What will an $8 billion check from Softbank buy Sprint?

15.10.2012

However, Sprint may not even need its Softbank pot of gold to take control of Clearwire's spectrum.

"No need to buy out Clearwire," Gartner's Redman said. "It will fizzle out itself, Sprint will reclaim its spectrum and roll out LTE on its own. Clearwire was a mistake to begin with and a big factor in its financial problems."

The IDG News Service