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Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy and wireless operator Clearwire today confirmed speculation that Best Buy would use Clearwire’s 4G network to offer mobile Internet service to customers beginning in 2011. The offering will essentially be a new 4G tier for ...

Best Buy confirmed the launch of Best Buy Connect, a mobile broadband service they will offer beginning July 11th. Best Buy Connect is the latest addition to Best Buy’s ‘digitally connected world’ strategy which they say offers a growing portfolio of “exclusive ...

Digital Entertainment Platform Debuts on Devices This Month MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Best Buy Co. Inc (NYSE:BBY) today announced the availability of its new digital video service CinemaNow which will provide customers same-day instant access to new release movies and TV shows. The service will initially be accessible through select connected Blu-ray Disc players and HDTVs, and on most PCs via the web at www.cinemanow.com. ...

Best Buy Forms Strategic Relationship with Sonic Solutions to Offer Digital Content Delivery Powered by Roxio CinemaNow as a Standard Feature on Connected CE Devices Best Buy Co., Inc (NYSE:BBY) and Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ:SNIC) today announced a strategic relationship that will result in a new Best Buy customer offering in its growing line-up of digital entertainment products. The new on-demand movie ...

Best Buy sees the future and its mobility. They see mobile wireless and the explosion of mobile broadband as a great opportunity for their business. So much so that they intend to garner 15% of the mobile phone business, which is five times more market share than they currently ...

The recent news that Sprint and Clearwire are back in talks for some form of WiMAX joint venture revealed an interesting potential minority partner – Best Buy. Conventional thinking suggests that Best Buy is interested in a joint Sprint/Clearwire WiMAX effort in ...

There is speculation fueled by a Wall Street Journal article (subscription required) that Sprint and Clearwire have resumed negotiations to jointly build a nationwide WiMAX network. Of course the issue with this is money. It costs a heck of ...

Best Buy subsidiary Speakeasy will launch ADSL2+ service, targeting the small/medium business market. Speakeasy OneLink™ will have download speeds of up to 8, 10, and 15 Mbps, and upload speeds of up to 1.0 Mbps. The service will be deployed in eleven key markets – ...

Earthlink recently announced a retail strategy that offers their municipal wireless broadband and other solutions through an unnamed retail partner. Utilizing a retail channel is increasingly becoming required to compete in today’s landscape. Both telecom and cable carriers are leveraging retail relationships to their fullest extent. ...