Tag archive: Clear

WiMax operator Clearwire may not be getting into the handset business, but it is still hoping to appeal to consumers with mobile hotspots, announcing today the new Clear Spot 4G – Apollo will be available in late July. The hotspot will enable up to eight Wi-Fi devices—notebooks, netbooks, smartphones, tablets, cameras, game devices, you name it—to share a 4G WiMax mobile broadband connection. The Clear Spot 4G – Apollo… Read More

Speaking to BusinessWeek, T-Mobile's chief network officer Neville Wray says the company is still looking to LTE technology as its preferred path towards offering 4G services, and plans to stick with its current HSPA+ (aka “3.5G”) network until LTE services have matured. Ray described 4G WiMax service—currently being rolled out by Clearwire—as a “niche play” in the 4G market. The comments would seem… Read More

Sprint has spent billions of dollars with Clearwire rolling out the first 4G network in the United States using WiMax technology—and has seen some success with 4G-capable devices like the HTC Evo 4G phone. However, speaking with the Financial Times, (subscription required) Hesse indicated Sprint might just build a 4G network using computing Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G technology that is currently being tested for deployment by Sprint,… Read More

Wireless operator Sprint has been making much ado over its 4G WiMax network, which is lighting up in a growing number of major markets around the United States—although places like New York, L.A., San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Boston are still waiting. Part of its strategy has been selling 3G/4G combination hotspots that enable users to tap into mobile Internet capabilities using Wi-Fi devices. For the last few months,… Read More

WiMax operator Clear has announced three new products designed to help folks get their computers and WI-Fi devices (like, you know, iPads and smartphones) onto the company's 4G WiMax network. The new Clear Spot 4G, Clear SPot 4G+, and Clear Spot 4G+ Mobile USB modem are intended to let customers take advantage of WiMax 4G connectivity where it's available—and two of those solutions will also tap into 3G data networks in areas… Read More

During a call with analysts to discuss the company's first quarter financial results, Clearwire revealed it plans to launch its first 4G WiMax mobile handsets this year, with the first two models coming from Samsung and HTC. The Samsung device will be running Android, will also sport Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, and will be “optimized” for heavy video applications, including video communication. The HTC device will also feature… Read More

The first ICBM in the 4G wireless arms race may very well be resting in Sprint’s missile silos right now – with a finger on the launch button. According to the Wall Street Journal, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse will turn his key and give it a jab early next week at the start of the CTIA wireless conference, when the company launches the first 4G phone in the U.S. The Journal’s “people familiar with the matter” say the appropriately named HTC Supersonic… Read More

Although 4G wireless networking is still more myth than reality for the vast majority of American mobile users, the race to dominate the 4G world is already well underway. While Verizon and AT&T are working hard to bring their first LTE-based networks online, struggling number-three mobile operator Sprint wants everyone to know it already has WiMax 4G service up and running in 27 markets (although some of those aren't exactly major… Read More

We’ve huddled under awnings on the sidewalk in the rain to tap weak Wi-Fi signals, slipped into hotels as “guests,” and paid big bucks from cell carriers for a wireless modem, all to get our mobile Internet fix. And every option seems to suck in its own way. Whether you’re being hounded by an impatient barista and force fed soft jazz, or waiting 20 seconds for every page to load from a 3G modem, neither comes close to matching the silky-smooth… Read More