Clearwire signs WiMax deal with DirecTV, EchoStar

As I pre­dicted on June 11, DirecTV will offer WiMax.

Clear­wire has agreed to coop­er­ate with two satel­lite tele­vi­sion providers in the US. DirecTV and EchoStar will sell Clear­wire WiMax Inter­net con­nec­tions to customers.

Clear­wire will also get to sell video ser­vices from EchoStar and DirectTV to its cus­tomer base. Reuters has a few more details here.

This agree­ment helps all three com­pa­nies com­pete with AT&T, Time Warner, Com­cast, and other tel­cos that are devel­op­ing all-in-one ser­vice offer­ings for the con­sumer market.

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