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As Sprint turns to LTE, WiMAX becomes its prepaid 4G network
Explore GigaOM (Apr 25 2012) Mobility
...rowing prepaid base – it added 489,000 net prepaid subscribers in the first quarter – while keeping Clearwire afloat during its transition to LTE. Moving prepaid data customers over to WiMAX also takes some of the burden off its 3G network in ar...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Sprint Nextel
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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 drawback with that plan is th...
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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 in the 1900 MHz spectrum band--which is what Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) is plannin... (Read Full Article)
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Cricket Signs with Clearwire for LTE
Explore IP Carrier (Mar 14 2012) Mobility
Cricket Communications will buy wholesale Long Term Evolution capacity from Clearwire. The five-year deal allows Cricket to supplement its own facilities-based LTE network. Cricket currently plans to deploy LTE across approximately two thirds of its current network footprint over the next two to three years a... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Sprint Nextel
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Cricket Communications to Buy LTE Capacity from Clearwire
Explore MobilityTechzone (Mar 14 2012)
...er the next two to three years and to cover up to approximately 25 million potential customers with LTE network technology by the end of 2012. Clearwire expects to begin its LTE network deployment by the end of March 2012 and to have at 5,000 LTE cellular sites active by the middle of 2013. is not unexpected. Few mobile service providers can af... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Rich Tehrani
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Clearwire could sign 'large carrier' soon, pines for LTE iPhone
Explore FierceWireless (Feb 29 2012) Business Models , Mobility
...s as the 700 MHz spectrum Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) are using to deploy LTE. Prusch declined to say if Clearwire and T-Mobile USA are in negotiations; the two firms did consider a partnership in 2010. However, he... (Read Full Article)
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Sprint to raise $2B in fresh debt, may help fund Clearwire
Explore FierceWireless (Feb 28 2012)
...rticles:Report: Sprint board nixes MetroPCS acquisition at the last minuteGoogle will sell stake in Clearwire for $47M, takes loss on investmentClearwire: TD-LTE network to go live in June 2013Sprint notches 1.8M iPhone activations in Q4, but margins take hitSp...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Sprint Nextel
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Clearwire to Start LTE Construction in First Quarter 2012
Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (Feb 16 2012)
...sites will be active by June of 2013, with a total of 8,000 sites relatively shortly thereafter.The Clearwire WiMAX network, by way of comparison, supports 16,000 sites. Construction of the LTE network is scheduled to begin by the end of the first quarter of 2012. The first 5,000 sites have b... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Dish Network
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Clearwire to Start LTE Construction in First Quarter 2012
Explore MobilityTechzone (Feb 16 2012)
...f to two thirds of that amount in 2012, and the balance in 2013. What that might mean is that 5,000 LTE cell sites will be active by June of 2013, with a total of 8,000 sites shortly thereafter. The Clearwire WiMAX network, by way of comparison, supports 16,000 sites. Construction of the LTE network is scheduled to begin by the end of the first quarter of ...
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Canada endorses Dish's LTE Advanced network, but FCC still on the fence
Explore FierceWireless (Feb 7 2012)
... gear and handsetsDish 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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Clearwire doubles Q4 revenue, adds 900K wholesale subs
Explore FierceWireless (Jan 24 2012)
...$300 million in new debt, but did not say what it will do with the proceeds from selling the notes. Clearwire intends to use $734 million from its recent stock offerings to help construct its TD-LTE network overlay. Sprint may also contribute more funding to buy LTE capacity from Clearwire if it meets certain LTE buildout targets.
For more:- see this release- see this Reuters article- see this BTIG ...
