Articles tagged with: Verizon Wireless and Clearwire

Verizon Wireless Reportedly Offers $1.5 Billion for Clearwire Radio Spectrum

­USA based Verizon Wireless is reported to have made an offer worth US$1.5 billion to buy radio spectrum from the WiMAX to LTE operator, Clearwire.  more

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Sprint Nextel Confirms "Significant Interest" in Sale of Nextel Division

Sprint Nextel has confirmed that it has received "significant interest" from companies interested in acquiring its Nextel iDEN division - but warned that it doubts any bidder would be able to raise the funds in the current economic climate.  more

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Sprint CEO: Macro Pressures Haven't Hurt Consumer Business

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Macro-economic pressures haven't weighed on Sprint Nextel's consumer business, Chief Executive Dan Hesse said Thursday.  more

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Clearwire Aims for 31 Million WiMAX Subscribers by 2017

US WiMAX operator, Clearwire - which has been formed from the merger of the Clearwire and Sprint Nextel divisions expects to have some 1.3 million subscribers by the end of 2009 and 4.6 million by the end of 2010. The company is forecasting revenues of over $17.5bn by 2017, by which time the company expects to have around 31 million subscribers.  more

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UPDATE: Sprint 1Q Loss Widens on Subscriber Losses

(Updates information on Clearwire and IPCS lawsuit in the 18th paragraph and analyst comments in the 10th and 14th paragraphs.)  more

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Clearwire CEO: Network To Cover Up To 140 Million By 2010

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The WiMax joint venture between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire will create a network that potentially covers 120 million to 140 million people by 2010, said Clearwire Chief Executive Benjamin Wolff.  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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WiMAX Operator, Clearwire Stock Falls on Weak Results, Forecast

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- Shares of wireless-Internet provider Clearwire fell sharply Tuesday amid weak fourth-quarter results, but analysts say the future of the company rests primarily on a proposed venture with Sprint Nextel.  more

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Sprint Nextel Loses Nearly $30 Billion in Q4

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel posted a dramatic $29.5 billion fourth-quarter loss even as it unveiled an unlimited wireless plan in a bid to stem the flood of subscriber defections.  more

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Can Sprint Hang On to WiMAX in the Face of a Financial Struggle?

ABI Research believes that within the general context of competitive prices, extensive marketing campaigns, and the continual release of new devices, Sprint would be foolish to abandon a differentiator such as WiMAX. more

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