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Sinead Carew
Clearwire may slow WiMax build to cut funding gap
Submitted by Benton Foundation on December 1, 2008 - 8:47pmLast updated: December 1, 2008 - 8:48pm
Clearwire may build its high-speed WiMax wireless network more slowly than originally planned if credit markets do not improve by early 2010, Chief Executive Benjamin Wolff said. Clearwire said in May it planned a network that reaches about 140 million people by the end of 2010 using WiMax, an emerging technology that promises to blanket entire cities with high-speed wireless Internet services.
AT&T to push wireless beyond mobile phones
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 16, 2008 - 8:15pmLast updated: October 16, 2008 - 8:15pm
AT&T is working on introducing wireless links in devices other than mobile phones. The biggest US mobile service will promote the inclusion of cellular links in everything from computers and digital cameras to car-navigation and entertainment systems.
Analysts cut 2009 cell phone growth estimates
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 7, 2008 - 7:43pmLast updated: October 7, 2008 - 7:43pm
The global cell phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts.
NY comptroller: ditch $2 billion wireless network
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 22, 2008 - 7:17amLast updated: August 22, 2008 - 7:17am
New York should ditch a $2 billion plan for a statewide wireless network for emergency workers unless a Tyco Electronics Ltd unit can fix the already-delayed system's problems, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said on Thursday.
Leap asks FCC to ban Verizon-Alltel purchase
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 11, 2008 - 8:00pmLast updated: August 11, 2008 - 8:01pm
Leap Wireless has asked the Federal Communications Commission to refuse permission for the Verizon Wireless' $28.1 billion plan to buy Alltel and become the No. 1 U.S. mobile service. Leap said risks include less competition and difficulties creating roaming agreements that allow customers of one carrier to use another's services when traveling outside their home network coverage area.
Sprint eyes sale of Nextel's iDen network
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 10, 2008 - 9:22pmLast updated: August 10, 2008 - 9:22pm
Sprint Nextel is considering a sale of the Nextel wireless network it bought in 2005, but may have trouble finding a buyer for an asset whose value has plunged about 80 percent to an estimated $5 billion.
Verizon in talks to buy Alltel for about $27 billion
Submitted by Benton Foundation on June 5, 2008 - 7:45amLast updated: June 5, 2008 - 7:49am
Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy rural mobile service provider Alltel Corp for about $27 billion in debt and cash to create a company that would overtake AT&T Inc as the No. 1 U.S. mobile service
Virgin Mobile USA sees telecom consolidation
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 20, 2008 - 8:51pmVirgin Mobile Chief Executive Dan Schulman said on Tuesday he expects more consolidation in the U.S. telecommunications industry, including deals among providers who rent space on larger operator's networks. Along with deals among mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) he also expects other operators of wireline, wireless and cable networks to consolidate.
U.S. consumers still slow to recycle gadgets
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 17, 2008 - 8:19pmMany U.S. consumers are not recycling old electronic gadgets despite promises by multiple organizations for hassle-free ways to get rid of electronic waste. Putting computers, televisions or cell phones in the trash is increasingly frowned on, and states like Massachusetts ban discarding many electronics in garbage cans.
