Clearwire Wimax Mobile Broadband?

Clearwire Wimax and mobile broadband — Clearwire Wimax’ David Maquerra

Clearwire WiMax broadband service is currently available in 62 U.S. markets and reaches over 41 million people. By the end of 2010, 120 million people in the U.S. will have access to its wireless mobile service in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Denver, Minneapolis, the San Francisco Bay Area, Miami, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

David Maquera, Former SVP & Chief Strategy Officer

David Maquera is responsible for Clearwire’s technology development, strategic planning and implementation.

Prior to joining Clearwire, Maquera was VP of Strategic Development for Cricket Communications/Leap Wireless. There he handled strategic initiatives that successfully drove the company’s growth, development of wireless broadband, mobile data products and strategic partnerships.

Before Cricket, he co-founded Backwire, a media and technology start-up later acquired by Leap. Earlier in his career, Maquera worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company.

He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and holds an MBA from Harvard University.

Clearwire WiMax vs. LTE?

The growth of 4G mobile wireless services in the U.S.
250,000 new Clearwire wimax subscribers signed up for its service in the first quarter of 2010
Average mobile broadband download speeds of 3-6 Mbps/10Mbps bursts are common; users are consuming up to 7GB of bandwidth per month
Consumers’ overall positive experiences with faster Internet access rather than one particular application such as video are driving company growth
WiMAX was the logical mobile broadband technology of choice at a time when LTE didn’t exist.
Clearwire claims it’s “agnostic” to WiMAX vs. LTE and will choose the right technology to meet consumer demand
The company is currently addressing its strategy for a change to LTE if it chooses to move in that direction
End-users want a choice of broadband devices. Adopting one standardized technology in the U.S. would best serve consumer needs
Partners–Sprint, Comcast, Time Warner, Intel, Google–see Clearwire wimax as meeting different broadband needs of their customers
Metered data use for smartphone users makes sense for carriers but consumers dislike the pricing strategy. Clearwire wimax will deliver optimum bandwidth at a competitive price
Clearwire sees itself as an enabler of M2M and other mobile broadband devices, such as Apple’s iPad