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After collapse of the AT&T/T-Mobile deal, what is AT&T's Plan B?
Explore FierceWireless (Dec 20 2011) Mobility
...on." Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) has agreed to buy more than $3.9 billion worth of AWS spectrum from Comcast, Cox Communications Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, preventing that possibility for AT......AT&T would use to expand beyond its current U-Verse footprint." One other option is spectrum-rich Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR), although Clearwire does have a strategic relationship with Sprint. Clearwire "could sell chunks of this spectrum to ... (Read Full Article)
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Verizon, Cox Communications in New Deal
Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (Dec 16 2011)
...commercial services. The deal is similar in scope to one Verizon struck with Spectrum Co., owned by Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The deal is said to be very similar to one tha...... U.S. cable companies from the list of potential investors or buyers of assets including Sprint and Clearwire, as well as from the ranks of potential wholesale customers of LightSquared, Sprint or Clearwire. The ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Cox Communications Sprint Nextel
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Comcast to start reselling Verizon Wireless products in early 2012
Explore FierceWireless (Dec 6 2011)
...ot just about data cards." Venech also said Time Warner will retain its 4.7 equity percent stake in Clearwire. Both Comcast and Time Warner plan to continue to compete with Verizon's FiOS TV and Internet offering in markets... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Verizon Communications LTE
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Win, Lose, or Draw? Verizon Partners with the Cablecos
Explore No Jitter (Dec 5 2011)
...AT&T in an even weaker position should they fail to execute on the merger. Sprint is also affected. Comcast and Time Warner had both been reselling the WiMAX wireless service offered by Sprint's partner Clearwire; Comcast has 30,000 WiMAX customers and Time Warner has 27,000. Both will stop offering Clearwire's service within six months. Clearwire will probably be under the greatest pressure as Sprint has already announced their intention to sta... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Time Warner Cable Inc. AT&T
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Clearwire Plans $300M Stock Offering To Fund LTE Buildout
Explore The Cable Industry Book (Dec 5 2011)
...eless provider. The MSOs within six months will no longer offer wireless broadband services through Clearwire, and instead Comcast and TWC will exclusively resell Verizon Wireless products and services. That's under the terms of a... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Sprint Nextel Verizon Wireless
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Clearwire hinges its LTE rollout on raising new public funds
Clearwire plans to issue new common stock worth $300 million, which would give it half the capital it needs f......re quite conservative and depend almost entirely on Sprint as a customer, while its cable investors Comcast and Time Warner have indicated they plan to dump WiMAX and tap Verizon’s networks for their future...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Time Warner
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Smit: Comcast Will Keep Clearwire Stake
Explore The Cable Industry Book (Dec 5 2011)
...l its wireless spectrum to Verizon Wireless won't have an impact on its investment in WiMax pioneer Clearwire. Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks agreed to sell their wireless spectrum assets - held i... (Read Full Article)
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Comcast to Start Selling Verizon Wireless Next Year - As Time Warner CEO Says Getting Into the Wireless Business Just Not 'Feasible'
Explore dslreports.com (Dec 5 2011)
...ng new entrant. That's something Charter Communications found out first hand. Not content to follow Comcast and Time Warner Cable and partner with Clearwire, Charter purchased spectrum and tried to build a network -- ultimately shelving the entire plan whe... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire AT&T Time Warner
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If the AT&T acquisition collapses, what will T-Mobile USA do?
Explore FierceWireless (Nov 28 2011) Mobility
... have to come from new spectrum. So where could T-Mobile get new spectrum? Here are some options:
Clearwire. T-Mobile was in talks with Clearwire last year over a possible wholesale deal. And with Clearwire's (NASDAQ:CLWR) plans to move to LTE-Advanced technology, such a partnership makes even more sense ......y, such a partnership makes even more sense today. T-Mobile could also partner with LightSquared.
Comcast and Time Warner Cable ...
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Clearwire ditches postpaid service, offers prepaid unlimited at $50
Explore FierceWireless (Oct 31 2011)
...to scale back its direct-to-consumer retail efforts in favor of focusing on its wholesale business. Clearwire resells WiMAX services to Sprint, Time Warner Cable, Comcast and others. Indeed, Clearwire earlier this year discontinued its Rover prepaid brand, which offered WiMAX service for $50 per mon... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Sprint Nextel
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MetroPCS: We could use Clearwire's spectrum
Explore FierceWireless (Oct 13 2011) Marketing
Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) may offer MetroPCS (NASDAQ:PCS) a solution for overcoming the company's spectrum defi......WS spectrum was very appealing to the firm. SpectrumCo is the joint venture of cable companies Cox, Comcast and Time Warner Cable that spent $2.4 billion in a 2006 FCC auction on AWS spectrum licenses coveri... (Read Full Article)
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Where does T-Mobile go from here for 4G?
Explore FierceWireless (Sep 1 2011) Marketing
...to LTE would be to partner with another company, he said.
The most likely partner for T-Mobile is Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR), which has an abundance of spectrum, and which T-Mobile held negotiations with last y......s expressed interest in working with T-Mobile to add a cellular component to its Wi-Fi network.
"Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House sit on an attractive AWS spectrum position through their Spectr...
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Could Dish Network Wireless Entry Seriously Change U.S. Market Dynamics?
Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (Aug 30 2011) Business Models , Marketing
...ng, and worrying, about market power. Some will point to the potential emergence of LightSquared, Clearwire and now Dish Network as evidence that markets are competitive, and will remain so in the future. It......band Internet access, TV and mobile services, reaching a greater population than AT&T, CenturyLink, Comcast, Cox, or Verizon, Entner argues. Of course, skeptics will say all these efforts are just that--ef... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire AT&T Sprint Nextel
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Report: Clearwire may be contemplating restructuring its debt
Explore FierceWireless (Aug 26 2011)
...ilar one last week (also citing unnamed sources) that said Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) was in talks with Clearwire's other investors, including Comcast, about an investment plan in which it would purchase their the equity stakes and essentially take c... (Read Full Article)
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The future: Top outrageous wireless acquisitions that could happen next
Explore FierceWireless (Aug 25 2011) Marketing
...le Bloomberg recently reported that Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) is considering buying more equity in Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) from Clearwire's other strategic investors. The report, citing unnamed sources, said Sprint is in talks with Clearwire's other investors, including Comcast, about an investment plan in which it would purchase the equity stakes and essentially take control... (Read Full Article)
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Sprint, Cable Weigh Clearwire Options
Explore Cable Technology (Aug 22 2011) Marketing
...reate a new company that would include a $3.2 billion investment from Intel (News - Alert), Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Trilogy Equity Partners. The Clearwire had Comcast, Time Warner, and Sprint as wholesale customers. The point is that major U.S. cable operators have ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Google Time Warner
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Sprint, Other Clearwire Owners Talking Buyout
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Aug 19 2011) Marketing
...print Nextel (NYSE:S, news, filings) may finally be preparing to get off the fence on its plans for Clearwire. Apparently they are in talks with Comcast and the other cable MSO minority shareholders of Clearwire about how to fund the beleagured WiMAX phenomenon, and the possibility of a buyout by Sprint is one... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Sprint Nextel Comcast
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Report: Sprint considering taking control of Clearwire
Explore FierceWireless (Aug 19 2011)
...according to a Bloomberg report.
The report, citing unnamed sources, said Sprint is in talks with Clearwire's other investors, including Comcast, about an investment plan in which it would purchase the equity stakes and essentially take control...
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Clearwire Elevates Prusch To President And CEO
Explore The Cable Industry Book (Aug 10 2011) Business Models
...fore that he served in various financial management roles at Intuit, Identix and Gateway Computers. Clearwire is majority owned by Sprint Nextel, with investments from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks, Intel, Google and others. Clearwire's capital-intensive business model has left it with $78.8 million in cash and equivalents as of the...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire Google Sprint Nextel
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Clearwire To Take LTE Plunge
Explore The Cable Industry Book (Aug 4 2011)
...bers in the year-ago quarter; of the total, 6.36 million were wholesale subscribers through Sprint, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and others. Clearwire expects to end 2011 with approximately 10 million 4G customers. The company reported revenue of $32... (Read Full Article)
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So what happens to Clearwire’s WiMAX network
Explore GigaOM (Aug 3 2011) Marketing
...hat you can continue to use their network and your old WiMAX based devices if you are a customer of Clearwire or one of their partners, Sprint and Comcast for example. Check out our previous Clearwire + LTE coverage: * May 2009: Clearwire: We don’t need no stinking LTE * October 2009: Clearwire married to WiMAX for two more years.
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire Sprint Nextel Comcast
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Clearwire Adds 1.6 Million Wholesale Subs In Q1
Explore The Cable Industry Book (May 4 2011)
...three months of 2011, 1.6 million of which were through wholesale partners including Sprint Nextel, Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Clearwire had approximately 6.15 million total subscribers at the end of March, up more than sixfold from 971... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Sprint Nextel Time Warner Cable
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FCC's Copps pushes back against AT&T/T-Mobile deal
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 1 2011) Marketing
...T) bid to purchase T-Mobile USA for $39 billion could face "a steeper climb" at the commission than Comcast's acquisition of NBC/Universal--comments that indicate the deal will be closely scrutinized.
In a......e dealMetered billing, AT&T/T-Mobile hot topics during CTIA carrier keynote What happens to Sprint, Clearwire and LightSquared? AT&T + T-Mobile USA ramificationsWill regulators approve the AT&T/T-Mobile USA de...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire AT&T Sprint Nextel
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Time Warner Cable Talking To Lightsquared - Could Offer LTE Service To Subscribers
Explore dslreports.com (Mar 24 2011) Marketing
...ld allow Time Warner Cable to expand or replace the services offered through their partnership with Clearwire. With Clearwire's future uncertain, Comcast is more than likely also watching Lightsquared carefully. It also remains possible that Sprint, Clearwire and Lightsquared ultimately become one major LTE operation to counter the AT&T and T-Mobile merger,...
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