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Comcast Launches WiMAX, High-Speed 2Go
6/29/09 at 8:19 AM by Telecompetitor
In a much anticipated move, Comcast’s WiMAX product, High-Speed 2Go is official in their Portland market. "With Comcast’s wideband Internet, we already offer one of the fastest wired connections available today. Now with the launch of High-Speed 2Go, we also deliver the nation’s fastest wireless Internet," said Cathy ...
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Open Range Signs $100 Million Deal for Rural WiMAX
6/17/09 at 8:20 AM by Telecompetitor  Open Range Communications, a Colorado based rural wireless network operator, has signed a five year agreement with Alvarion for WiMAX equipment that could reach $100 million. The deal provides the equipment necessary to build Open Range’s broadband wireless network, which spans 546 rural markets, across 17 states, covering 6 million people.
Open Range secured funding through the RUS Broadband Loan program ...
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Atlanta is Clear for WiMAX
6/16/09 at 4:18 PM by Telecompetitor
ATLANTA – June 16, 2009 – Clearwire Communications, LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire Corporation, (NASDAQ: CLWR), today officially transformed Atlanta into the fastest unwired city in the South. The city is now home to the largest 4G WiMAX wireless broadband network in the United States with CLEAR™ service available to nearly three million people across approximately 1,200 square miles. ...
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Corona, California Launches Municipal WiMAX
6/11/09 at 2:46 PM by Telecompetitor
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) June 11, 2009 -- NetLogix, a global leader in wireless telecommunications professional and managed services, announced the launch of the recently completed WiMAX municipal wireless network for the City of Corona, CA. This initial proof-of-concept multi-use network utilizes point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and wireless mesh technologies. Read More ...
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Clearwire and DigitalBridge Look to Divvy up South Carolina for WiMAX
5/27/09 at 7:53 AM by Telecompetitor  The South Carolina Educational Broadband Service Commission (SCEBSC) has recommended that South Carolina lease its Educational Broadband Service (EBS) spectrum to Clearwire and DigitalBridge Communications (DBC). Under the proposed plan, Clearwire leases 70% of the available spectrum assets and will serve primarily urban parts of the state and DBC leases 30% and will serve primarily rural markets. The lease is for $143 million ...
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Clearwire Intros Unlimited Mobile/Home Broadband Package for $55/Month
5/26/09 at 12:54 PM by Telecompetitor  It didn’t take Clearwire long to get aggressive with pricing. They recently introduced a $55/month plan for Clear service, offering unlimited access for both home and mobile broadband usage. It’s somewhat of an early test of one of Clear’s value propositions – a replacement for wireline broadband and 3G wireless broadband. On the surface a $55/plan will be hard to compete with. It ...
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Want to Lose 12% of Your DSL Subs?
5/19/09 at 9:20 PM by Telecompetitor According to Juniper Research, WiMAX will take 12% of DSL subscribers by 2013. "WiMAX will be an attractive offer in areas where there are no wired networks, and in areas where the existing DSL speed is suboptimal,” says report author Howard Wilcox. But apparently all is not lost. Wilcox also says, "Brand identification and service differentiation are major marketing challenges facing new WiMAX operators.”
While these types of ...
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Clearwire: Slow and Steady
5/13/09 at 10:08 PM by Telecompetitor Clearwire reached the 500,000 subscriber mark with the addition of 25,000 in 1Q09. The first market launch of the company's CLEAR WiMAX mobile broadband for 2009 resulted in subscriber sign-ups at more than double the rate of the company's previous 51 market launches. “We are ushering in the next-generation of services providing a rich and unconstrained digital experience by delivering broadband Internet access through a quickly growing array ...
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WiMAX Comes to Rural Washington, Oregon
5/7/09 at 7:42 AM by Telecompetitor
Tri-Cities, WA – May 5, 2009: After nearly a year of testing, PocketiNet Communications, Inc. announces that it is launching Fourth Generation, WiMAX Technology to the Tri-Cities region within the next few months. WiMAX, which means Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is the next-generation standard of wireless telecommunications technology that enhances outdoor wireless data access. Read ...
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Clearwire Uses Gov’t Grants for Rural WiMAX
4/29/09 at 10:52 AM by Telecompetitor  The city of Milledgeville, Georgia may be a revealing case study of how broadband stimulus grants may impact rural WiMAX, and may also hint at Clearwire’s potential broadband stimulus grant strategy. Milledgeville is a city of approximately 12,000 (not counting college students) and is located about 50 miles northeast of Macon, Georgia. Clearwire is taking advantage of an $862,000 state grant to deploy ...
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