Later this year Sprint is planning to open up its XOHM WiMAX – its long-distance, high-speed wireless technology – with a software development kit (SDK) and open APIs reports TechRepublic.com.

Talk of such such a possibility began last year at the Play conference in Berkeley, CA, but now the timing and legitimacy of such a move appears to be firming up.

This is big news for an industry that is used to closed networks with stringent operating policies. However, just as Verizon pledged to open its network late last year and now with all of the major companies engaged in a price war (our coverage), things are clearly already changing.

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