XOHM, WiMax & Clearwire Greenlighted by FCC

If you think 3G speeds are fast then you’re in for a treat once 4G networks such as XOHM & WiMax hit the ground running via Clearwire. Sprint and other investors (including Google) joined together to fund the new Clearwire because infrastructure costs were simply too heavy for Sprint to shoulder themselves. But now… the realization of 4G is, well…. here.

Not only has Sprint’s XOHM launched in its first city (Baltimore) but the FCC has approved by a 5-0 margin the combining of assets of XOHM and Clearwire’s WiMax to create a New Clearwire company that includes all the 3rd party investors we mentioned. But I suppose those 3rd party investors become 1st party investors now, don’t they?

Combine this incredible news with the fact that the FCC also approved use of White Spaces for Mobile Devices and there is no doubt that the Mobile Industry is about to go through a renaissance period over the next 5 years, so long as its not held down by economic struggles.

Sprint claimed in their XOHM Baltimore launch that we would NOT be seeing handsets that operated on XOHM in the immediate future but could Clearwire’s collective thoughts be different? It’ll probably be a year or two before we know what direction all this is really headed… but we’re excited to follow the news and hope you’re excited to follow it with us!

[Via AllThingsD, Phandroid]

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