Clearwire announces deal with China Mobile to accelerate TD-LTE deployment

The world’s largest mobile operator and the heretofore scrappy WiMAX provider have linked arms to accelerate the rollout and adoption of time-division LTE ( TD-LTE ) across China. While there’s little chatter about an infrastructure build-up itself, China Mobile and Clearwire have established an agreement “to cultivate a robust device ecosystem that supports multi-mode, multi-band devices with minimum component complexity and cost,” with particular emphasis on the common 2.5GHz spectrum. More specifically, the collaboration will work to build up a high volume of TD-LTE chipsets and devices for commercial availability in 2012. If Sprint were to purchase (or make a significant investment in) Clearwire, this deal could be especially important, but for the time being, the company is finding some independence from the uncomfortable love triangle that’s brewing between itself, Sprint and LightSquared. While there’s no telling what sort announcement will come on October 7th , it’s nice to see Clearwire secure an international lover that’s willing to commit to a shared LTE vision. You’ll find the full PR after the break. Continue reading Clearwire announces deal with China Mobile to accelerate TD-LTE deployment Clearwire announces deal with China Mobile to accelerate TD-LTE deployment originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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