Clearwire Kills Postpaid Plans and Eliminates Dual-Mode Devices
After months of tribulation culminating in the move to LTE and the increasingly marginalized position of WiMax in the world, Clearwire has confirmed that it will eliminate postpaid agreements moving forward and will also cease sales of 3G/4G dual-mode devices as of yesterday via Clear’s refreshed portal. It will instead offer a flat-rate prepaid monthly […]
Clearwire Cuts Prices in pre-WiMAX Markets Still Stuck in Limbo
Clearwire leaders stated to PhoneNews.com on background that they planned to have all non-WiMAX markets upgraded by 2011. That was before the bottom fell out of WiMAX. Fast forward to today, Clearwire has apparently halted all plans to expand WiMAX beyond its current coverage footprint. Clearwire, Sprint, and LightSquared are all putting together plans to […]
Clearwire Announces LTE Advanced for Wholesale Support, WiMax Service to Continue
Clearwire has announced that it intends to support LTE Advanced within its core network infrastructure by building on its recently concluded Phoenix, Arizona based trials and entering into new agreements with wholesale partners ahead of an eventual commercial launch within the next 18-24 months. The current WiMax cellsite network will be upgraded with LTE Advanced […]
Clear Announces Clear Spot 4G Apollo
Clear has announced the launch of a new Clear Spotn modem in the Apollo 4G. The modem will be available later this week for a monthly lease of $6.99 per month or $19.99 after signing a new 2 year agreement for service. Full retail cost of the modem is $99.99 and features support for up […]
Clear Now Selling Rover Pucks for $25 After New Agreement
Clearwire has found a novel way to rid themselves of Rover hardware overstock following the shutdown of the prepaid service earlier this year, by offering the hardware with Clear branded service for $25 after signing a new 2 year agreement with a free month of service and shipping included. However, what is not known at […]
Sony Ericsson Drops Trademark Litigation Against Clearwire
Sony Ericsson has quietly announced in a press release that it has dropped all litigation against Clearwire filed in January of this year over the similarity of the Clear logo to Sony Ericsson’s trademark logo in use since the joint venture’s establishment in 2002. The press release goes on to detail that as a result […]
Clearwire Kills Rover Prepaid WiMax Service
Eight months after announcing the launch of Rover as a new prepaid brand via early morning press conference (and having my name mangled in the Q&A session) Clearwire has decided to quietly discontinue the Rover prepaid WiMax service as the parent company weathers financial and operational instability from capital issues and retail restructuring along with […]
Sprint, Clearwire Settle Network Revenue Dispute
Sprint and Clearwire have jointly announced a resolution to their long-running network revenue sharing dispute, whereby Sprint will pay a total of $2.06 billion between this and next calendar year while also agreeing to wholesale rights to lease capacity to other interested parties in order to increase revenue. The agreement also settles a months-long dispute […]
Best Buy Launches WiMax Service on Connect
Best Buy has announced the addition of WiMax service from Clearwire as a part of its Connect branded mobile broadband service. The service consists of two $45 unlimited service plans, with a 2 year agreement adding a $150 discount to qualifying laptops while a month-to-month plan is also offered without a hardware subsidy. This follows […]
Clearwire Blocking Rooted Clear iSpots?
Readers have been reporting that Clear iSpots that have been rooted with the web-based exploit developed by hackers looking to use Clear’s service at the $25 special rate, are being actively blocked by network access until the devices are updated with a new version of the firmware. It appears that Clearwire is using low level […]