To open or not to open, Sprint and its WiMAX network

Katie Fehrenbacher writes:

[Atish Gude, Sprint’s senior VP of mobile broadband operations] said that while Sprint eventually wants to embrace the open Internet-centric model for devices that connect to its WiMAX network — browseable devices and open platforms — the company is still wrestling with whether it should lean toward a closed or open model when it launches. “Do you start with an open model, or start with a closed model and move to an open model,” he asked. ...

Link:  GigaOM.