by Pivot
Tag: WiMAX
Sprint and Clearwire Reach Agreement on 4G
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. and BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 1, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) and Clearwire (Nasdaq:CLWR) today announced agreements potentially worth up to $1.6 billion over the next four years in payments for…
NSN Sells WiMAX Portfolio to NewNet
Espoo, Finland / Shelton, Connecticut – November 29, 2011 — NewNet Communication Technologies, LLC, a Skyview Capital, LLC portfolio company, announced today that the company plans to acquire the former Motorola Solutions’ WiMAX business from…
Open Range Bidder Backs Out, Liquidation Looks to be Next
The Open Range saga continues and it looks like a bankruptcy liquidation is the final act for this rural wireless broadband provider. As we’ve been covering since the beginning, Open Range was a new breed…
NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband Coming, Courtesy of Clearwire
United Online and Clearwire announced a new, five-year wholesale agreement to offer a 4G mobile broadband service available under the NetZero brand name. Clearwire’s 4G mobile broadband network – which is currently based on WiMAX,…
Open Range Receives $2 Million Bid
A little-known broadband wireless provider based in Minnesota has offered $2 million for the assets of bankrupt service provider Open Range Communications, the Denver Post is reporting. The bidder, tothehome.com, was formed in 2006 and…
Did Sprint Just Go From First to Last for 4G?
Sprint confirmed widely held rumors about their upcoming migration to 4G LTE today. The third largest U.S. wireless carrier will transition from WiMAX to LTE for their 4G platform beginning in 2012, with completion scheduled…
Rural WiMAX Provider Open Range’s Troubles Adds to Rural Broadband Debate
Numerous reports indicate that rural WiMAX operator Open Range is in serious trouble. The company has apparently told most employees they will be laid off and they are potentially looking for a buyer. Colorado based…
Wireless Carriers Look to Huawei for Rural 4G
The nation’s largest wireless carriers—including Verizon, Sprint and AT&T–have grabbed most of the headlines involving 4G deployments, but that’s beginning to change. Two rural carriers—Michigan-based SpeedConnect and Kansas-based United Wireless–announced yesterday that they will be…
Infonetics Research Shows Strong WiMax Gains
Some people like to paint WiMax as an irrelevant technology that will be obsoleted by LTE—a view driven in large part by the fact that the nation’s two largest wireless operators AT&T and Verizon Wireless…
Clearwire Sees Future with LTE, Brings WiMAX Future into Doubt
The biggest champion of WiMAX in North America, Clearwire, announced yesterday that they want to migrate away from WiMAX to LTE. The announcement was expected, but it does bring the future of WiMAX into question.…
Sprint Offers Wholesale 4G
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), August 02, 2011 – Sprint [NYSE: S] is now enabling Wholesale customers with the power of faster download speeds and more bandwidth by providing them with access to America’s Favorite…
Can a Tier 2 Market Support Two WiMax Providers?
Although some metro areas are still awaiting the arrival of 4G service, one relatively small market—Columbia, Missouri—already has two carriers from which to choose. Tranquility Internet Services, an Internet service provider that has served the…