-- The BBC has apologised after an independent audit found that 106,000 pounds (US$206,500) intended for charity was retained by the arm of the broadcaster responsible for its premium rate…

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-- NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT) Powers Revamped VZ Navigator: Digital map provider NAVTEQ has signed a deal with Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), to use its NAVTEQ Traffic Mobile to power the…

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Just days after Sprint (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) announced their WiMax deal, cable TV provider Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) said on Thursday in a conference call to discuss its…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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-- Verizon (NYSE: VZ) launches VZ Navigator version 4: Verizon has launched version 4 of VZ Navigator, which lets customers access information about traffic incidents on major roadways, obtain traffic…

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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…

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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:…

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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…

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What is most important is that Sprint (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) don’t get bogged down with administrative headaches—the proverbial problem of having too many cooks in the kitchen.…

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Dan Hesse has only been CEO of Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel for the last five months but he’s already solved—at least on the surface—one of the company’s most pressing problems—the…

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Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) and Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel confirmed this morning that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband business to form a new…

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A joint-venture deal between Sprint (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) that includes investments of $3.2 billion coming from Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Google…

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I spent the day at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel for Digital Hollywood, a four-day conference jampacked with panels and discussions covering everything from digital media content and advertising, to mobile…

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With news that Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) may soon announce a joint venture funded by a cross-section of cable, Internet and chip companies, the next obvious…

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Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) are getting ready to unveil a $12 billion joint venture to bulid out a nationwide WiMax network, according to the WSJ. There’s…

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Nortel has come out saying it will charge “about” a 1 percent royalty rate for its Long Term Evolution patents, although RCR News points out that there’s a fair bit…

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After Cox Communications spent around $304 million in the recent 700 MHz spectrum auction, now several reports are speculating that the company will build out a wireless network through a…

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T-Mobile USA confirmed in a release today what has been rumored for some time—it is launching 3G in New York City today. T-Mobile said the network, based on UMTS and…

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For months, there’s been rumors of a massive deal in the works, spanning cable companies, telcos, Internet giants and chipmakers, to build and jointly sell a nationwide wireless broadband service…

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T-Mobile USA is expected to turn on its 3G network sometime in the next week, according to several rumors, which is not exciting in itself since it’s pretty much the…

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It seems a day doesn’t go by without someone writing something about Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone and its influence on the mobile industry. Today, there are three items worth noting:…

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Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is licensing its video-enabling Flash software for free for mobile devices in an attempt to make the technology as ubiquitous on handsets as it is on PCs.…

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