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Sprint and Taiwanese Government to collaborate on WiMAX
NOTE: A Sprint executive and the Minister of Economic Affairs, Taiwan will hold an MOU signing ceremony today beginning at 10:00 am Taipei Time and 10/21/07 10:00 p.m. EDT ( ~2 z. Q: k5 s* u/ P1 c
/ O( v1 f3 q7 `$ R6 H$ ?) YRESTON, Va. and TAIPEI, Taiwan � October 22, 2007 � Mobile broadband pioneer Sprint (NYSE: S) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Taiwan, Republic of China, have entered into an agreement to facilitate the Mobile Taiwan program which will use WiMAX technology for a nationwide mobile broadband network. The planned arrangement, which is set out in a memorandum of understanding (MOU), is expected to foster quicker, broader and more efficient deployment of a mobile WiMAX broadband network than the government or Taiwan service providers could separately accomplish.
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Sprint is in the process of deploying the world’s largest mobile WiMAX network in terms of investment and population coverage under the brand name XohmTM. Taiwan plans to be one of the fastest adopters of WiMAX connectivity outside of North America. Taiwan service providers will soon deploy WiMAX technology to deliver mobile broadband services in urban, suburban and rural markets and bring broad benefits to consumers, businesses, educators, governmental and public safety users. The MOU will enable parties to discuss cooperation in global roaming, network conformity, interoperability, common service platform enablement, standardization and marketing.
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6 H0 A- c4 i3 g- @, x( t- d“The Sprint and MOEA cooperation addresses rapidly growing markets for mobile broadband services in the U.S., Taiwan and across the globe,” explained Christopher Weasler, Sprint Vice President of Global Development. “We are pleased to work with the MOEA and regional service providers through Sprint’s WiMAX Connection program to help seed understanding and development of the global WiMAX ecosystem.”
. ~" e! `1 M% J5 T“Taiwan and Sprint cooperation will help expedite development and standardization of WiMAX technology,” said Minister of Economic Affairs, Steve Ruey-Long Chen. “We share a common vision for providing better and more convenient technology to users. Based on this shared vision and the expected benefits to each party, and our respective customers and people, it is natural that we should work together.”+ C# j5 W" B$ Y4 ~5 D3 K: K3 J
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Mobile WiMAX is a next generation wireless broadband technology that is designed to operate faster than today’s third-generation wireless networks at lower cost. Mobile WiMAX technology is expected to allow users to wirelessly download full-length movies and songs, conduct live videoconferences from remote locations and perform other interactive, multimedia applications anywhere in coverage areas, helping mobilize the full power of the Internet. The technology is expected to be deployed ubiquitously with embedded chipsets available in a broad variety of consumer electronic devices including PC cards, modems, mobile phones, computers, cameras, gaming devices and other innovative devices being developed by manufacturers worldwide.
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6 N$ j& C- I( E9 B8 [About Sprint Nextel
3 L+ a5 Y0 @0 G/ tSprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks serving 54 million customers at the end of the second quarter 2007; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit www.sprint.com. |
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