Uhhh...I think youmight have it just a little reversed. Intel's Sodhani likely left Clearwire's board so as to not muck up a soon to be JV/capital infusion/WiMax rollout partnership/acquisition of Clearwire by Intel Capital, their VC arm. With Wimax chips coming in three months and Sprint getting their act back together, WiMax in North America is about to happen big - and Intel/Clearwire will lead the way. I'm not a rocket surgeon but this I know for sure. 

Nobody's gone broke taking profits. 

MJD