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Wireless Stocks: The Next Generation
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Todd Rosenbluth, Standard & Poor's telecom analyst, told investors who he believes will win the wireless wars.
Outlook
Rosenbluth addressed a report by CNBC's Jim Goldman, who said there is "massive speculation" that Google [GOOG
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But Rosenbluth thinks that funding won't guarantee a victory for Sprint Nextel [S
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"Sprint is really looking toward WiMax as an alternative technology. But Sprint is really going to be struggling versus the companies we like at S&P," he said.
And which firms are those?
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"We like AT&T [T
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]. They've committed to a fourth-generation technology, [called] LTE."
The analyst believes LTE is going to prove more efficient than WiMax -- and render the latter obsolete.
Disclosures
As of publication, information was not immediately available as to whether Rosenbluth or his firm have holdings in any of the stocks mentioned above.
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