Sprint (NYSE: S) added a little color to its previously announced plans to embrace LTE as a next-generation wireless standard, telling financial analysts and the media Friday at an event in New York that it plans to launch such a network in the middle of next year with plans to…

China Mobile’s desire to have its own flavor of a wireless standard dovetails nicely with Clearwire’s desperate need for assistance in shifting its technology away from a losing bet. A new deal between the two companies would give Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) a chance to make sure it has access to…

Who are the top mobile brands in the U.S.? Asking the media versus asking 25,099 U.S. consumers might produce different results.

After a week of obsessing about spectrum and tablets, the wireless industry took time Thursday to consider the far-ranging effects of mobile devices and fast wireless networks on the very messy real world. A panel discussion with Biz Stone of Twitter, John Stanton of of Trilogy International Partners and Clearwire…

In just the latest round of turmoil to hit WiMax high-speed wireless provider Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), the company’s CEO and two prominent executives are stepping down amid continued losses and a dispute with perhaps its most important corporate ally.

Citing new anti-trust rules, 4G broadband provider Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) says that three Sprint (NYSE: S) executives are leaving its board. The departing trio are Sprint CEO Dan Hesse along with Keith Cowan, president of strategy and corporate initiatives, and Steven Elfman, president network operations. In its statement, Clearwire said…

Wireless carriers typically take center stage at CTIA, but this week in Las Vegas expect it to be a bit more balanced: Event organizers are doing more than ever before to cater to the changing landscape of the industry. The show will focus much more on application developers and start-ups…

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) frequently brags about how much spectrum it has at its disposal, and how easy it will be to deliver a ton of video and other high-bandwidth services over mobile networks. It’s a luxurious postion to be in and something that has only become top of mind for…

T-Mobile USA is indeed looking for a U.S. partner to help finance a high-speed data network. T-Mobile USA CEO Robert Dotson said Thursday that his company—which has admitted it is losing business because many of its customers cannot even get 3G—is looking “at JV opportunities for additional spectrum” and has…

Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel may unveil the first 4G phone next week at the big CTIA wireless conference in Las Vegas. The device, which is reportedly made by HTC and called ‘the Supersonic,’ will run on the company’s WiMax network, which is being built by Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), reports the…

If you are holding out for a 4G phone for your next purchase, don’t bother. Verizon Wireless will not have its very first 4G handset until mid-2011. While that’s about six months earlier than the company had said before, that’s still far enough away to burn through another contract, especially…

As expected, Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) has received commitments of about $1.5 billion in financing from Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel, Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), *Time Warner Cable*, Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Eagle River Holdings and Bright House Networks. The financing comes in exchange for newly issued shares priced at $7.33 per share. The…

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will give a speech on Monday that will outline new net neutrality rules, which will dictate how internet and wireless providers treat or restrict the flow of content, according to several reports who are familiar with the speech. Reuters reports the proposed rules could potentially be…

Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) executives continued to highlight the importance of their digital plans during the Q2 earnings call. Deals with Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) for the rollout of its 4G service were highlighted as well as its All Digital initiative. Brian Roberts also discussed the progress made on the cable ad…

With pressure mounting on Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) to not only roll out, but successfully operate a WiMax network, the company’s board said today it has named telecom veteran Bill Morrow as CEO, replacing long-standing co-founder and CEO Ben Wolff. Morrow, 49, will join the company today, coming from positions at…

In a critical day for the wireless industry, the FCC made three sweeping decisions today, pushing through two mergers and the approval of the controversial white spaces issue, which will allow for an alternative U.S. wireless broadband network. Perhaps, the Republican-led FCC felt it could spend all of its political…

A lot going on today since Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) confirmed their agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband business to form a new company as well as its $3.2 billion funding from Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX)…

Over the last year, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its presence known in the wireless industry, not for its applications, but instead, for its position on open access. The internet giant has been extremely vocal, arguing that wireless networks should be more like the Internet—they should be available to all…

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) and Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel confirmed this morning that they have a definitive agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband businesses to form a new company with sufficient resources to be a competitive force going forward. The $14.5 billion deal has a little bit of everything with…