Open Range Communications Secures $367 Million for WiMAX deployment

GigaOM reports additional $100 Million for Rural WiMAX Operator “Open Range Communications”. The previous $267 Millions came the U.S. Deparment, trying to bring Broadband to Rural America.

Everyone follow Clear, but I feel this story is more interesting, as for every “Clear” we will see 3 or 4 smaller operators, doing business from Fixed/Nomadic WiMAX. It is also encouraging to hear the amount of money invested to this company, both from the U.S. government and private investments.

Not sure which vendor will supply the Base-Stations and CPEs, but I believe they will use Fixed WiMAX for enhanced rural coverage, thus Motorola and Samsung are out of the picture.

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