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Articles tagged with: Comcast and Sprint Nextel
Cable Companies to Ramp Up Web, HD, Mobile Service
PHILADEPHIA (AP)--Cable operators are riding high heading into this year's industry trade show, which kicks off this weekend. more
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UPDATE: Big Tech Inks WiMax Deal With Sprint, Clearwire
An unlikely alliance of titans from the cable, Internet and chip industries are investing $3.2 billion in a company that will deliver Web access for cellphones and laptops at speeds much faster than what is available today using a technology called WiMax. more
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TECH TALES: WiMAX is Still a Risky Investment
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- The next-generation wireless technology, known as WiMax, is full of potential to drive cheaper, high-speed wireless data, voice and video communications, or a dismal failure, depending on who you talk to. more
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US Cable Firms Interested in WiMAX Venture
Two of the USA's largest cable television networks are reported to be planning to join in the WiMAX venture being set up by Sprint Nextel and Clearwire. The two cable firms, comcast and Time Warner Cable are belived to be putting up to US$1.7 billion into the wireless network - which will go a long way towards funding the initial US$3 billion rollout costs. The total cost of a national network has been put at over US$5 billion. more
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New WiMax Players Could Emerge as Sprint, Clearwire Split
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The early end to the partnership between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire opens the possibility of others getting involved with WiMax, a longer range version of WiFi seen as an attractive way of connecting consumers online. more
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Sprint CEO Disappointed With Timing Of Cable Wireless JV
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The length of time it took for Sprint Nextel to jointly roll out wireless service with the cable companies has been disappointing, Chairman and Chief Executive Gary Forsee said Wednesday. more
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Sprint Nextel Drops in Customer Satisfaction Survey
Customer satisfaction with the goods and services that Americans buy continues to improve, but at a slower rate, according to a report released by the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The ACSI is up 0.4% to an overall score of 75.2 on the ACSI's 100-point scale, the highest quarterly national average in the ACSI?s 14-year history. more
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FCC To Make Phone Companies' Outsourcing Difficult
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. telephone companies will find it much more difficult to outsource marketing or customer service functions to other firms under a crackdown on privacy regulations released Monday by the Federal Communications Commission. more
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