Clearwire Posts Preliminary Q4 Results, Still Treading Water
Following a December filled with changes to its business model in the wake of its forthcoming transition to LTE while continuing to support WiMax until its planned switchover, Clearwire has posted its preliminary fourth quarter 2011 financial results, which see slight improvements in terms of year to year revenue, immediate cashflow and operating profit but [...]
Clearwire Adds $35 Entry-Level WiMax Plan
Clearwire has added a new flat-rate access plan to their new contract-free service lineup with a new $35 monthly plan at 1.5Mbps down and 0.5 Mbps up that features no monthly caps, meant for mobile and home use. The new plan follows the move to WiMax only service and flat-rate unlimited service for $50 earlier [...]
NetZero Parent Signs Resale Deal With Clearwire
United Online, the parent company best known for creating and developing the NetZero family of online services has announced a new resale deal with Clearwire whereby the NetZero brand will be expanded to offer mobile WiMax service with two new modems and monthly service. While more specific details such as pricing and availability have yet [...]
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 [...]
