Google Won’t Invest Anymore Money Into Clearwire

Dated: November 9th, 2009
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Google announced today that it will not be investing anymore money into Clearwire, and that the best thing it could do to help the WiMAX carrier is by cooperating on products and strategy.  They said they still support their efforts to build a high-speed wireless network using WiMAX.

“We have already made a significant financial investment, and at this point we think the best way we can continue to add value is through continued product and strategic cooperation,” Google spokesman Andrew Pederson said in an email.

As of this posting, both Clearwire and Google stocks were up for the day.

Source: Reuters

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Clearwire To Get Another $1.5 Billion

Dated: November 9th, 2009
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Sprint is preparing to put another billion dollars into Clearwire, its 4G WiMAX partner. Their other partners, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Intel and Google (exclude Google) are collectively putting in another $500 million into the pot. There are also rumors that Clearwire has looked at T-Mobile as another possible partner. If Sprint is losing customers as was reported for the last quarter, they must still be doing something right if they can fork over another billion dollars into Clearwire, although that’s the pony they decided to ride for 4G, so they’re hoping it’ll work better than LTE.

Source: DSLReports

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Sprint Launches 4G In Multiple Cities

Dated: November 2nd, 2009
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sprint-logo-11 Today Sprint announced the launch of 4G WiMAX in multiple cities, including: Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary, N.C., and Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, N.C.

“Sprint 4G will launch later this month in the Texas cities of Austin and San Antonio.”

“In 2010, Sprint expects to launch service in multiple markets, including Boston, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.”

Source: Sprint Newsroom

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Sprint and Clearwire announce more cites, dates for 4G launch

Dated: October 22nd, 2009
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Today Sprint and Clearwire, their WiMax partner, announced several cities and completion dates for their 4G rollout collaboration. Philadelphia is expected to launch within a matter of the “next few weeks.” November will prove to be a good month for Chicago, Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio, as they are the next in line. Seattle and Tacoma will follow in early December. Rounding out the year will be Honolulu and Maui.

Sorry if your city isn’t listed but Sprint and Clearwire have not released their schedule for 2010 yet, so here’s hoping it’s on the list when it is made available.

Source: PhoneScoop

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