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Drive-By WiMAX at CES
Source:GigaOM In 2001, just 1.8 percent of households had an Internet-attached handheld device, according to a report issued that year by the NTIA. By the time Ipsos conducted its 2005 Face of the W...read more
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More Speed Bumps Ahead for WiMAX
Source:GigaOM One of the promotional gimmicks planned for next week’s CES show are rides around Vegas in a car with mobile WiMAX Internet access, courtesy of WiMAX backers Intel, Clearwire and...read more
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Google’s Grand Mobile Ambitions
Source:GigaOM DivX acquired Aachen, Germany-based MainConcept for $22 million with another $6 million in earn outs and placing a big bet on the H.264 video compression technology, which unlike ...read more
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Should Sprint Send Silicon Valley a Super Poke?
Source:GigaOM Sprint Nextel’s (S) rough patch is turning into a highway from hell. The exit of CEO Gary Forsee, questions about its plans for a WiMAX network and its aborted partnership with ...read more
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Clearwire, Sprint Call Their Deal Off
Source:GigaOM The WiMAX buildout took somewhat of a setback today, when Sprint Nextel (S) and Clearwire (CLWR) decide to not pursue their plans for joint development of a nationwide WiMAX network. ...read more
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WiMAX: Sprint, Clearwire Mulling the Future, Maybe Together
Source:GigaOM Sprint Nextel (S) and Clearwire (CLWR), two companies that are betting the farm on building out WiMAX networks, are getting no love from Wall Street analysts. Sprint just reported a di...read more
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