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• Verizon set to disclose LTE details Wednesday

  Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, Wednesday will disclose details about its plan to launch its faster LTE 4G wireless network in 38 U.S. cities by the end of the year.

• Sprint open to boosting Clearwire investment

  Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse downplayed the financial problems of Clearwire on Tuesday, and said Sprint may yet invest more money in the company.

• Clearwire to lay off 15 per cent to save cash

  WiMax service provider Clearwire will lay off 15 per cent of its employees and suspend the opening of retail stores and marketing campaigns in some cities as it tries to conserve cash and raise additional capital.

• 4G coming to New York, LA, San Francisco this year

  Clearwire is launching its 4G WiMax network in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles before the end of the year, it said Monday.

• Samsung WiMAX 2 test hits 330Mbps

  Yes, it's only a demonstration. Even so, Samsung's trial of WiMAX 2 technology that touched speeds of 330Mbps is still impressive.

• Sprint leaders quit Clearwire board

  Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse and two other Sprint executives have resigned from the board of Clearwire "out of an abundance of caution" after Clearwire raised concerns about possible antitrust issues, Clearwire said Thursday.

• Sprint leaders quit Clearwire board

  Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse and two other Sprint executives have resigned from the board of Clearwire "out of an abundance of caution" after Clearwire raised concerns about possible antitrust issues, Clearwire said Thursday.

• Sprint CEO doesn't see metered 4G service

  Sprint CEO Dan Hesse today said that he doesn't anticipate Sprint adopting the tiered pricing models for 4G data services that have been floated by rivals AT&T and Verizon.

• Verizon joins the prepaid mobile data party

  Verizon Wireless joined a growing trend on Thursday by announcing prepaid data plans for most of the smartphones and feature phones it sells.

• Clearwire launches pay-as-you-go 4G

  Clearwire is now offering a 4G mobile hotspot that can give users access to its WiMAX network without signing a contract.

• 4G czar at Sprint backs WiMax 'singularly'

  Don't ask Matt Carter, president of 4G at Sprint Nextel, about LTE, a competing wireless technology. He wants to focus on Sprint's use of WiMax for 4G wireless networks.

• LTE tests signal Clearwire is serious

  WiMax carrier Clearwire is likely to adopt LTE (Long-Term Evolution), and its decision will probably be known within a year, analysts said following the company's announcement on Wednesday that it will test the network technology.

• Optus to release LTE assessment

  Optus is to shortly release the results of its on-going Sydney Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless trials.
  

• Sprint, Clearwire warm up to LTE

  The CEOs of both Sprint Nextel and its WiMax partner, Clearwire, signaled on Wednesday that they might move to LTE (Long-Term Evolution) in the future.

• Clearwire, partners name 19 upcoming WiMax US cities

  Clearwire's WiMax mobile broadband will come to 19 more markets across the U.S. this summer, with partner Sprint Nextel reselling the service in all those areas and partners Comcast and Time Warner Cable coming on board in some of them.