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Sprint WiMax features location-based offerings; Cisco buys PostPath for $215 million
Aug. 28, 2008
Sprint Nextel will put location-based services front and center on its Xohm WiMax service, offering a portal with widgets for local weather, traffic, events, reviews and other information; Cisco is buying PostPath, a ...
Sprint brings more partners aboard for WiMAX rollout
Aug. 28, 2008
Sprint Nextel has signed on several companies to help deliver location-based services for its impending WiMAX rollout next month that the carrier hopes will differentiate it from its competitors in the mobile broadband ...
Waiting on WiMAX
Aug. 07, 2008
Forrester's Chris Silva says despite the growing hype around WiMAX, the promise of mobile broadband services across the U.S. won't become a reality any time soon. Silva sheds some light on why he thinks the U.S. will ...
Femtocells vs. FMC
Aug. 06, 2008
How do single-mode femtocell-based services, such as the forthcoming Airave service from Sprint, stack up against fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) offerings?
Sprint sheds 901,000 more wireless customers
Aug. 06, 2008
Sprint is still hemorrhaging postpaid wireless subscribers -- those who pay monthly and are most profitable -- as the company reported losing 776,000 in the second quarter in its earnings announcement today.
Sprint to debut femtocell service
Aug. 04, 2008
Sprint says it will make available mid-month a nationwide femtocell-based service that allows you to buy and install a small $100 CDMA amplifier to boost signals in Sprint's licensed spectrum across about 5,000 square ...
WiMAX not ready for prime time, says Forrester
Aug. 04, 2008
While WiMAX has the potential to deliver mobile broadband services to U.S. companies, its success will depend largely on how well and quickly the Clearwire coalition builds out its nationwide network, says a new report ...
WiMAX will get first commercial deployment in September
Jun. 18, 2008
After months of uncertainties, it looks as though Sprint will launch its first commercial WiMAX services this September.
Ease of use makes two devices shine
Jul. 23, 2008
The Pinnacle Video Transfer handheld device allows quick and easy backup of different video sources. Sierra Wireless' easy-to-install Compass 597 tiny USB device offers wireless WAN access to Sprint's Mobile Broadband.
Microsoft in talks with AOL; Sprint, SK Telecom merger rumor
Jul. 17, 2008
Microsoft is meeting with AOL executives Wednesday to talk about the two companies combining AOL and Microsoft's online division, according to a news report; If it's the middle of July, then it must be time for more ...
Sprint, SK Telecom merger rumors flare up again
Jul. 16, 2008
Merger rumors between SK Telecom and Sprint flared up again this week, although later reports suggest that the two companies are talking about a technological collaboration rather than an outright corporate acquisition.
Sprint goes 40Gbps on Tier 1 IP net
Jul. 15, 2008
Sprint, with an assist from Cisco and Ciena, is implementing 40Gbps capabilities on its Tier 1 IP network using IP over dense wavelength-division multiplexing (IPoDWDM) technology.
Cisco enhances carrier router's 40G support
Jul. 15, 2008
Cisco this week enhanced its CRS-1 carrier core router by adding upgrades to the IP over dense wavelength-division multiplexing interfaces, which help service providers minimize the additional capital expenses ...
Sprint's Instinct: It's iPhone-ish!
Jul. 10, 2008
Sprint's Instinct smartphone has some features that make it stand out against the iPhone, but not enough to surpass it.
Femtocells latch onto 4G networks
Jun. 27, 2008
The Femto Forum will be working with a next-generation wireless industry group to explore how femtocells can help carriers roll out 4G technologies such as WiMAX and LTE.
Europe and the iPhone effect | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 26, 2008
Community: Small Business Networking
Europe and the iPhone effect
I understand why Europe gets all the cool new phones, but it doesn't make things any easier, sitting here with my selection of junk Sprint phones ...
How Sprint’s next CEO can right the ship
Oct. 10, 2007
Although Gary Forsee has stepped down from his post as Sprint's CEO, analysts say the company faces myriad problems, from continued difficulties in integrating former Nextel users into the Sprint network to subpar ...
Will WiMAX have an impact on your business this year?
Jun. 23, 2008
While WiMAX appears to be on track to be commercially deployed in some US markets by the end of this year, the technology itself has been plagued by various fits and starts.
Speech technology powers Instinct, other wireless devices
Jun. 18, 2008
Do you talk to your cell phone?
Major ISPs to block online child porn
Jun. 11, 2008
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo signed deals with Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint to shut down major sources of child pornography on the Internet.
Cisco, Intel to lead WiMAX patent alliance
Jun. 09, 2008
Cisco, Intel and four other major tech companies have banded together to form a WiMAX patent pool to give companies access to WiMAX patents at predictable costs.
Belden buys Trapeze; Cisco to join WiMax group
Jun. 09, 2008
Belden has announced it will buy WLAN vendor Trapeze Networks for $133 million in cash; Cisco will join Clearwire, Sprint Nextel and three WiMAX equipment providers on Monday to announce an initiative aimed at ...
Is LTE the next must-have mobile broadband technology?
Jun. 01, 2008
A look at LTE's enterprise potential, and how it stacks up against WiMAX.
Sprint may limit its unlimited 3G plan
May. 21, 2008
Rumors swirled Tuesday that Sprint Nextel would follow its competitors' lead on unlimited 3G data plans with cell data modems and cap monthly usage at 5 GB of combined upstream and downstream data. The company didn't ...
Sprint customer satisfaction keeps dropping
May. 20, 2008
Sprint's customer satisfaction rating plummeted by more than 8% in the first quarter of 2008, according to the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index, published today.
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