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Qualcomm to sell Indian broadband operation to Bharti Airtel by 2014

Bharti Airtel has invested about US$165 million to acquire a 49 percent stake in Qualcomm's Indian entities that hold broadband wireless licenses, with the Indian mobile operator eventually taking full ownership, the companies said Thursday.

By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 18:18

Tags: mergers and acquisitions, 4g, restructuring, business issues, Carriers, Telecommunication, qualcomm, Bharti Airtel

ZTE's latest LTE test shows how operators can increase bandwidth

ZTE has successfully completed a hand-over test between two different versions of LTE, allowing operators to more effectively use their spectrum in a way that is seamless to the end user, the company said on Thursday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 24 May, 2012 12:47

Tags: 4g, Carriers, Telecommunication, ZTE

Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 20:06

Tags: Kevin Kelly, Todd Park, Steven VanRoekel, Barack Obama, 4g, mobile, e-government, government, 3g, Telecommunication, LGS Innovations

Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort to embrace a growing trend toward Web surfing on mobile devices.

By Grant Gross | 23 May, 2012 17:58

Tags: Todd Park, Steven VanRoekel, Barack Obama, 4g, mobile, e-government, government, 3g, Telecommunication

For LTE network slow but thorough will win the day, Sprint says

Sprint Nextel's methodical rollout of new cell sites with LTE may not win the deployment race, but each market that gets the upgrade will see competitive speeds and more complete coverage than other carriers may offer, executives said Wednesday.

By Stephen Lawson | 10 May, 2012 04:19

Tags: Telecommunication, sprint nextel, mobile, ctia, Clearwire, Carriers, 4g, 3g

Gartner: Multi-device wireless plans on the way

The days of having to pay for two separate data plans for your smartphone and tablet may soon be at an end, says Gartner analyst Hughes De La Vergne.

By Brad Reed | 04 May, 2012 04:30

Tags: wireless, WiMAX & LTE, verizon, sprint, networking, lte, Gartner, data caps, at&t

NY, LA, SF to be among Clearwire's first LTE cities next year

Clearwire will launch its LTE network early next year with service in high-demand "hot zones" in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco, the company said on Thursday as it announced its first-quarter financial results.

By Stephen Lawson | 27 April, 2012 08:37

Tags: 4g, business issues, Carriers, Clearwire, financial results, sprint nextel, Telecommunication

Carriers cap LTE services to avoid fixed-line cannibalization, says IEEE's Saracco

Roberto Saracco isn't buying carriers' claims that they need to put data caps on their LTE services due to excessive traffic causing massive engineering challenges.

By Brad Reed | 18 April, 2012 05:35

Tags: at&t, Carriers, lte, networking, Telecom Italia, Telecommunication, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

Sprint cancels LightSquared LTE deal

Sprint Nextel has terminated its 15-year spectrum-hosting agreement with LightSquared, eliminating the would-be wholesale mobile operator's main carrier partnership even as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission seeks to shut down its network plans.

By Stephen Lawson | 17 March, 2012 04:02

Tags: 4g, Carriers, Clearwire, LightSquared, mobile, sprint nextel, Telecommunication

Cricket leaps to Clearwire for LTE offload

LightSquared suffered another blow to its hoped-for wholesale 4G mobile business on Wednesday as budget carrier Cricket announced it will use Clearwire to flesh out a planned LTE service.

By Stephen Lawson | 15 March, 2012 07:02

Tags: 4g, Carriers, Clearwire, Leap Wireless, legal, LightSquared, mobile, Telecommunication

T-Mobile getting LTE at last

T-Mobile has at last unveiled its plans for deploying LTE, as the company today said it will invest $4 billion to have LTE services available sometime in 2013.

By Brad Reed | 24 February, 2012 03:28

Tags: at&t, lte, networking, t-mobile, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

NewNet vows to drive forward with onetime Motorola WiMax business

Motorola's former WiMax business unit set up shop under new owner NewNet Communications Technologies on Tuesday, diving into the next chapter of a technology that has been largely crowded out by LTE.

By Stephen Lawson | 15 February, 2012 11:05

Tags: business issues, mergers and acquisitions, Motorola, networking, NewNet, Nokia Siemens Networks, WiMax, wireless

Clearwire 4G users and data use booming

Clearwire exceeded 10 million subscribers in the fourth quarter but still needs to raise more money to build its planned LTE network, a task that could be funded in part by an upcoming US$300 million stock offering.

By Stephen Lawson | 25 January, 2012 08:08

Tags: 4g, business issues, Carriers, Clearwire, financial results, sprint nextel, Telecommunication

Verizon could soon fall under Uncle Sam's antitrust microscope

It looks as though Verizon's cable spectrum deals won't fly under the radar after all.

By Brad Reed | 22 December, 2011 06:30

Tags: 3G & 4G, 4G wireless, at&t, Bloomberg, Cable spectrum, Federal Communications Commission, lte, networking, U.S. Department of Justice, verizon, Verizon antitrust, wireless

New Clearwire funding won't guarantee LTE plan

Clearwire's big payday on Tuesday, when it raised US$734 million through a stock offering and a new investment by majority owner Sprint Nextel, helped the WiMax carrier but didn't seal the deal on its planned LTE network.

By Stephen Lawson | 16 December, 2011 09:30

Tags: 4g, business issues, Carriers, Clearwire, Investments, mobile, sprint nextel, Telecommunication

Clearwire plans $300 million stock offering for LTE

Clearwire plans to raise as much as $345 million in stock transactions to help fund its LTE (Long Term Evolution) network deployment and other activities.

By Stephen Lawson | 06 December, 2011 11:47

Tags: 4g, business issues, Carriers, Clearwire, Investments, sprint nextel, Telecommunication

Sprint, Clearwire lay out deals on LTE, WiMax, funding

Sprint Nextel may help finance Clearwire's LTE network and keep offering WiMax service through 2015 under a set of agreements worth as much as US$1.6 billion that the companies laid out on Thursday.

By Stephen Lawson | 02 December, 2011 07:07

Tags: 4g, business issues, Carriers, Clearwire, Investments, mobile, sprint nextel, Telecommunication

Tech argument: LTE vs. WiMAX

Wait, we're still arguing this one? Why?

By Brad Reed | 02 November, 2011 21:34

Tags: at&t, lte, networking, WiMax, WiMAX & LTE, wireless

Clearwire pares down its own WiMax brand

WiMax carrier Clearwire has stopped selling postpaid service plans and dual-mode 3G-WiMax client devices, two moves that make it less of a competitor to its main wholesale customer, Sprint Nextel.

By Stephen Lawson | 01 November, 2011 11:21

Tags: Clearwire, mobile, sprint nextel

Sprint, Clearwire may help drive LTE convergence

Cooperation between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire on LTE should help to bring two versions of that technology together, leading to increased device choices and roaming opportunities for subscribers in developed markets.

By Stephen Lawson | 29 October, 2011 11:45

Tags: Clearwire, mobile, sprint nextel

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