Clearwire Corp. said it will expand its distribution agreement with AOL L.L.C.The Kirkland, Wash.-based WiMAX firm said AOL will offer its high-speed wireless broadband service to AOL customers, and that the two companies will jointly market the offering in "all existing and future Clearwire...
Broadband wireless service provider Clearwire Corp. said it received final approval from the Federal Communications Commission for a WiMAX-class laptop card that connects to its network.The company said the product, which is part of Motorola Inc.'s wi4 Expedience solution set, should be available during...
Virgin Mobile USA Inc., the first mobile virtual network operator to launch in the United States, filed for an initial public offering in a move that signals the maturation of the MVNO segment of the wireless market in the United States in general and...
Clearwire Corp. unveiled a handful of operating results for the first quarter, claiming "record subscriber growth" of more than 25 percent from its year-end 2006 customer levels. Clearwire said that it ended 2006 with around 206,000 wireless broadband users and had about 258,000 users...
Clearwire Corp. unveiled a handful of operating results for the first quarter, claiming "record subscriber growth" of more than 25 percent from its year-end 2006 customer levels. Clearwire said that it ended 2006 with around 206,000 wireless broadband users and had about 258,000 users...
Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp.'s stock rose briefly today as analysts issued favorable reports of the company's prospects, but later continued its downward trend. Clearwire's stock rose more than 6 percent after the favorable reports, from around $18.61 at the close of trading...
XO Communications launched wireless broadband service today in Seattle, bringing the number of major metropolitan areas it covers to 11. XO said it will deliver the service through affiliated company Nextlink Wireless Inc., which owns local multipoint distribution system spectrum in 75 metro markets....
ORLANDO, Fla.-A quick evaluation of the comments and announcements streaming from the world's largest infrastructure providers offers evidence that the market is getting wider and more complicated-and that the field may belong to only the largest contenders."This is exciting times," said L.M. Ericsson CEO...
As more consumer and business customers turn to the Internet for purchases as well as research, companies such as Synchronoss Technologies Inc. are providing telecom companies with a way to both automate customer orders and provide insight into a broad overview of e-commerce operations....
Clearwire Corp.'s stock continued its substantial slide Monday, its third day of public trading. The widely anticipated initial public offering of Clearwire stock has had a rocky start. The company's stock started at $27.25 per share before hitting a high of $27.95 shortly after...
Clearwire Corp. has finally gone public, with an opening trading price of $27.25 per share that fell to less than $25 in busy midday trading.The company, which trades under the symbol "CLWR," had said it planned to offer 20 million shares at prices between...
The tower industry is sitting pretty these days. And, all things considered, the future couldn't look brighter for The Big Three: Crown Castle International Corp., American Tower Corp. and of SBA Communications Corp. Gone are days of flimsy business models and living on the...
Clearwire Corp. was the winner of AT&T Inc.'s mandated spectrum sell-off, agreeing to spend $300 million for 2.5 GHz spectrum covering portions of the southeastern United States.AT&T committed to unloading the spectrum in an effort to gain approval from the Federal Communications Commission for...
WiMAX carrier Clearwire Corp. hired Los Angeles-based Omnicom Group's DDB as its new advertising agency following a review of its advertising business. Clearwire offers WiMAX service in 35 markets, most of them small to midsize metropolitan areas. Spending on the carrier's advertising account was...
Clearwire Corp. was the winner of AT&T Inc.'s mandated spectrum sell-off, agreeing to spend $300 million for 2.5 GHz spectrum in the southeastern United States.AT&T committed to unloading the spectrum in an effort to gain approval from the Federal Communications Commission for its acquisition...
More details emerged about Clearwire Corp.'s planned initial public offering, with the company's most recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings showing an offering of 20 million shares for an anticipated price of between $23 and $25 per share. The numbers suggest a $460 million...
Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp. named Scott Richardson its new chief strategy officer.Richardson joins Clearwire from Intel Corp. where he was vice president of the company's Mobility Group and general manager of its Service Provider Business Group. In those roles, Richardson led Intel's...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The potential for mobile WiMAX is as big as the Internet itself, if you trust the true believers gathered last week in San Jose, Calif., for the Wireless Communications Alliance International's 13th annual symposium. Mobile WiMAX technology will create a new category...
I have bought into the WiMAX hype. I'm a true believer.When Nortel, Motorola, Alvarion and other WiMAX vendors gush over all the great things WiMAX will do-level the playing field for carriers, speed up data rates and, most importantly, lower prices for consumers-I get...
As the wireless industry rings in 2007 at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we'll likely see some hot new looks from the nation's top wireless players.
You might also notice RCR Wireless News got a new look for the new year....
CLEARWIRE CORP. COULD EMERGE a dark-horse winner of AT&T Inc.'s $86 billion acquisition of BellSouth Corp., with Craig McCaw's wireless broadband firm getting the chance it sought to buy additional 2.5 GHz spectrum from the telecom giant at a time when Clearwire is pursuing...
AT&T Inc. offered to surrender some of its 2.5 GHz spectrum as part of a last-ditch attempt to secure approval of its $85 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp.The telecom giant filed a letter of commitment with the Federal Communications Commission late Thursday in...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Clearwire Corp. is again looking at an initial public offering, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The wireless broadband company had filed paperwork for a $400 million IPO with the SEC in May, shortly before Clearwire received a combined...
WASHINGTON-While major stakeholders and lawmakers haggle over how the Federal Communications Commission should proceed on the stalled $79 billion AT&T Inc.-BellSouth deal, Clearwire Corp. is cleverly taking advantage of the delay and political chaos to press for merger conditions that could better position the...
