IHS iSuppli said on Tuesday that the number of 4G LTE users will at least double by the end of 2013, growing by 115% to 198.1 million people worldwide. At the end of 2012, there were 92.3 million subscribers, iSuppli said. Many ...
Dish Network has offered to buy Clearwire for US$3.30 per share, throwing a wrench in Sprint Nextel's deal to buy its mobile broadband partner for $2.97 per share. Clearwire disclosed Dish's offer in a press release on Tuesday afternoon, ...
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Sprint Nextel is in negotiations to acquire the remainder of Clearwire, its 4G WiMax network partner, say news reports. Sprint owns about 51 percent of Clearwire's stock and is the main wholesale customer of its national WiMax network. ...
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An investor in Clearwire has stepped up its fight to get a better price for the mobile operator, but Clearwire's alternatives to a Sprint Nextel buyout may be limited due to the nature of its spectrum and its business. Though U.S. mobile ...
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Sprint Nextel has increased it ownership in Clearwire and now has a 50.8% stake in the company, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The news comes after Japanese operator Softbank announced on Monday a $20 ...
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Three U.S.-based service providers that use equipment from Huawei Technologies said on Tuesday they take strong precautions to ensure the security of their networks, responding to a congressional report on Monday that said carriers should ...
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After starting amid the smoldering ruins of AT&T and T-Mobile USA's failed merger,2012 ended as a big year for mobile carrier deals in the U.S.,and possibly a final changing of the guard for a long time. If all the reshuffling that ...
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Hewlett-Packard, ZTE and mobile operators such as AT&T and SK Telecom have pooled their LTE patents under a program led by Via Licensing, aiming to provide a one-stop shop for companies to license their technology. Via Licensing organized ...
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Sprint Nextel will spend $2.2 billion to take complete ownership of Clearwire, a move that will help it expand its network capacity. Clearwire's board of directors has accepted the latest bid allowing Sprint to purchase the nearly 50% of ...
Tags: Sprint Nextel, Clearwire, network capacity, phone, mobile spectrum
Despite widespread calls for more spectrum to carry mobile data, there is a wide range of technologies already being used or explored that could help to speed up networks or put off the day when more frequencies need to be cleared. ...
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Three service providers that use equipment from Huawei have said they will take strong precautions to ensure the security of their networks in response to a congressional report on this week that said carriers should not buy from Huawei or ...
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Sprint Nextel has offered US $2.1 billion, or $2.90 a share, for the nearly one-half interest in mobile broadband firm Clearwire that the company doesn't already own. Sprint, in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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Sprint Nextel's proposed buyout of network partner Clearwire may be inevitable, and it could help Sprint keep its signature unlimited mobile data plans alive. The fourth-largest U.S. mobile operator is in talks with Clearwire, which ...
Japanese conglomerate Softbank has built much of its business using new ideas to disrupt industries,and there are several ways it could shake up the U.S.mobile market,analysts said on Thursday. Sprint Nextel says it is in negotiations ...
Tags: Softbank, Japan, U.S.mobile market, Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel has offered US $2.1 billion, or $2.90 a share, for the nearly one-half interest in mobile broadband firm Clearwire that the company doesn’t already own. Sprint, in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...