Sprint Confirms Plans for WiMAX/3G Smartphone
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, February 22, 2010 · 
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It’s official. Sprint Nextel recently confirmed to Forbes that its plans to introduce its first dual-mode WiMAX/3G smartphone during the first half of this year, a few months earlier than initially anticipated.
Paget Alves, Sprint’s president of Business Markets, said in an interview with Forbes that the device will be out by the summer. The device could be the rumored HTC Supersonic. Read more
Sprint Drops Price of Mobile WiMAX
Posted by Jesse Ward on Friday, January 15, 2010 · ·
Earlier this week, Sprint reduced the monthly price of its 3G (CDMA EVDO) and mobile WiMAX service by another $10, down to $59.99. This is the second $10 price cut in less than five months. And, for a limited time, the company is currently offering its 3G/4G U300 USB Modem for free after a $50 mail-in rebate.
As you may remember, Sprint resells Clearwire’s mobile WiMAX service under the Sprint CLEAR brand. Clearwire is in the midst of an aggressive rollout, with plans to cover 80 markets and 120 million POPS by the end of the year. Read more
Report: Investors to Pump $1.5B into Clearwire
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, November 9, 2009 · ·
Sprint Nextel and several other companies plan to make additional investments in Clearwire, according to published reports in the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News.
Clearwire, which currently offers mobile WiMAX service in 16 markets, plans to extend its coverage to 80 markets by the end of 2010, and has said in recent week that it needs an additional $2 billion in capital to complete the build out.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Sprint, which has a 51% stake in Clearwire, will contribute an additional $1 billion, while other investors including Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, reportedly will contribute an additional $500 million. Read more
Time Warner Cable Launches Mobile WiMAX
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, October 19, 2009 · ·
Time Warner Cable announced that it will launch a mobile WiMAX service in Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, N.C. on December 1. The company also plans to debut the service in Dallas and parts of Hawaii in the coming weeks.
Time Warner Cable will leverage its investment in Clearwire’s WiMAX network, but market the service offering under a white label, its own Road Runner Mobile brand. Read more
Report: T-Mobile Looks to Invest in WiMAX
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, September 28, 2009 · ·
German phone giant Deutsche Telekom, owner of T-Mobile USA, is looking to expand its presence in the United States wireless market, exploring opportunities to partner with U.S.-based service providers on 4G initiatives, according to a report by Bloomberg News.
According to Bloomberg’s sources, Europe’s biggest phone company is looking to invest in Clearwire’s WiMAX network. Sources also told Bloomberg that Deutsche Telekom is in talks with Metro PCS, which recently acquired spectrum to build its own 4G wireless network based upon long-term evolution (LTE) technology. Read more
Comcast Expects 40% Profit Margin from WiMAX
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, August 10, 2009 · ·
As we first reported last year, Comcast has invested in the Sprint-Clearwire nationwide WiMAX initiative, and is re-selling the service under its own brand name, High-Speed 2Go.
Comcast first launched the mobile WiMAX service in Portland in June, followed by the Atlanta market just a few weeks ago. High-Speed 2Go is primarily sold as a bundle with Comcast’s wired broadband service for an introductory, one-year price of $49.95.
Last week, Comcast Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke spoke with analysts about the company’s wireless strategy. Burke noted that 40% of the customers the company has acquired in Portland are brand new to Comcast, and are potentially lapsed DSL customers. Read more
Clearwire to Launch WiMAX in 10 Markets September 1
Posted by Jesse Ward on Monday, August 3, 2009 · ·
Clearwire announced today that it will launch its CLEAR 4G mobile broadband service in 10 markets on September 1: Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash.; and eight markets throughout Texas, including Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Killeen/Temple, Waco and Wichita Falls. Chicago, Charlotte, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Philadelphia and Seattle also will launch in 2009.
It’s been a little more than a year since the Clearwire partnership was first announced, and more than six months since the first cities were launched. Read more