Clearwire hinges its LTE rollout on raising new public funds
Sprint’s(s S) $1.6 billion deal last week to save Clearwire(s clwr) committed the funds the WiMAX operator needed to stay in business, but what it didn’t provide was the capital that Clearwire needs to...
View ArticleWill Clearwire, Sprint build a 4G monster or a mouse?
Once again, Sprint(s S) and Clearwire(s CLWR) have thrown their lots together, agreeing to pursue their 4G future as a team. The technology is different, but the situation remains the same: Sprint...
View ArticleClearwire closing in on the magic LTE investment number
Clearwire’s(s clwr) financial announcement Monday morning seemed innocuous enough: The underwriters of its $350 million stock offering are exercising an option to purchase another $52.5 million in...
View ArticleClearwire green-lights LTE build by raising $734 million
That was quick. One day after announcing the final details to its public offering, Clearwire(s clwr) has closed on the stock deal, raising $402.5 million in new funds, which immediately triggered its...
View ArticleFreedomPop extends the Web’s freemium model to mobile data
New mobile ISP FreedomPop plans to take the “freemium” business model popular for Web services and apply it to mobile broadband access, giving away access to Clearwire’s(s clwr) WiMAX and future LTE...
View ArticleClearwire: Just give us one more year on LTE
We’ll have to wait another year for the LTE network Clearwire(s clwr) has long been promising. At its quarterly earnings call on Wednesday, Clearwire CEO Erik Prusch said the WiMAX carrier’s first...
View ArticleInvestors, customers take Clearwire on a roller-coaster ride
Clearwire(s clwr) has had a frustrating year so far. For every step it takes forward it seems to be forced a step a back, but CEO Erik Prusch said he is still plenty confident that Clearwire can...
View ArticleAs Sprint turns to LTE, WiMAX becomes its prepaid 4G network
Sprint(s s) doesn’t plan to dump WiMAX entirely after it takes its new LTE network live this summer. Instead, it plans to reposition the older 4G technology as the network for its prepaid customers....
View ArticleBelgium’s Accelleran aims to corner the small cell market for that other LTE
Whenever anyone brings up LTE, chances are they’re using industry shorthand for a technology called frequency division-LTE. We drop the FD in front of the acronym, because for most people FD-LTE is the...
View ArticleClearwire’s growing financial problems threaten Sprint’s 4G plans
Clearwire (s CLWR) is thinking about skipping out on a $237 million loan payment due in two weeks, which could make things very uncomfortable for its primary shareholder and WiMAX bandwidth customer...
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