Sprint - Clearwire ‘Back On’ in ‘08?

Ok we have spent considerable as has the press on the Sprint - Clearwire XOHM relationship. Its on. Its off. Its why. Well all the bits may have been for naught or maybe not. But the web site Unstrung is reporting that there might be a rekindling of the relationship next year –

Financial analyst firm ThinkEquity Partners issued a research note Thursday morning suggesting that the WiMax relationship between Clearwire LLC (Nasdaq: CLWR - message board) and Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S - message board) may not be dead after all.

ThinkEquity Analyst Eric Kainer writes that the firms could renew their wireless broadband cooperation next year as Sprint launches its nationwide WiMax network. “This launch is likely to be delayed to 2H08 as Sprint hires a CEO and re-establishes its relationship with Clearwire,” notes Kainer.

But don’t get your hopes up –

A Sprint spokesman this week told Unstrung that any talk of a renewed Clearwire partnership “falls under the category of rumor and speculation.”

Got that? Good. Then please forward us the answer will ya?

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