Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year, you know Sprint has the nation’s first (and only) 4G network. Other carriers (T-mobile USA) claim to have a 4G network, but we know this is simply not true and instead the term 4G is being used as a marketing ploy rather than the technical specification we expect. In ABI Research’s “4G Subscriber, Device and Networks Market Data”, published today, the research firm forecast 4G handset sales for Sprint in 2010.
According to ABI Research director Philip Solis, “Sprint’s 4G smartphone sales have been partially responsible for its recent subscriber growth. ABI Research forecasts that the carrier will ship almost three million 4G handsets for its WiMax network by the end of 2010. That number is greater than many observers expected.”
It looks like Sprint will soon have 3 million reasons to keep the drive for 4G WiMax expansion if the forecast is accurate. While other carriers transition to their LTE upgrade path for 4G, it seems that Sprint’s early decision to opt for WiMax is working out just fine for the ‘Now Network’.
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