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Clearwire Launches Test in Silicon Valley

Eric Savitz — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:25:51 +0000

By Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron’s, Tech Trader Daily

Clearwire (CLWR) today announced the launch of its a developer version of 4G service in the Bay Area. The developer version of the WiMax-based network covers “more than 20 square miles” in Santa Clara, Mountain View and “parts of downtown” Palo Alto. (Parts? Downtown Palo Alto isn’t that big; it only cover parts of it?) Clearwire notes that the service area includes the headquarters of both Intel (INTC) and Google (GOOG); the Cisco (CSCO) campus will be adding “in the coming months.” All three companies will be
“partners” in the project, the company said.

Clearwire plans to launch full service in the Bay Area in 2010.

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4G War, Conflicts of Interest Loom Behind Possible DTV Delay

Julian Sanchez — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:00:59 +0000

By Julian Sanchez, Washington DC Editor, Ars Technica

Last week, President-elect Barack Obama’s call for a delay in the Digital TV transition, long scheduled for February, sent tech and telecom firms into a tizzy. Both Verizon (VZ) and the Consumer Electronics Association have been pushing back hard against any postponement of the move from analog to digital broadcasting, while AT&T (T) has joined the Consumers Union and several prominent Democratic legislators in supporting the call to give the troubled transition more time. Among those with a vested interest in the debate over a DTV delay is Clearwire (CLWR), which has been racing to deploy its 4G WiMAX networks ahead of competitors wedded to the LTE standard. And Ars has learned that Clearwire Executive Vice President R. Gerard Salemme has been playing a key advisory role on the DTV changeover within the Obama transition team.

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Is 4G Via Satellite Destined to Fail?

Stacey Higginbotham — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:00:25 +0000

By Stacey Higginbotham, Blogger, GigaOM

Last Friday, four executives of satellite holding company TerreStar Networks suddenly resigned, leaving just three people behind to fill the void. I don’t expect this lack of management to last for too long, but until TerreStar calls me back with details, I’m betting that the change in management signals a change in TerreStar’s strategy in that it’s no longer looking for a larger partner to help it build and finance a combined 4G satellite and terrestrial network, but is preparing to move ahead alone.

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