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Sprint Nextel Corp.’s quarterly profits plunged as the carrier bled postpaid iDEN and prepaid Boost Mobile L.L.C. subscribers, posting a net loss of 60,000 subscribers for the quarter. The company’s …
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Starent Networks Corp. said it plans to net $88.2 million in a secondary public offering of its common shares.The Boston-area mobile infrastructure provider said it will sell 8 million shares …
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Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Colubris, Nokia Siemens Networks, BelAir Networks and more
by jscarboby jscarboThe following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …
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Day 3 keynote:WiMAX requires collective effort: Ailing carrier’s evangelism designed to attract partners
by jscarboby jscarboSAN FRANCISCO-Sprint Nextel Corp. understands that its technology choice for a mobile broadband world will require heavy lifting, measured in the billions of dollars, and that attracting others to its …
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Alcatel-Lucent and Dominican Republic-based operator Onemax announced that they’ve completed the world’s first mobile handoffs on a commercial WiMAX 802.16e-2005 network in the 3.5 gigahertz spectrum band just one day …
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Motorola Inc. saw its net earnings fall by 94% for the third quarter-but Wall Street appeared to buy Chairman and CEO Ed Zander’s message that the company is improving and …
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Consider WiMAX a bit schizophrenic. The technology is taking two divergent paths as different countries and different companies explore how best to put it to use in their respective markets.Dr. …
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S.F. Wi-Fi plans lost in a fog: Muni Wi-Fi model under pressure as players re-evaluate
by jscarboby jscarboAfter more than two years, a plan to blanket San Francisco with seamless wireless Internet access at no cost to consumers is back where it started. All that stands in …
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The grandiose vision of ubiquitous WiMAX connectivity for everything under the sun is intoxicating, at least to Sprint Nextel Corp. and its partners.And when the world’s top three mobile handset …
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WiMAX could be the technology that fuels the fusion of all sorts of mobile applications, integrating video, location-based services and a host of other offerings.And analysts generally agree that speedy …
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Cisco Systems said it has agreed to purchase mobile WiMAX vendor Navini Networks for about $330 million in cash and assumed options. Navini’s specialty involves the integration of “smart beamforming” …
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Sprint Nextel Corp. is one of five companies to sign an agreement with the government of Taiwan to help speed the deployment of mobile WiMAX technology in that country. The …
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The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …
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Cities need to develop wireless biz models: Enterprise, gov’t could anchor WiMAX cities
by jscarboby jscarboThe municipal wireless market is undergoing a correction, but the re-evaluation of business models eventually will benefit the space and the emergence of WiMAX technology offers new possibilities, according to …
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WiMAX supporters score win ahead of WRC: Technology included in family of advanced wireless technologies
by jscarboby jscarboEVEN WHILE WIRELESS BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT is in a relatively early stage in this country, the Bush administration is pressing for changes at an international spectrum conference that could pave the …
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The International Telecommunication Union agreed to include WiMAX technology in the global family of advanced wireless technologies. The win is a major victory for vendors and service providers on the …
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The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …
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Back to the Bay: CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2007 set to kick off in San Francisco
by jscarboby jscarboAfter a one-year hiatus when the show visited Los Angeles, the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event is back in the city by the Bay for 2007. The move is …
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It’s all well and good that some telecom analysts feel Sprint Nextel should reconsider its multibillion-dollar bet on WiMAX Nation in the wake of ex-company honcho Gary Forsee’s exit. The …
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Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment
by jscarboby jscarboThis must have slid under the radar, but AT&T last month announced that Fredericks of Hollywood had awarded the company its networking and voice services business covering 135 locations. (Not …
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Financial ratings wrap-up: Sprint Nextel, Research In Motion, Motorola and more
by jscarboby jscarboThe following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier –Morgan Stanley cut its EPS estimate on Sprint Nextel to …
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The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the …
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Bowing to shareholder pressure in the face of poor performance, Sprint Nextel Corp. Chairman, President and CEO Gary Forsee will step down effective immediately. The company also pre-released a few …
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A new class of devices is ahead as everyday consumer electronics and mobile broadband converge, according to ABI Research.“The market for cellular-enabled consumer electronics devices will gather momentum in 2008 …
