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Verizon Wireless eyeing Clearwire spectrum

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Verizon Wireless is negotiating a deal with Clearwire to lease its spectrum. Verizon allegedly offered Clearwire $1.5 billion to use some of Clearwire’s spectrum in larger markets. This offer was disclosed in Clearwire’s recent SEC filing, with insiders claiming that the bidder, “party J,” is Verizon Wireless. This deal may not go through as Clearwire is in a precarious financial position. Sprint owns a majority stake in the wireless carrier, and wants to purchase the company outright. Sprint is also being Read more

Kelly Hodgkins

FreedomPop now offering free home broadband plans

Earlier this week, Freedom Pop announced that it was adding a home broadband option to its lineup of available services. Like all FreedomPop plans, the home service runs on Clearwire’s WiMAX network. The new home plan includes 1GB of data for free each month and is tailor made for customers who only use the Internet occasionally. With the free plan, customers will get speeds up to 1.5Mbps, and the only cost is the price of the modem/router, which will set you back $89. Customers who need more data than 1GB Read more

Kelly Hodgkins