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• Sprint posts loss, plans WiMax for Boost and Virgin

  By Stephen Lawson | 26 April, 2012 04:57

  Sprint Nextel will start offering 4G WiMax service to its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile prepaid customers later this quarter, CEO Dan Hesse said Wednesday after the company reported a net loss for the first quarter.

• 2012: The year LTE becomes a standard, not a luxury

  By Brad Reed | 21 April, 2012 05:28

  The mobile industry may well remember 2012 as the year when LTE became the dominant wireless technology in the United States.

• BigAir looks to deploy LTE

  By Spandas Lui | 27 March, 2012 15:06

  Wireless ISP, BigAir, has plans to rollout its own LTE network.

• yARN: 4G is a marketing minefield

  By Nick Broughall | 27 March, 2012 08:03

  It’s the biggest thing in mobile networks at the moment, but 4G is proving to be a confusing mess of mixed messages, unfulfilled promises and a marketing disaster.

• NewNet vows to drive forward with onetime Motorola WiMax business

  By Stephen Lawson | 15 February, 2012 11:05

  Motorola's former WiMax business unit set up shop under new owner NewNet Communications Technologies on Tuesday, diving into the next chapter of a technology that has been largely crowded out by LTE.

• Tech argument: LTE vs. WiMAX

  By Brad Reed | 02 November, 2011 21:34

  Wait, we're still arguing this one? Why?

• Australia's 4G LTE journey: Where are we now?

  By Spandas Lui | 27 October, 2011 10:32

  Telstra recently made its highly anticipated 4G LTE network widely available in capital cities and various regional centres across Australia.

• Clearwire's LTE plan faces high hurdles

  By Stephen Lawson | 09 August, 2011 04:37

  WiMax carrier Clearwire's so-far-unfunded plan to adopt LTE faces several obstacles, but the company effectively doesn't have a choice, according to industry analysts.

• Clearwire wants LTE but needs more capital

  By Brad Reed | 05 August, 2011 03:37

  So Clearwire has confirmed that it's looking to deploy an LTE network alongside its WiMax one, but there's a big catch: The service provider needs more cash.

• Clearwire plans LTE network, seeks $600M

  By Stephen Lawson | 04 August, 2011 09:14

  Clearwire plans to deploy an LTE network in addition to its existing WiMax system but estimates it will need to raise about US$600 million to do so.

• Clearwire to add LTE to its network

  By Stephen Lawson | 04 August, 2011 06:52

  WiMax mobile operator Clearwire plans to add equipment to its network that can use LTE-Advanced, the next generation of LTE technology, the company announced Wednesday.

• Sprint to sell WiMax service wholesale

  By Stephen Lawson | 03 August, 2011 06:36

  Sprint Nextel is a wholesale customer of Clearwire's WiMax service but will itself become a wholesale provider of the service to other carriers.

• Clearwire customer care to move overseas

  By Stephen Lawson | 08 July, 2011 06:28

  Customer care calls for WiMax operator Clearwire will go to the Philippines after TeleTech Holdings, the outsourcing company that Clearwire hired last month, closes down the carrier's former call centers in the U.S.

• KDDI offloads traffic on cellular network through Wi-Fi

  By Nancy Gohring | 01 July, 2011 14:07

  Japan's KDDI is installing more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hotspots that smartphone users will be connected to automatically for data services, offloading traffic from KDDI's cellular network.

• Huawei picks Simms International for the enterprise market

  By Spandas Lui | 29 June, 2011 14:53

  Chinese communications vendor, Huawei, has appointed Simms International as a distributor for its enterprise product range.