08/08/2011
Light Reading
If it gets more money, Clearwire LLC (Nasdaq: CLWR) could be one of the first operators in the world to deploy Long Term Evolution Time Division Duplex (LTE TDD), so we thought it was a good time to remind you what this 4G technology is and how it is different from today’s Long Term [...]
08/05/2011
Giga Om
Clearwire’s shift to LTE is not just a move away from WiMAX, but it cements Clearwire’s shift in strategy from being a retail operator to a wholesale provider — a shift that has been coming for a while. In this week’s announcement Clearwire said that it would sell its LTE network not just to [...]
03/09/2011
Bloomberg News
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse said the company remains committed to partner Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) and “every option” for its future involves the wholesaler and its fourth-generation WiMax technology.
Hesse said he’d like to see Sprint do more network sharing with Clearwire, which sells capacity from its own network to [...]
02/09/2011
Wall Street Journal
Clearwire Corp. has abandoned its retail strategy to focus on being a wholesale network provider of fast wireless service, said people familiar with the matter, opening the door for additional investment in the struggling company by Sprint Nextel Corp.
The shift represents a victory for Sprint Nextel, the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier [...]
12/09/2010
International Business Times
Sprint’s network operations and wholesale president Steven Elfman reiterated Sprint’s committment to Clearwire, downplaying speculation that the company might abandon its support for the WiMax network builde
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Sprint’s network operations and wholesale president Steven Elfman recently discussed the company’s latest network upgrades while committing to its 4G partner, Clearwire.
Samsung”Our 4G is with [...]
10/18/2010
IDG News Service – Japan
Clearwire is launching its 4G WiMax network in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles before the end of the year, it said Monday.
The service offers speeds similar to Wi-Fi but without the short-range limitations and is already available in 56 markets across the U.S. The upcoming launch will strengthen [...]
10/14/2010
TelecomAsia.net
US operator Clearwire has put its spectrum on the auction block as it seeks funding to build out its 4G business.
Aiming to raise $2.5 billion to $5 billion, it has already attracted the interest of rival mobile operators and cable giant Time Warner, Bloomberg reports.
The auction, run by Deutsche Bank, is now in [...]
09/30/2010
Dow Jones Newswires
Clearwire Corp. said the three Sprint Nextel Corp. executives serving on its board have stepped down, potentially clearing the path for Clearwire to strike a deal.
Clearwire said Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse and fellow executives Keith Cowan and Steven Elfman have resigned from the Clearwire board. A spokeswoman for Sprint said the company [...]
09/28/2010
FierceWireless
Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) is going to launch a home router product that will allow users capture the company’s mobile WiMAX service and then transfer it to other devices in their home via WiFi, according to FCC documents.
The documents, unearthed by the blog Boy Genius Report, point to a device referred to as the Clear Modem with [...]
09/23/2010
Forbes – Online
Philip Falcone has endured a lot of skepticism since announcing his intention to build a high-speed, fourth-generation (4G) wireless broadband network across the U.S. One oft-cited criticism–posed by analysts and other industry observers–is that Clearwire Corp. is already doing something similar and hasn’t yet succeeded at it.
The Clearwire comparison doesn’t sit well [...]
