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NetZero strikes deals to use Sprint LTE and Verizon 3G

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NetZero strikes deals to use Sprint LTE and Verizon 3G

We like the idea of NetZero’s budget-friendly mobile broadband — just not its use of Clearwire’s small, aging WiMAX network. The provider should soon take care of that problem through new MVNO agreements with Sprint and Verizon. The five-year Sprint pact gives NetZero both LTE and EV-DO; the Verizon deal serves more as a safety net, supplying EV-DO alone for three years. Both agreements only take effect in the second quarter of 2014, but they should finally give the NetZero broad coverage and higher peak speeds that it needs to compete with more expensive rivals.

Filed under: Wireless, Networking, Mobile, Verizon, Sprint

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Via: FierceBroadband Wireless

Source: United Online, Seeking Alpha

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