Category Archives: Sprint
November 9, 2009 – 2:28 pm
The WSJ’s Jeffrey McCracken and Don Clark reported yesterday that Clearwire has secured an additional $1.5 billion in financing to build out its nationwide WiMAX network.
The article noted, “Sprint would invest $1 billion and its Clearwire joint venture partners, a group which includes Comcast Corp., Intel Corp, Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House [...]
Late last week, a group of hooligans in California cut fiber optic lines in two locations near Silicon Valley. As a result, thousands of business and consumer customers of AT&T, Verizon and Sprint were without service. According to an IDG News article by Stephen Lawson, the outage affected:
Two IBM facilities
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) [...]
On Wednesday, Sprint announced the next cities in its national 4G roll out: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland and Seattle. All ten cities are scheduled to be upgraded to WiMAX in 2009.
Sam Churchill at the dailywireless.org blog included a number of interesting images in a great post summarizing the [...]
January 7, 2009 – 6:03 pm
As we begin another year, I thought it would be a perfect time to reflect on 2008 and the “year in WiMAX.” It was a big year for the industry, so I wanted to revisit some of the most important milestones:
Sprint and Clearwire’s merger was probably the most important milestone in 2008. From when it [...]
December 8, 2008 – 1:40 pm
I was in Baltimore this week and came across a Sprint XOHM street retail cart. I’ve read a ton of reviews on the service – most of which were very positive – so I’ve been itching to try it for myself.
I had some time between meetings so I decided to take the service for [...]
September 30, 2008 – 10:42 am
It’s official. Sprint Nextel has launched its first WiMAX network – in Baltimore, MD.
This heavily anticipated network roll-out is just the beginning. According to a USA Today article by Leslie Cauley, voice services will eventually be added and “WiMax networks are under construction in Washington, D.C.; Portland, Ore.; Philadelphia; Dallas/Fort Worth; and Chicago. All are [...]
September 14, 2008 – 12:00 pm
Hello from San Francisco!
It’s been a crazy few days here at CTIA, but I wanted to take a few minutes to blog about what I’ve seen on the show floor before my flight home takes off.
CTIA tends to focus on applications, software development, and network architecture, and the show this year was home to some [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in BlackBerry, CTIA, Clearwire, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, WiMAX
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Tagged 4G, Clearwire, CTIA, Sprint, TiVo, Towerstream, WiMAX
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August 28, 2008 – 10:25 am
With the first mobile WiMAX networks from Sprint and Clearwire expected to launch this fall, consumers, mobile business users, and members of the WiMAX community are now asking – how long will it be before I can get my hands on a mobile WiMAX-enabled handheld device? Last week at the Intel Developer Forum [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in Clearwire, Intel, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, WiMAX
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Tagged AT&T, BlackBerry, Clearwire, Intel, Sprint, Towerstream, WiMAX
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August 12, 2008 – 3:49 pm
Drama, Drama, Teledrama…
The mobile space is facing some growing pains. Sprint and Clearwire are trying to move into a new market. AT&T is opposed. Wait, maybe AT&T is confused?
In a recent interview with USA Today’s Leslie Cauley, AT&T’s new CTO, John Donovan, says the company is on the look out for a [...]
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