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LA, Miami and Middle America to Get WiMAX
Clearwire said today that it would expand its WiMAX network to Cincinnati, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Miami, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City and St. Louis this year. Clearwire is in a race to sign up mobile broadband subscribers before the cellular operators launch their own 4G networks.…
Read MoreU.S. Carriers Are Running Out of Growth Options
It's hard to grow in a saturated market, but despite the 89 percent cell phone penetration the U.S. has, AT&T managed to pull out some impressive revenue growth, thanks to consolidation. But for U.S. carriers future growth will require new business models and applications.…
Read MoreMy Austin WiMAX Experience Was Good, But Not Good Enough
I spent the last few weeks testing a dual mode WiMAX modem from Sprint. The verdict: It's not strong enough to be a wireline replacement, but if I didn't have a contract on Verizon I'd ditch my MiFi and use WiMAX as my primary data connection.…
Read MoreFCC Quizzes Carriers and Google on Early Termination Fees
As part of a recently created pro-consumer task force at the Federal Communications Commission, the agency is sending out letters asking the top four wireless carriers and Google (s goog) about their early termination fees.…
Read MoreForget Cable's WiMAX Dreams: Cox Trials LTE Network
Cox, the nation's third-largest cable company, today said it had successfully delivered a voice call and high-definition video streaming over a fourth-generation Long Term Evolution network, but the trial raises more questions than it answers about the cable provider's 4G wireless plans.…
Read MoreWhat the Current Wireless Plans Tell Us About Future Data Prices
Checking out a new comparison chart on wireless pricing, I realized that we have a two-tiered level of competition when it comes to mobile plans (three if we count prepaid), and that voice has been utterly commoditized, which means data plans are going to stay pricey.…
Read MoreMobile Tech Minutes: Consumer ThinkPad Edge on Video
[wpvideo hEDZXZn9 w=560] The ThinkPad brand has long been associated with top-notch business-class notebooks. The famous black notebooks have appeared in conference…
Read MoreCarriers Get a Wake-up Call
Carriers are rapidly losing their power in today's mobile ecosystem. To stay relevant they will have to become more agile, learn to share and use their cash to move ahead rather than play a waiting game hoping the Googles and Apples of the world will fail.…
Read MoreClearwire Amps Up Retail Presence
Clearwire has opened retail stores in 10 U.S. cities as part of pushing its Clear WiMAX service to the masses. However, given how few WiMax-capable devices there are right now, the retail environment must seem pretty empty.…
Read MoreVideo: Austin WiMAX Launch Event
Sprint (s S) held a happy hour last night to show off the WiMAX launch in here Austin, Texas, so I wandered…
Read MoreWiMAX Hits Austin and San Antonio Today
[qi:gigaom_icon_WiMax] Sprint (s S) announced WiMAX service today in San Antonio and my hometown of Austin, Texas, so this is just to…
Read MoreThe Clear Dilemma
Clearwire, (s clwr) as expected, said today that it’s managed to cajole $1.56 billion out of most of its previous investors to…
Read MoreWith Wireless Data, Smaller Carriers Must Mind the Gap
The floundering economy hasn’t kept consumers from spending on mobile data, according to the latest quarterly report on the wireless industry from…
Read MoreSprint’s First Direct Netbook Deal is a Dell Mini 10 with XP
Sprint today joins the ranks of direct netbook sales from a wireless carrier. Starting in the Minneapolis Twin Cities area, Sprint stores…
Read MoreSprint Flips the WiMAX Switch in Chicago
[qi:gigaom_icon_WiMax] Sprint (s s) continued to move ahead with its WiMAX rollout, flipping the switch in Chicago, three markets in Texas (Dallas/Fort…
Read MoreDid Sprint Bet On the Wrong Smartphone?
As lovely as the Pre (s palm) is, it’s no iPhone (s aapl), as Sprint’s (s S) third-quarter loss and the departure…
Read MoreDocs Want Their Own Airwaves and Other Gems From the FCC Wireless Probe
[qi:061] So far this week, more than 15 organizations have filed their comments addressing the Federal Communications Commission inquiry about competition and…
Read MoreReed Hastings Returns to NewTeevee Live
Last year it was clear Netflix (s NFLX) would play a big role in online video. Now, there isn’t any doubt. The…
Read MoreWhat Is It About e-Readers?
If I were to bet on a device that would benefit most from wireless access, it wouldn’t be a digital book reader, not in a nation where roughly half the people don’t read novels. A personal navigation device, an MP3 player on which one can download songs, even a handheld gaming unit all seem to be more popular with consumers — and offer better opportunities to show off wireless access. So why the focus on e-readers?…
Read MoreFCC on Net Neutrality Could Impact Your NewTeeVee
FCC Chair Julius Genachowski delivered a speech this morning about the importance of net neutrality and an open internet. Stacey over at…
Read MoreVid-Biz: Verizon, Big Screens, Redbox
Verizon Added 300,000 New New FiOS TV Subs in Q2; telco now has 2.5 million subscribers to its TV service. (GigaOM) No…
Read MoreComcast's Wireless Plans Don't Include TV on Phones
“Comcast Plans to Bring TV Shows to Your Phone,” a Reuters story trumpeted yesterday, which had many of us here at GigaOM…
Read MoreSerena, Kanye and New Moon Let it All Out
It was an emotional weekend for viral video moments. At tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West bolted on-stage during Taylor Swift’s…
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