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Best Buy Connect is Closed
Explore FierceWireless (Apr 26 2012) Mobility
...e less two years after the business got started. The service resold mobile broadband with access to Clearwire's (NASDAQ:CLWR) mobile WiMAX network and Sprint Nextel's (NYSE:S) EV-DO network; Best Buy also ink......disconnects from doing business * White-space spectrum could be the new playground for innovation * FCC approves AT&T's AWS spectrum transfer to T-Mobile * MetroPCS targets fall for cheaper LTE smartphon...
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Sprint replacing Nextel network relic with LTE in 2014
Explore GigaOM (Apr 12 2012) Mobility
...is counting on getting a big boost in 2013 when its current mobile broadband provider, Clearwire, hopes to turn on its own LTE network, supplying Sprint with reams of cheap bandwidth. The only...
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Clearwire Thinks Some LTE Networks Will Quickly Run Out of Spectrum
Explore FierceWireless (Mar 22 2012) Mobility
Clearwire Chief Financial Officer Hope Cochran estimates that companies that deploy LTE in 5 MHz of spectrum ... (Read Full Article)
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120 MHz of 700 MHz Spectrum to Be Auctioned, Eventually
Explore IP Carrier (Feb 20 2012) Mobility
...le broadband purposes in the next few decades,” said Harold Furchtgott-Roth, a former member of the Federal Communications Commission. “Don’t see what else that is out there after this auction.”Second, firms that do not win spectrum......trum in the auction will have incentives to buy spectrum from other potential suppliers, especially Clearwire. Also, holders of some satellite spectrum that could be “re-purposed” for such purposes, notwithsta... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire AT&T U.S. Congress
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Clearwire boasts strong Q4; weakness ahead
Explore cedmagazine.com (Feb 16 2012) Marketing
...Sprint announced last year it would use its own LTE service instead, eventually limiting its use of Clearwire's network to supplementary capacity. The FCC's decision to block LightSquared from deploying its wholesale LTE network could be good news for Clearwire as companies hungry for mobile broadband look for a new source of connectivity. Clearwire has already signed up two of LightSquared's customers: FreedomPop and Simplexity. "We expect ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Sprint Nextel Federal Communication Commission
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Clearwire to Start LTE Construction in First Quarter 2012
Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (Feb 16 2012)
Clearwire estimates it will spend $600 million to build its new Long Term Evolution network, spending about a......building a wholesale LTE network that could be operational in 2012. Dish Network is petitioning the Federal Communications Commission to build its own national LTE network, but availability obviously remains some years off in the fut... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Dish Network
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FreedomPop extends the Web’s freemium model to mobile data
Explore GigaOM (Feb 15 2012) Applications , Business Models , Marketing , Mobility
...iness model popular for Web services and apply it to mobile broadband access, giving away access to Clearwire’s WiMAX and future LTE networks to most customers at no charge. If FreedomPop can make the math wor......htSquared, raising questions as to whether the new service would get off the ground. On Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission said it planned to yank LightSquared’s LTE network waiver, effectively killing its ...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire Niklas Zennstrom Kevin Fitchard
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Canada endorses Dish's LTE Advanced network, but FCC still on the fence
Explore FierceWireless (Feb 7 2012)
Dish Network told the FCC that it has received approval from the Canadian government to secure spectrum from two of TerreStar...... CEO: We could partner with T-Mobile if AT&T deal collapsesSprint's sprawling LTE plans now include Clearwire and LightSquared--and possibly DishSprint signs off on Dish's proposed wireless venture Canada endo... (Read Full Article)
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LightSquared adds money woes to GPS and Falcone problems
Explore TELEPHONY Online (Dec 20 2011)
...LightSquared's favor, and that his efforts to better understand the network's relationship with the FCC have been "stonewalled." Grassley has been standing in the way of an FCC vote, in an effort to get his questions answered.) Still another addition to LightSquared's problem......would also present trouble for Sprint — which only recently was able to sigh in relief over partner Clearwire's newfound financial solidity (CP: Clearwire ...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Sprint Nextel
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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
...t what it most wanted from T-Mobile: greater spectrum depth. The most immediate solution is for the FCC to approve AT&T's purchase of Qualcomm's (NASDAQ:QCOM) Lower D and E Block 700 MHz spectrum, a move......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 ... (Read Full Article)
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Merger aftermath: Everywhere AT&T loses, Verizon wins
... rather than imploding with a bang, resulting in no new regulations on the wireless industry and no FCC or federal court decisions to impede Verizon’s future consolidation ambitions. Verizon’s official p......zon was hoping to minimize the damage, and it got its wish. The deal never got to a vote before the Federal Communications Commission and never saw an official court date in the U.S. Department of ...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire AT&T Cox Communications
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Win, Lose, or Draw? Verizon Partners with the Cablecos
Explore No Jitter (Dec 5 2011)
...obile. The spectrum being sold to Verizon is in the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) band that the FCC's Auction 66 in 2006. The main portion of the spectrum (AWS-1) is actually two bands: 1.710 to 1.75......cast 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 ... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Time Warner Cable Inc. AT&T
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Sprint's sprawling LTE plans now include Clearwire and LightSquared--and possibly Dish
Explore FierceWireless (Dec 1 2011) Mobility
With Sprint Nextel's (NYSE:S) agreement today with Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR), Sprint's LTE deployment plans have become much sharper--and far more extensive than ...... Verizon and Leap trade spectrum for LTE, EV-DO buildouts * Entner: Where is the due process? FCC releases report on AT&T/T-Mobile * Sprint signs off on Dish's proposed wireless venture * Verizon, ...