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Nicoll: LTE, VoLTE and HSPA+42 will highlight 2012
Explore FierceWireless (Jan 3 2012) Business Models , Marketing , Mobility
... * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * Year in review 2011: Sprint, Clearwire pick LTE, focus shifts to network size, scope * Year in review 2011: AT&T/T-Mobile deal highlights fight f... (Read Full Article)
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Report: RIM prepares to name new chairman amid investor pressure
Explore FierceWireless (Jan 3 2012)
... * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * Year in review 2011: Sprint, Clearwire pick LTE, focus shifts to network size, scope * Year in review 2011: AT&T/T-Mobile deal highlights fight f... (Read Full Article)
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Verizon hit with third LTE outage in December
Explore FierceWireless (Dec 29 2011) Mobility
... * Year in review 2011: Google buys Motorola amid raging patent wars * Year in review 2011: Sprint, Clearwire pick LTE, focus shifts to network size, scope * Year in review 2011: AT&T/T-Mobile deal highlights fight f...
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LightSquared adds money woes to GPS and Falcone problems
Explore TELEPHONY Online (Dec 20 2011)
...would also present trouble for Sprint — which only recently was able to sigh in relief over partner Clearwire's newfound financial solidity (CP: Clearwire raises $715.5 million toward LTE buildout). In July, Sprint and LightSquared penned an agreement stating that LightSquared will pay ...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Sprint Nextel
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The LTE buildout timeline: Where U.S. carriers will be in 3 years
Explore FierceWireless (Dec 13 2011) Mobility
... major carriers are either building out the technology or planning to. Indeed, in some cases (think Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR)) they're switching over to LTE from a different network technology.
But where is LTE in the United States headed? Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) is clearly in the lead now, but where will ...
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Comcast to start reselling Verizon Wireless products in early 2012
Explore FierceWireless (Dec 6 2011)
...able companies' independent wireless ambitions. Both Comcast and Time Warner plan to quit reselling Clearwire's WiMAX service in about six months (some of the USB modems Comcast and Time Warner sold also acces......izon agreementVerizon to buy SpectrumCo's AWS spectrum for $3.6BVerizon and Leap trade spectrum for LTE, EV-DO buildoutsIf the AT&T acquisition collapses, what will T-Mobile USA do?Could Sprint use Cox a... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire Verizon Communications LTE
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Clearwire hinges its LTE rollout on raising new public funds
...ys. That would give it half the capital it needs for the first phase of its new time-division-LTE (TD-LTE) network. As for the other half, Clearwire is counting on Sprint to chip in the funds as via prior arrangement. A new public offering would di...
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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......money as costs mounted for its national buildout and in the meantime new technologies, particularly LTE, surpassed WiMax as the network architecture of choice. All of the cable partners declined to conti... (Read Full Article)
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Sprint Pays Clearwire Up to $1.6 Billion
Explore Thoughts on Carrier Evolution (Dec 1 2011)
...mited network use for 2012 through 2013. The remaining financing is a prepaid fee for Sprint to use Clearwire’s LTE network, which should be available by June 2013.Some had speculated that Sprint might be better ser... (Read Full Article)
Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Sprint Nextel
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Sprint Rescues Clearwire
Explore IP Carrier (Dec 1 2011)
...mited network use for 2012 through 2013. The remaining financing is a prepaid fee for Sprint to use Clearwire’s LTE network, which should be available by June 2013.Some had speculated that Sprint might be better ser...
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Comment Mentions: Clearwire LTE Sprint Nextel
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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 the carrier has previously d...
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AT&T, T-Mobile Retreat, What Does It Mean?
Explore Telecom Ramblings (Nov 25 2011)
...up fee relatively soon and sold out of the UK for a nice bundle. Looks to me like all roads lead to Clearwire in various forms, because Clearwire has the infrastructure in place for a shared LTE buildout and capital needs that would fit within DT’s means. Last Spring, the problem with the Clearwire approach for T-Mobile was WiMAX. But with an LTE plan in place awaiting funding and ... (Read Full Article)
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Entner: Non-carrier branded subscribers dominated in Q3 again
Explore FierceWireless (Nov 16 2011) Business Models , Marketing , Mobility
...ences between Sprint's and Verizon's connected device strategy is 3G vs. 4G. While the future is 4G LTE, prices for modules are still favoring 3G devices.
The no-contract customer segment grew again by l......
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