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LightSquared, a wireless operator who’s laying the groundwork for an LTE network that they’ll rent out to companies who then resell the service to people like you, is in a bit of a pickle. They need to convince government officials that the L-Band spectrum they plan to use to build out their network doesn’t cause…
When LightSquared was announced back in the summer of 2010, we were excited at their potential to disrupt the wireless landscape in America. Their business model was simple: build the best LTE network that money can buy and then sell access to it to companies who then resell it to consumers. It’s what Clearwire tried…
Cellular South has hooked up with LightSquared for a data roaming deal and the move will give users of the regional carrier access to the 4G LTE service in the future. If you’re not familiar with LightSquared, it uses satellite spectrum to offer 4G LTE wholesale services to carriers. This ambitious network could be a…
Sprint is expected to sign network-sharing deals with both LightSquared and Clearwire this month according to a Credit Suisse analyst. It’ll be an interesting move, especially with the prior tensions between Sprint and Clearwire, and of course it will spark more rumors for Sprint possibly ditching WiMax for LTE (though I highly doubt it). IB…
South Korean operator SK Telecom, who used to have a presence in the United States back when the Helio brand still existed, has confirmed to Reuters that they’re in talks with Harbinger Capital Partners to possibly invest in their upcoming LTE network known today as “LightSquared“. Philip Falcone, the head of Harbinger, is looking to…
LightSquared, who in an earlier article I jokingly called an idea scribbled on the back of a bar napkin, plans on taking on every operator in America by offering an LTE network that will use the MVNO business model, and according to documents seen by Bloomberg that plan will begin executing in 9 markets in…
Sprint, who owns 54% of Clearwire, is having problems finding the money to finish building their WiMAX network and are thinking of letting T-Mobile become a partner according to The Wall Street Journal. It doesn’t help that Sprint’s current 4G strategy is to offer a technology that no one really wants, and then admit that…
Yesterday Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) announced that they’ve purchased Motorola’s network division for $1.2 billion. Today Harbinger Capital Partners, a bunch of dudes who manage a hedge fund, also known as the kind of people who grew up watching the 1987 cult classic “Wall Street“, have announced that they’ve awarded NSN a $7 billion contract…
Well what do you know – Harbinger Capital Partners doesn’t just have aspirations of creating a satellite-based 4G LTE mobile broadband data network in the US (not to mention an enormous pair of… you know what), it’s also banking on smartphone maker Palm. Literally. Harbinger has just reportedly put up what we have to imagine…
In news that shouldn’t shock you, AT&T and Verizon Wireless are complaining to the Federal Communications Commission about Harbinger Capital Parners’ plan to purchase satellite operator SkyTerra and use that to create a 4G network using Long-Term Evolution. What’s the beef? Well, the big carriers are arguing that a provision in the SkyTerra purchase is…