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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 ......pectrumCo). Comcast, Time Warner Cable and others purchased $2.4 billion in AWS spectrum during the FCC's 2006 auction ...
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AT&T, T-Mobile Retreat, What Does It Mean?
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Nov 25 2011)
...e legal team at AT&T (NYSE:T, news, filings) didn’t get much of a Thanksgiving break. Following the FCC’s bombshell earlier this week moving to oppose the merger, the AT&T and Deutsche Telecom AG (ETR:DT......o it. But it doesn’t look like enough for a solo effort, which brings us to… * All roads lead to … Clearwire? Suppose they did get that breakup fee relatively ... (Read Full Article)
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Sprint raising debt, may fund ailing Clearwire
... get to 2014 and then will turn to LightSquared to get it through 2015, provided LightSquared gets FCC approval. But after that, it will need additional spectrum. Clearwire would be a logical choice and despite the strained relationship between them, it sounds like the tw...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire Sprint Nextel Federal Communication Commission
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MetroPCS: We could use Clearwire's spectrum
Explore FierceWireless (Oct 13 2011) Marketing
...e Thursday MetroPCS may be offloading at least 20% of its traffic to Wi-Fi * MetroPCS: We could use Clearwire's spectrum * LightSquared: We need clarity from the FCC before we can raise more funds * NFC starts to take off in Europe, but challenges remain * Nokia ca... (Read Full Article)
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Clearwire reeling as Sprint forges its own LTE plans
...isting spectrum and will turn to LightSquared in 2015, provided LightSquared gets approval from the FCC to run its 4G network. For now, Hesse pointed to Sprint’s existing deal with Clearwire that runs through 2012 and said Sprint is looking to extend that. Sprint may just want to continue ...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Sprint Nextel
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Sprint's 4G strategy raises more questions than answers
Explore FierceWireless (Oct 7 2011) Marketing
...nt would not be able to use 800 MHz for LTE until 2013 at the earliest, since the carrier will need FCC approval to launch LTE service in that spectrum band.
What happens to Sprint's LTE network in the...... of its existing WiMAX network and $600 million to begin deploying LTE-Advanced network technology. Clearwire, as you can imagine, is not happy with Sprint's decision to deploy LTE. The ...
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Sprint dials up LTE for its 4G future but leaves Clearwire hanging
Explore GigaOM (Oct 7 2011) Marketing
...o reuse its 1900 MHz and 800 MHz spectrum for LTE. Sprint dials up LTE for its 4G future but leaves Clearwire hanging By Ryan Kim Oct. 7, 2011, 9:44am PT No Comments * Tweet * * * Sprint is launching an aggres......ctrum from Lightsquared, which Sprint has agreed to use as part of a spectrum hosting deal, pending FCC approval. Sprint said it will continue to sell WiMAX devices through the ...
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"There's Plenty of Spectrum," Analysts Claim
Explore IP Carrier (Sep 27 2011)
...just beginning. Also, much of the fallow currently licensed spectrum the analysts cite is held by Clearwire, which is having trouble getting customers for the spectrum it has activated, and which is still bu......twork. The so-called unused spectrum is unused for reason: customers cannot be found, yet. The Federal Communications Commission is using the specter of a looming shortage to push through the redesignation of 120 MHz of broadcas... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Jason Bazinet Federal Communication Commission
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Plenty of Spectrum, Analysts Say
Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (Sep 27 2011) Marketing
...ust beginning. Also, much of the fallow currently licensed spectrum the analysts cite is held by Clearwire, which is having trouble getting customers for the spectrum it has activated, and which is still bu......ork. The so-called unused spectrum is unused for reason: customers cannot be found, yet. The Federal Communications Commission is using the specter of a looming shortage to push through the redesignation of 120 MHz of broadcas... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Jason Bazinet Federal Communication Commission
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Seybold's Take: What if Clearwire had switched to LTE sooner?
Explore FierceWireless (Sep 27 2011) Business Models
...make it sound as though its network will not interfere with GPS receivers. I have to wonder whether Clearwire, which is in financial trouble yet again, could have signed the deals LightSquared has been able to......unching its network LightSquared will be faced with a spectrum shortage and it is doubtful that the FCC will ever permit it to operate on its upper 10 MHz of spectrum because the first ...
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FCC demands more LightSquared GPS interference tests
Explore FierceWireless (Sep 14 2011) Marketing
The FCC said that more tests are needed to sort out GPS interference concerns about LightSquared's planned ......ond lien on LightSquared's spectrum assets. The ongoing regulatory uncertainty could be a boon to Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR), which resells mobile WiMAX service to Sprint and in which Sprint holds a majority st... (Read Full Article)
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