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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NRTC and DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) announced a partnership agreement for rural WiMAX services, where NRTC will distribute DBC WiMAX solutions to its 1,400+ rural utility members. William Wallace, Chairman of DBC tells Telecompetitor,"Partnering with NRTC will bring the benefits of 4G wireless broadband to rural communities quicker than many urban markets will see it." This agreement follows a long legacy of distribution agreements ...

Clearwire is facing a potential class action lawsuit from a group of subscribers who are voicing concern about ‘slow and unreliable’ service. The lawsuit claims that Clearwire does not live up to its advertising of “… a fast, reliable 'always-on' alternative to cable or DSL internet access, and as a superior alternative to traditional land-line telephone service.” The complaint goes on to say that when subscribers try to cancel ...

Clearwire announced the pending availability of the Clear Spot Personal Hotspot, which empowers Wi-Fi enabled devices to use Clear’s WiMAX service for broadband access. Clearwire is using a CradlePoint MySpot 4G router to create the hotspot. Customers connect their existing Clear modem to the CradlePoint router, and the hotspot is enabled for up to eight Wi-Fi devices. The router will ...

Cox is ramping up their wireless capabilities. They intend to offer a 3G wireless product across their footprint using primarily their own 700 Mhz spectrum, and perhaps their share of AWS spectrum obtained through SpectrumCo, the cable company consortium that owns AWS spectrum covering 267 million pops. Light Reading’s Cable Digital News is reporting that Cox recently engaged BCI Communications ...

Sprint is offering some color into their Sprint 4G roll out plans for the rest of 2009. Ten markets have been identified for 4G designation, including Atlanta, Honolulu, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Portland, Fort Worth, and Seattle. It’s no coincidence that the plans closely follow Clearwire’s plans, since Sprint’s 4G service is enabled through Clearwire’s 4G WIMAX ...