Posted on May 14, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Joint Ventures and Alliances | People
Tagged: Clearwire , Craig McCaw , Sprint

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Last week's  $14.5 billion WiMax deal calls for collaboration between Sprint Nextel Corp., Clearwire Corp., Google Inc., Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks. That's quite a collection of interests to keep in alignment, and Clearwire founder Craig McCaw (pictured) has stepped up his involvement in the wireless Internet venture to take on the task -- which, according to this interview with Bloomberg, he considers to be job one.

McCaw said he isn't worried about demand, instead focusing on delivering a product with technological validity. Above all, McCaw is focused on keeping all his partners on the same page: "If there will be one measure as to whether I've succeeded or failed in my time as chairman on this thing, it is: Did I administer regular beatings on people to put their selfish interests aside?" - Baz Hiralal

Go to the story from Bloomberg.com
See Clearwire's first-quarter results, released on Monday


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