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Google Deal With Clearwire Includes Everything But Its Millions Of Miles Of Fiber - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 20 May 2008 11:07 AM PST

The Google (NSDQ: GOOG) relationship with Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) goes fairly deep. Google is investing $500 million into the new Clearwire-Sprint (NYSE: S) venture and will provide search and other…

Clearwire-Sprint WiMax Merger: Few Hurdles Left Until Closing; Termination Fees Are High - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 19 May 2008 04:13 PM PST

About a dozen documents were filed with the SEC today by parties involved in the Clearwire-Sprint (NYSE: S) WiMax merger, making the complicated deal—worth about $14 billion—look a lot more…

Boost Mobile Goes Counter: Opens Three Owned Retail Stores - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 19 May 2008 01:20 PM PST

Just when you thought the economic slowdown and parent Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s own troubles may result in more leaner thinking on the company’s part, well: Boost Mobile, the MVNO…

Reports Differ On Whether Data Revenues Will Make Up For Slowing Subscriber Growth - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 19 May 2008 10:52 AM PST

Two recent reports are weighing in on the big question facing the wireless industry: will rising data revenues make up for slower subscriber growth in the U.S.? Facts: The U.S.…

Class Action Targets Seven Operators - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Sun 18 May 2008 07:56 PM PST

The latest premium mobile content class action has taken a short-cut by suing 6 operators and an MVNO at once—AT&T (NYSE: T) Mobility, Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel, Verizon (NYSE: VZ),…

@ NCTA: Comcast’s Roberts: Pivot Was A ‘Me-Too’ Service Cable Ops Weren’t Vested In, Didn’t Need - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 18 May 2008 12:52 PM PST

I’m in New Orleans at The Cable Show, where the Clearwire-Sprint (NYSE: S) WiMax JV owns some of the biggest buzz. Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) CEO Brian Roberts and Intel (NSDQ:…

Clearwire’s McCaw Aims To Succeed Where He’s Failed Before; ‘Not Worried About The Demand Side’ - 2 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 16 May 2008 01:45 PM PST

Craig McCaw has a lot to prove. His last two mega-million projects fizzled out, and now he’s starting another: a $14.5 billion joint venture between Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) and Sprint…

Gadget Round-Up: Kindle’s 2010 Estimates; BlackBerry Gets Touchy; Palm Downgraded To Sell - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 15 May 2008 05:38 PM PST

-- Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle: There’s some big expectations for Amazon’s Kindle, which allows people to buy books and access other content over Sprint’s (NYSE: S) wireless broadband network. Citi…

Motorola Provides Updated “White Spaces” Device To FCC For Review - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 15 May 2008 09:09 AM PST

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) planned again to try and show the FCC that a device can operate on unlicensed TV spectrum, called the “white spaces” without causing interference. They planned to…

Embarq Is Latest Phone Company To End Ties To Sprint - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 14 May 2008 03:59 PM PST

Embarq said today it will end its wireless reseller agreement with Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel next year, becoming the second phone company following Qwest, to terminate its alliance in recent…

AT&T Says It Will Dramatically Increase Network Speeds In 2009 - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 14 May 2008 01:07 PM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) sounded defensive about the speed of its network during a presentation to Wall Street analysts this morning. Currently, AT&T offers DSL-like speeds where it has HSDPA deployed,…

Verizon, Mozilla, SK Telecom And Others Join Mobile Linux Efforts; Enterprise Targeted - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 14 May 2008 08:40 AM PST

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) confirmed today that it will support the Linux mobile-phone operating system, and join the LiMo Foundation as a core member, signaling its commitment to the platform.…

Sprint Nextel Says The iDen Network Stays; Aims To Have 40 New Push-To-Talk Markets Soon - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 13 May 2008 06:32 PM PST

One of the big questions for Sprint (NYSE: S) right now is what it will do with its Nextel network—spin it off, turn it off, or invest in it to…

Sprint Nextel Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Content Charges - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 12 May 2008 02:24 PM PST

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel alleging it is charging customers for mobile content they didn’t authorize buying, and deliberately befitting from the practice…

Sprint Nextel Affiliate iPCS Files Suit To Block WiMax Merger With Clearwire - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 12 May 2008 11:10 AM PST

A Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel affiliate operating in Schaumburg, Ill. said it has filed a lawsuit against its parent company to block the joint venture it was forming with Clearwire…

Earnings: Sprint Nextel Revenues Hit Again By Wireless Unit - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 12 May 2008 05:57 AM PST

Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel reported Q1 net operating revenues of $9.3 billion, down 8 percent from the $10.1 billion reported in the first quarter of 2007, and a 5 percent…

Deutsche Telekom May Still Be Considering A Sprint Nextel Buy-Out - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 09 May 2008 01:45 PM PST

Analysts are still speculating that Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) may still be interested in bidding for Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel, fueled by comments made by the CEO this week during…

Cablevision’s Plan To Pay $350 Million To Provide WiFi In One Market Is At Odds - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 09 May 2008 12:50 PM PST

Four cable companies announced plans last week to get into the wireless broadband business—and one of them is not like the other. Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) said it will pay $350…

Clearwire’s Stock Falls Today After Downgrade; Joint-Venture Faces Huge Hurdles - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 08 May 2008 01:19 PM PST

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) shares are tumbling today, following yesterday’s announcement that it has formed a joint venture with Sprint (NYSE: S) and has received a cash infusion of $3.2 billion.…

Sprint-Clearwire: Our Coverage In Links - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 07 May 2008 10:50 PM PST

A lot going on today since Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) confirmed their agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband business to form a new company as…

Sprint-Clearwire: Comcast’s Tom Nagel: ‘Full Control’ Is ‘Significantly Different From Pivot’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 10:00 PM PST

Comcast’s (NSDQ: CMCSA) Tom Nagel was up past 3 a.m. this morning, putting the finishing touches on the Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel-Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) WiMax JV—but he managed to stay…

Sprint-Clearwire: Analysts React: Sorting Out The Winner And Losers - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 07:24 PM PST

The market had trouble making up its mind on the proposed Clearwire-Sprint (NYSE: S) WiMax JV. After spiking at the open, both companies ended up down slightly on the day.…

Sprint-Clearwire: Sprint’s SVP Atish Gude: “We Know We Are The Pioneers” Of The Mobile Internet - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 12:50 PM PST

After speaking to Clearwire’s Ben Wolff, I also interviewed Sprint’s (NYSE: S) Atish Gude, the SVP of Sprint’s Xohm mobile broadband operations, about the pending deal that would create a…

Sprint-Clearwire: Interview: Ben Wolff, CEO, Clearwire: Deal Is “Locked And Loaded” - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 08:49 AM PST

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) has pulled off an extraordinary deal that includes merging its WiMax operations with Sprint’s (NYSE: S), and raising $3.2 billion from Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Google (NSDQ: GOOG),…

Sprint-Clearwire: Google’s Role Too Big? Pay-For-Access Deal Raises Net Neutrality-Like Concerns - 2 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 08:47 AM PST

Over the last year, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its presence known in the wireless industry, not for its applications, but instead, for its position on open access. The Internet…