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T-Mobile and Clearwire May Share Their Toys
T-Mobile and Clearwire sitting in a tree: S-P-E-C-T-R-U-M-I-N-G First comes 3G, then comes 4G, then comes the Spectrum sharing! While this may appear ludicrous at first sight (Sprint owns majority of Clearwire, T-Mobile is looking at LTE for 4G while Clearwire builds it’s competing Wi-Max 4G network), it may be possible. The CEO of T-Mobile…
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Sprint to Offer First WiMax 4G Device by Summer 2010; Could it be the Supersonic?
Together with their 4G partner Clearwire, Sprint has been hard at work since 2008 slowly rolling out the first 4G wireless network in the United States. But the question has always remained: what good is a 4G network if there are no 4G devices available to use with it? According to an article on Forbes, Sprint has now…
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Sprint To Add WiMax Coverage with… Walmart?
According to AndroidGuys, a tipster has reported that Sprint may just be looking to Walmart for help in providing WiMax coverage throughout the U.S. According to the source, Walmart would be adding WiMax towers on top of all of their stores, thereby catapulting Sprint to near nationwide 4G coverage in one fell swoop. Because of the…
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Sprint Getting Another Android Device – LG LS680?
In addition to Sprint’s big announcement coming January 6th before CES, it appears as though they could have another announcement, another Android device! There are no specs on this device yet, other than the screenshot to the right (you can click on it to view the larger image). Could it be another 3G/4G hybrid phone…
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How many calls per Mhz can your carrier do?
Phone calls cost money. As consumers, we have the option to pay as you go, pay for a set amount of minutes per month, or choose an unlimited amount of minutes per month. But the amount of calls that the cell company can process is a static amount and is expensive and costs the same…
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Google Won’t Invest Anymore Money Into Clearwire
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…
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Clearwire To Get Another $1.5 Billion
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…
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Sprint Launches 4G In Multiple Cities
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…
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Sprint and Clearwire announce more cites, dates for 4G launch
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…
