SiliconRepublic.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Ireland's first WiMax operator Imagine - bolstered by a US$100m investment by Intel and Motorola - has unveiled its prices that it claims will undercut those of incumbent Eircom by 50pc.
Zatz Not Funny! (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Philadelphia got its official Clearwire WiMAX launch yesterday with a celebration in the city’s Love Park. I say official because Clear’s 4G service has been available in the Philly metro area for just over a month now. I signed up with my own Motorola USB modem (filched, with permission, from my employer at a trade [...]
3G and 4G Wireless Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Continuing from yesterdays post . The WiMAX network architecture is designed to meet the requirements while maximizing the use of open standards and IETF protocols in a simple all-IP architecture. Among the design requirements are supports for fixed and mobile access deployments as well as unbundling of access, connectivity, and application services to allow access infrastructure...
Going Wimax (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Comcast along with Clearwire has launched high-speed wireless data services in Philadelphia. Comcast who provides up to 6 Mbps downloads, is selling the WiMax-based service, in two different plans: High-Speed 2go Metro for WiMax-only access; and the High-Speed 2go Nationwide package, which includes a 4G/3G combo card from Franklin Wireless to provide 4G service...
eWeek (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Despite its struggles, Sprint continues to push wireless 4G WiMax service with official launches in Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth along with three markets in North Carolina. By the end of 2009, Sprint promises WiMax rollouts in Honolulu, Seattle, San Antonio and Austin, Texas. - Sprint said Nov. 2 it has launched WiMax service in Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth in addition...
Maximum PC all RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Following up its first WiMax deployment in Baltimore in September of last year, Sprint on Monday launched WiMax service in Chicago and Dallas-Fort Worth. This in addition to the three markets being served in North Carolina. And Sprint isn't even close to be finished. By the time 2009 comes to an end, the wireless provider says it will roll out WiMax in Honolulu, Seattle,...
BetaNews (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Clearwire and Sprint have been working hard to complete the planned WiMAX network deployment for 2009, and with the addition of a handful of new major markets this week, the project has nearly fulfilled its promises for the year. Today, Sprint announced it has launched WiMAX services in the North Carolina cities Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill,...
Hostpundit - Hosting and Gadgets (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Or better yet, when a leaked roadmap doesn’t get delayed in the slightest? After months upon months of waiting, broadband-lovin’ citizens in the North Carolina Triangle and Triad will be celebrating alongside DFW residents and Chicago natives as Sprint’s 4G WiMAX service rolls into town. [...]
Going Wimax (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sprint and several partners in the new Clearwire will be investing $1.5 billion more in capital in order to assist the WiMax service provider in completing the first stage of the nationwide rollout of its WiMax network. This news comes about 18 months after Sprint, Intel, Comcast, Google Inc., and other partners first put $3.2 [...] Going WiMax , the premier website in the...
Phone Scoop (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sprint and its investor partners have agreed to invest another $1.5 billion in Clearwire, provider of WiMax services. Sprint will front $1 billion, and Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks will contribute the remaining $500 million. ... (follow link to read)
Cnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
All of Clearwire's major investors, with the exception of Google, are pumping in more cash to the company to help it build its nationwide WiMax network.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
... revenues went up by 93.6% to $96 million (KSh7.2 billion) due to the growth of broadband mobile services and the money transfer service, M-Pesa which in September alone transferred a total of $300 million (KSh22.5 billion).Although the company's market share had declined marginally to 77%, its control of the revenues in the market increased to 83%.Their customer base grew by...
Moco News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
» Foursquare is branching out into 15 European cities. [ The Next Web ] » Why Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) should partner with Sprint/Clearwire ( NSDQ: CLWR ) on the iPhone, and not Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ). [ The Street ] » The LiMo Foundation has a second phone. [ ZDNet ] » Comcast ( NSDQ: CMCSA ) has rolled out WiMAX service in the company’s hometown. [ Multichannel...
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
On October 31, 2007, we entered into an agreement with Open Range Communications, Inc. that permits Open Range to deploy service in certain rural geographic markets in the United States under our ATC authority. Open Range will use our spectrum to offer dual mode mobile satellite based and terrestrial wireless WiMAX services to over 500 rural American communities. On December 2,...
MacBlender (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Sprint began the week by bringing its 4G WiMAX service into action for several key areas promised earlier. The Chicago and Dallas/Fort Worth areas as well as several North Carolina cities, including Cary, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, High Point, Raleigh and Winston-Salem, all now have access to the wide-area wireless. The carrier [...]
