In Sprint and Clearwire’s bid to turn their 4G WiMAX network into the mobile broadband network of choice in the US, Clearwire has expanded their WiMAX network to an additional ten markets in the US. As expected, Texas is the biggest winner with eight of the 10 new markets carved within the state’s borders, adding…
Malaysian Government to WiMAX operators: Improve coverage or we’ll revoke your spectrum
Dr. Rais Yatim, Information, Communication and Culture Minister for Malaysia, said that if the nation’s three WiMAX operators don’t step up their game and improve coverage by the end of this year, their spectrum licenses will be revoked. YTL e-Solutions, Asiaspace Dotcom and REDtone International all agreed to to offer coverage to 25% of the…
Mobile WiMAX projected to be $15 billion industry by 2014
In a bit of good news for the likes of Clearwire and its controlling parent-company Sprint, Juniper Research has released a new study that projects annual mobile WiMAX revenues of $15 billion by 2014. The revenue would ride in on the back of some 50 million expected mobile WiMAX subscribers by 2014. Mobile WiMAX is…
U.S. WiMAX Landing in Ten Markets on September 1
Hot on the heels of their Las Vegas launch, Clearwire has announced that their 4G WiMAX service will be available in ten more markets on September 1st., although their picks aren’t what you’d call high-population hubs: “Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash.; and eight markets throughout Texas, including: Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Killeen/Temple, Waco and…
Clearwire launches CLEAR 4G in Las Vegas
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. But, hopefully not for Clearwire. Sprint’s 4G WiMAX partner has just announced the launch of their 4G CLEAR WiMAX network in Las Vegas, as it prepares to launch 4G service in Chicago, Charlotte, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Philadelphia, and Seattle later this year. Major metros like New York, Boston,…
WiMAX-Enabled Samsung Mondi Available August 1st.
Samsung has announced the commercial availability of the Mondi, a WiMAX-capable MID, for August 1st. on Sprint’s Clearwire network in Atlanta, Las Vegas and Portland. As the first U.S. device to make use of WiMAX, the Mondi is sure to grab a lot of attention, despite being limited geographically – even then, we’re hearing that…
Sprint Prepping WiMAX Version of HTC Hero?
Take this one with several grains of salt and a side order of wishful thinking, but rumour has it Sprint is working on releasing their own version of the recently-announced HTC Hero, only it’ll supposedly be running on WiMAX and CDMA. I seriously doubt this will actually happen, considering Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has gone…
Clearwire posts $71M Q1 2009 loss despite growth
Clearwire’s push to become the first nationwide mobile WiMAX carrier in the US has apparently put a dent in the company’s finances. Despite adding 25,000 new customers in Q1 2009, bringing Clearwire’s subscriber-base to a cool half-million (500,000) customers, Clearwire has posted a $71 million loss for the first quarter of 2009. Still, the fiscal…
Clearwire taps Cisco as WiMAX network infrastructure partner
Clearwire is working to get their 4G WiMAX network up to nationwide status before year’s end. We’re all still waiting to see if a coast-to-coast WiMAX network has what it takes to compete with HSPA+ and LTE data networks planned by the likes of AT&T and Verizon Wireless for the near future. To that end,…
Clearwire sued for crappy WiMAX service and unfair termination policy
And the problems keep mounting for mobile WiMAX network operator Clearwire. Made famous as Sprint’s WiMAX network partner, Clearwire has run into numerous bumps along the road to a truly nationwide mobile WiMAX wireless network. The latest pothole in Clearwire’s way is a newly filed lawsuit claiming that Clearwire is misrepresenting their WiMAX network’s performance…