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NEWS ABOUT: Clearwire

Clearwire stories: 6 news summaries

Sprint Loses
1M Customers, $505M in Q1

Embattled carrier will cut 4K jobs, close outlets, sell assets

May 12, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sprint Nextel continued to hemorrhage customers in the first quarter, losing more than 1 million subscribers and tallying losses of $505 million, more than double its losses in the same period last year, reports Bloomberg. Sales slipped nearly 8% to $9.33 billion. The carrier, rumored to be a takeover... More »

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corporate earnings • Sprint Nextel • cell phone industry • Clearwire • Dan Hesse

Sprint, Clearwire Close to Joining Forces

Deal would introduce ultrafast wireless for phones and laptops

May 6, 08 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sprint and Clearwire are close to a long-awaited deal that would allow superfast wireless access for cellphones and laptops, the Wall Street Journal reports. Investors gave their final approval to the deal today, but the venture still needs regulators' approval. Comcast, Google, Intel, and Time Warner Cable are some of... More »

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Sprint • Clearwire

Comcast, Time Warner Weigh $1.5B WiMax Investment

Companies would back Sprint/Clearwire plan for nationwide network

Mar 26, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sprint Nextel and Clearwire, looking for funding in their bid to build a nationwide high-speed wireless network, may have found partners in Comcast and Time Warner, reports the Wall Street Journal. The country’s two largest cable operators are weighing a combined pledge of $1.5 billion to the project;... More »

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Comcast • broadband Internet • Sprint • WiMAX • Clearwire • Time Warner Cable

Sprint Nextel Revives WiMAX Plans

Mobile carrier looks for partners to cut cost of high-speed wireless network

Jan 30, 08 1:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Struggling Sprint Nextel, burdened with layoffs, retail store closings, and massive mobile-subscriber defections to AT&T and Verizon, may be getting back in the game. The company, which recently caved to investor pressure to drop plans for a $5-billion nationwide WiMAX network, is again talking with Clearwire, its partner in... More »

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Google • Intel • Sprint Nextel • WiMAX • Clearwire • Best Buy • Dan Hesse

Sprint Eyes Spinning Off  WiMAX Service

Company considers split; investors to share cost of network

Dec 4, 07 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Weeks after a planned partnership to build and operate a next-generation WiMAX network with Clearwire fell through, Sprint Nextel is looking for investors and is considering a spinoff of its nascent high-speed wireless operation, reports Reuters. Acting CEO Paul Saleh yesterday said the company was considering options for a WiMAX... More »

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Sprint Nextel • WiMAX • Clearwire

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

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