Sprint hasn’t been coy about its love and adoration for all things WiMAX, and while it obviously has a vested interest in seeing the next-gen wireless protocol thrive, even it isn’t completely ignoring the possibility of dabbling in LTE. Or, at least that’s the impression we get from a recent spokesman answer to a question on whether it was “evaluating LTE equipment.” Speaking on behalf of the carrier, John Polivka wouldn’t go so far as to confirm nor deny whether it was actually dipping its toes into LTE testing while its Clearwire buddies weren’t looking, but he did affirm that “as a prudent technology development organization, [Sprint] is always collecting competitive information about various technologies / equipment to monitor and asses the competitive landscape and any potential impacts to Sprint’s plans.” We’ve already seen a few CDMA mainstays admit to siding with LTE for 4G, and honestly, we wouldn’t be shocked to see Sprint eventually cave too. Whatever stops the bleeding, right?
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