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…

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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,…

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Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), the company that just announced a massive plan to merge with Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s WiMax division, reported Q1 results today, saying that compared to the year…

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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…

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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…

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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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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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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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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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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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Just when you think the chances of a new U.S. wireless carrier are slim to none, another opportunity seems to crop up. After the recent government spectrum auction ended with…

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This afternoon you can watch a satellite launch into space that will ultimately provide interactive media services, such as navigation, roadside assistance and the mobile video. ICO Global Communications is…

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British telecoms group BT (NYSE: BT) is considering investing in WiMax, according to Ian Livingston, the company’s CEO designate, a move that could help it overcome its strategic soft spot,…

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UK telco regulator Ofcom will this summer embark on its biggest ever sale of radio spectrum when it auctions both the 2010-2025MHz block and the 2500-2690MHz block (commonly called 2.6GHz),…

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Today, at CTIA Nokia (NYSE: NOK) rented a huge crane to lift reporters into the air to demonstrate that its first WiMax tablet—the Nokia N810 Wi Edition—can make the Internet…

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