Comments on: Intel Writes Almost $1B Off Clearwire Investment

By: Grid Net Scores A Crucial Smart Grid Partner: Sprint «

Grid Net Scores A Crucial Smart Grid Partner: Sprint « — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:02:21 +0000

[...] has backed both Clearwire and Grid Net, reportedly closed its WiMAX office in Taiwan and has been hit in the face by continuous losses on its WiMAX [...]

By: For Clearwire, Evo Rocks. May Sell Spectrum to Fund the Future

For Clearwire, Evo Rocks. May Sell Spectrum to Fund the Future — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:35:58 +0000

[...] Intel Corp., which has funneled more than a billion dollars into the company — has been hit in the face by continuous losses on its WiMAX investments. The chipmaker apparently has closed its WiMAX office in Taiwan. Perhaps [...]

By: Intel WiMAX Office Closure Could Open Doors for TD-LTE

Intel WiMAX Office Closure Could Open Doors for TD-LTE — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:26:18 +0000

[...] follows a string of other speed-bumps the chipmaker has faced with its WiMAX bet. Last January, Intel took a $950-million write down on its WiMAX investment in Clearwire. And last month, Dutch WiMAX-operator WorldMax announced it would soon shut down its network [...]

By: Intel’s Bad Bet on WiMAX Pays Off for TD-LTE

Intel’s Bad Bet on WiMAX Pays Off for TD-LTE — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:50:33 +0000

[...] encourage the spread of the technology and boost demand for the company’s chips, has already had to write down almost a billion dollars from its investment in Clearwire, which is still [...]

By: The Clear Dilemma

The Clear Dilemma — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:11:18 +0000

[...] wireless technology are likely throwing good money after bad. Even if we ignore the incredible writedowns these companies have had to make related to their first bet on Clearwire and WiMAX, the [...]

By: drew

drew — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:54:47 +0000

For anyone that thinks LTE has nothing to do with WiMAX, you should really read up on it before you start talking about something you know NOTHING about.

By: Intel Promotes Broadband and Itself

Intel Promotes Broadband and Itself — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:00:38 +0000

[...] given that the proxy revisits some grim news, such as the drop in net income year-over-year and a $938 million write off of Intel’s Clearwire investment. [...]

By: crupp

crupp — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:45:32 +0000

To Yeivier. Sorry to say but your assertion demonstrates very little knowledge of the markets both in theory and reality.

By: Google’s New Fund Should Advance Its Goals, If It Has Them

Google’s New Fund Should Advance Its Goals, If It Has Them — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:01:17 +0000

[...] is what Intel’s current corporate VC fund does. Sometimes those two goals conflict — Intel’s money-losing bet on Clearwire and WiMAX is a good example — and watching Google weather those conflicts may help us [...]

By: Economy Slows Cable’s Momentum | The Click

Economy Slows Cable’s Momentum | The Click — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:32:13 +0000

[...] the wireless front, aside from a $600 million Clearwire write down (also taken by Intel, Time Warner Cable and Google), there’s nothing new to report. For those [...]

By: Economy Slows Cable’s Momentum

Economy Slows Cable’s Momentum — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:26:04 +0000

[...] the wireless front, aside from a $600 million Clearwire write down (also taken by Intel, Time Warner Cable and Google), there’s nothing new to report. For those [...]

By: Time Warner Results: Cable Demand Takes a Hit

Time Warner Results: Cable Demand Takes a Hit — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:08:17 +0000

[...] Warner Cable also was the latest company to get hit by Clearwire’s declining share price: it wrote off $367 million of its $500 million investment in the WiMAX venture. That still seems [...]

By: Slumping PC Sales Hit Chip Makers Hard

Slumping PC Sales Hit Chip Makers Hard — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:26:32 +0000

[...] in May; since then, Clearwire’s stock has fallen 70 percent. Intel invested a total of $1.6 billion in the Las Vegas [...]

By: Yeivier

Yeivier — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:08:31 +0000

To Jason. Sorry to say but your assertions demonstrate very little knowledge of WiMAX both in theory and reality.

By: Jason Lackey

Jason Lackey — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:36:46 +0000

I think that the writing may be on the wall for WiMax, which suffers from being too much like WiFi in terms of range and building penetration (go over there by the window, no, the other wall, yeah..) and too much like 3G in terms of effective bandwidth to make it a real compelling upgrade from 3G.

Despite traction in other parts of the world, one of the final nails in teh coffin will be LTE, the other flavor of highspeed wireless network which is a natural evolution for those running GSM networks, which is what most of the world is running. Certain large US based CDMA network operators have even announced that their future will be LTE, not WiMax.

Note that Nokia has killed their 810, their only WiMax device:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKTRE5071UD20090108

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TPile » Blog Archive » Wednesday Evening Links - — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:04:16 +0000

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