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Cable’s Clearwire Quandary

Cable operators are betting $1.65B on the service that competes with cable modems and may never compete with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile.
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Clearwire Closes Deal Amid Hurdles

WiMAX firm faces new realities as it embarks on a plan that was drawn up before the economy skidded into recession.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet

Yahoo Grabs T-Mobile Search Deal

Troubled Internet searcher finds its second major U.S. carrier deal and can now claim mobile bragging rights over Google and Microsoft.
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Archives, Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Clearwire Narrows Loss; Shares Fall

WiMax pioneer sees churn rate increase; lenders, shareholders are last hurdles for joint venture with Sprint Nextel.
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Media, Communications

Can Sprint Help Customers and Itself?

The carrier, which has been hemorrhaging subscribers at an alarming rate, is attempting to repair its damaged customer service reputation.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Intel Leads Charge to Referee WiMAX Patent Cost

Alliance--which includes Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Samsung, Sprint Nextel, and Clearwire--aims to cap costs.
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Media, Communications, Finance

Sprint Nextel: From Worst to First?

Wall Street analysts say the struggling wireless carrier’s Clearwire move places it just a Deutsche Telekom acquisition away from the top of the mobile heap.
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Media, Communications, Finance

Helio Merger Talks Confirmed

Helio and Virgin will be a bad match, industry expert says. Both are on Sprint’s network, but that’s where the similarities end.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cablevision to Spend $300M on Free Wi-Fi

As cable operators continue to struggle with the incorporation of mobile communications, New York-based company offers subscribers free Wi-Fi in neighborhoods.
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Media, Internet, Finance

Will Google and Cable Firms Rejuvenate WiMAX?

A well-financed wireless broadband carrier with well-heeled backers motivated to innovate could jolt the WiMAX community out of its inertia.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Tech Consortium Bids $14.5B on WiMAX

Google, Intel, Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House wager a fortune on an unproven but disruptive technology.
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Media, Communications, Finance

Deutsche Telekom Eying Sprint Purchase?

Buying Sprint would vault the German giant into the top U.S. mobile carrier spot, but will its backers approve?
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Security, Media, Communications, Internet

Feds Aim to Send Emergency Text Messages

In its ongoing attempt to incorporate wireless communications into public safety, the FCC keeps running into obstacles. This time it’s the legal and budgetary constraints at FEMA.
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Mobile Giants Feast on Spectrum Licenses

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg says his company's purchases will result in a "transformative opportunity."
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Computers, Security, Media, Communications

Can You See Me Now?

Verizon Wireless becomes the third carrier to sign on to Loopt's youth-focused location sharing service, but will carriers trip over security concerns?
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

T-Mobile Moves Indoors With $10 Service

Mobile carrier challenges Verizon, AT&T, Vonage, and cable operators with home phone deal that erases old landline barriers.
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Computers, General news, Magazine, Communications, Internet, Finance

Sprint Expected to Wage Price War

No. 3 U.S. mobile service provider Sprint Nextel is expected to offer flat-rate calling plans at up to a 40 percent discount to its rivals, analysts say.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Motorola, Intel Spark WiMAX in Barcelona

It has taken a backseat to cellular and WiFi but WiMAX is emerging from the shadows as Motorola and Intel add to their growing investment score.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Mobile Carriers Face Cell Phone Saturation

Cell phone subscriber growth is on track to fall to as low as 2 percent by 2012 from its current rate of 9 percent, according to a report from Analysys.
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Microsoft/Yahoo is Mobile Equal of Google

The real portal battleground for these rivals will be the mobile Internet and unlike the PC-based web, they are practically tied.
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