this information gleaned from the public domain). Felix US Citizen --- Steve Stroh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My take on this is at > http://www.bwianews.com/2007/06/clearwire_and_s.html > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > On 6/15/07, Jack Unger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > http://telephonyonline.com/home/news/sprint_wimax_partner_061407/ > > > > -- > > Jack Unger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - President, > Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. > > FCC License # PG-12-25133 > > Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 > > Author of the WISP Handbook - "Deploying > License-Free Wireless WANs" > > True Vendor-Neutral Wireless > Consulting-Training-Troubleshooting > > FCC Part 15 Certification for Manufacturers and > Service Providers > > Phone (VoIP Over Broadband Wireless) 818-227-4220 > www.ask-wi.com > > > > -- > > Steve Stroh > 425-939-0076 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > www.stevestroh.com > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
