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NEWS ABOUT: WiMax

WiMax stories: 7 news summaries

Sprint CEO Plans to Slash More Jobs

'A few thousand' layoffs likely as company tightens belt

Jan 15, 08 3:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Daniel Hesse, the new CEO of Sprint Nextel Corp., plans another round of extensive job cuts, likely in the range of a few thousand, the Wall Street Journal reports. The layoffs come during a protracted period of poor performance for Sprint, the nation’s third largest cellular carrier, which analysts... More »

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layoffs • Sprint Nextel • WiMax • Reston, Virginia • Overland Park, Kansas

Is WiMac In the Air at Macworld?

Steve Jobs will reveal what's up his sleeve next at Macworld

Jan 13, 08 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - For Apple fanistas, Christmas—as in Macworld—is just around the corner. The annual Mac lovefest in San Francisco opens with a Steve Jobs keynote that usually reveals Apple’s latest and greatest, such as last year’s show-stopping iPhone. What’s in store next week? It could be the... More »

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Steve Jobs • Apple • Macintosh • WiFi • Sprint • WiMax • Macworld

Sprint Primed for WiMax Launch

Partnerships help company ready new wireless network

Jan 10, 08 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Sprint has unveiled new corporate partnerships to help meet its goal of deploying its WiMax wireless broadband network in DC, Baltimore, and Chicago by April, the Washington Post reports. The wireless provider has joined with several companies to provide online storage, security, and mobile devices for WiMax, which offers speeds... More »

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Internet • broadband Internet • wireless • Sprint • WiMax • DSL

Sprint, Clearwire Network Deal Shelved

Collapsed deal heavy blow to Clearwire

Nov 9, 07 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - An ambitious agreement between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to built a nationwide WiMax wireless network, reaching 100 million people by late next year, is on the rocks, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal. The transaction apparently collapsed under the weight of its complexities, aggravated by Clearwire's larger-than-expected third-quarter losses and... More »

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Intel • Motorola • Samsung • Sprint Nextel • Sprint • WiMax • Clearwire

Tech Giant Cisco Will Buy WiMax Firm for $330M

Navini's technology will enable widespread 3rd world internet access

Oct 24, 07 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cisco Systems announced yesterday that it will purchase WiMax innovator Navini Networks for $330 million in cash and stock, Fortune reports. WiMax is similar to existing wireless technology except that its signals can be received by computers up to five miles away. Cisco's acquisition represents a reversal of previously held... More »

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Cisco • WiMax • Navini Networks

WiMax Gets Green Light from UN

Upstart wireless tech included in next generation standards

Oct 20, 07 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a huge victory for Intel, the UN’s telecommunications agency yesterday gave WiMax a thumbs up, opening the way for member nations to devote public radio space to the upstart wireless internet technology. Intel lobbied hard for the WiMax, which can sling data 40 miles at up to 70... More »

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United Nations • wireless • Intel • Sony Ericsson • municipal wireless • WiMax • Qualcomm

Activist Investor
Amps Up for
Sprint Fight

CEO slayer wants change at carrier

Oct 4, 07 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Whitworth isn’t happy with Sprint’s priorities or its management, and he’s one shareholder the wireless carrier can’t just laugh off. The principal of Relational Investors has parlayed small shares in Home Depot and Sovereign into the sacking of those corporations’ CEOs; now he says he’... More »

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CEO • Home Depot • Sprint Nextel • Ralph Whitworth • Relational Investors • Sprint • Gary Forsee • WiMax • Sovereign

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