Facing a prolonged decline in its consumer business, mobile carrier is looking to boost its sale of network access to device makers such as Amazon and Garmin.
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The stimulus bill favors wireline communications over wireless and by extension incumbents over startups, unless the rules are changed.
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The carrier’s modem that does both 3G and WiMAX will appeal to a small segment of the business market and do little to stave off the onslaught of LTE, analyst says.
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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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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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WiMax pioneer sees churn rate increase; lenders, shareholders are last hurdles for joint venture with Sprint Nextel.
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Federal Communications Commission signs off on so-called whites space rules, the Verizon Wireless-Alltel merger, and the tie-up of Sprint’s and Clearwire’s WiMAX businesses.
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Despite credit concerns in the carrier market, investors believe WiMAX, with billions of dollars worth of projects in the pipeline, will soldier on for some time.
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Altair Semiconductor will use its new cash haul to speed its transition from engineering company to a marketing one courting major carriers.
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Unlike its rivals who chose WiMax, New York's maverick cable operator picks Wi-Fi for the largest free wireless mesh network in the United States.
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Alliance--which includes Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, Samsung, Sprint Nextel, and Clearwire--aims to cap costs.
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Nobody wants to just sell phones, but broader ambition has its perils.
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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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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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Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg says his company's purchases will result in a "transformative opportunity."
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Comcast and Time Warner Cable are testing the waters for a joint venture with Sprint and Clearwire that may not solve cable's long-term problems.
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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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The on-again, off-again romance between investors and WiMAX is decidedly on again as investors commit to carriers in the U.S. and Russia.
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Search king continues to promote alternative Internet access technologies starting with broadband over power lines and more recently WiMAX.
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News sends Clearwire shares down as much as 28 percent as the small high-speed wireless service provider will now have to spend a lot more money to expand the geographical reach of its network.
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