Sprint Schedules 'Strategy Update' Event on October 7th

Sprint has scheduled a 'Strategy Update' event on October 7th where the company will likely reveal details about its 4G roadmap, reports TIMN.

Although Sprint was first out of the 4G gate with WiMAX, the accepted wisdom these days is that the carrier should start thinking about an LTE transition. Sprint has long pursued a somewhat complicated strategy of partnering with other companies to build out its wireless network instead of owning everything end-to-end, so the fact that it will need to hold a press conference to fully explain future moves is no surprise. We don't know exactly what Sprint will announce, but it's likely that it will involve both LightSquared and Clearwire.

Interestingly, this date coincides with the rumored release date for the iPhone 5. According to the WSJ, Sprint will begin selling the iPhone 5 alongside Verizon and AT&T for the first time in October.


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