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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Sprint to Lease More Network Capacity

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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Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

No Stimulus for Wireless Startups

The stimulus bill favors wireline communications over wireless and by extension incumbents over startups, unless the rules are changed.
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Media, Communications, Internet

Will Sprint Modem Save Mobile WiMAX?

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’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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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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FCC Approves Verizon Wireless-Alltel

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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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

WiChorus Nets $18M for WiMAX

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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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Israeli WiMAX Chip Maker Nets $22M

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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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Cablevision Unwraps Free Wi-Fi

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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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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Communications, Finance

TechSpin: The Quest for Mobile Platforms

Nobody wants to just sell phones, but broader ambition has its perils.
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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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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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Cable Giants Talk WiMAX

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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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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Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Internet

VCs Invest $60M with two WiMAX providers

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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Media, Communications, Internet

Google, Clearwire Forge Portal Deal

Search king continues to promote alternative Internet access technologies starting with broadband over power lines and more recently WiMAX.
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General news, Communications, Internet, Finance

Sprint Quits Clearwire Pact

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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