Sprint-Clearwire: Sprint’s SVP Atish Gude: “We Know We Are The Pioneers” Of The Mobile Internet

After speaking to Clearwire’s Ben Wolff, I also interviewed Sprint’s (NYSE: S) Atish Gude, the SVP of Sprint’s Xohm mobile broadband operations, about the pending deal that would create a nationwide WiMax network built and operated by Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR). Once the deal is final, Sprint’s WiMax unit will be consolidated into a new company, which will be called Clearwire and operated out of Kirkland, Wash. with a major office remaining in Virginia. Gude, who has been a big promoter of the WiMax technology since Sprint first announced its interest in 2006, said he couldn