US mobile phone companySprint Nextelexpects to invest
approximately £1.25bn in capital for
Wimax through year-end 2008. ItsWimax servicewill be marketed under
the Xohm brand and a trial network is expected to go live in the US
by the end of 2007. It also announced a partnership with Google to
bring its search tools tomobile Wimax
applications.
The wireless carrier is spending £1.25bn through next year to
build a Wimax network it hopes will differentiate itself and bring
in new business worth approximately £2.5bn by 2011.
Barry West, who heads the Wimax business, said the partners have
committed to putting out 50 million devices, from
cell phones to laptops with Wimax chips.