Dish jilts Sprint to focus attention on Clearwire in a sordid saga of spectrum

June 18, 2013 5:47 PM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Dish Network said today that it would not make a new offer to buy Sprint Nextel, in time for the Tuesday deadline. Instead, Dish will focus on its attentions on wireless provider Clearwire. This is the latest event in the never-ending Sprint-Dish-Clearwire-SoftBank saga that is more dramatic than a soap opera.

FreedomPop wants to kill carriers with a completely free mobile phone service

June 5, 2013 3:00 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

"This is a full-on replacement for the carrier," FreedomPop's CEO said.

Crazy for spectrum, Verizon offers $1.5 billion to lease Clearwire’s airwaves

April 15, 2013 8:17 AM Ricardo Bilton
Ricardo Bilton

The battle for wireless spectrum in the U.S. is getting more complicated by the day.

Dish offers $25.5B for Sprint, outbidding Softbank by $5B to become a wireless player

April 15, 2013 6:12 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

It's a takeover that would satisfy the satellite TV company's wireless ambitions, while also squashing takeover efforts by Japan's Softbank.

Clearwire takes $80M from Sprint even as it’s flirting with Dish for a buyout

February 27, 2013 8:15 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Clearwire's fate is beginning to resemble a daytime soap opera.

Clearwire stock jumps 8% on Dish’s $5 billion offer

January 9, 2013 10:49 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

It's a good day for wireless service provider Clearwire, which currently has two lucrative offers that could make its shareholders very happy.

Dish’s $5B Clearwire bid may throw a monkey wrench into Sprint’s plans

January 8, 2013 7:09 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

How bad is the spectrum crunch? Bad enough that wireless service provider rivals will make billion-dollar, last minute bids to obtain more of it.

Sprint aims to buy out Clearwire for $2.1B

December 13, 2012 5:54 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Sprint's slightly tumultuous relationship with Clearwire may finally lead to a marriage.

Sprint buys majority stake in Clearwire, much to the dismay of AT&T (update)

October 18, 2012 9:00 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Sprint has purchased majority interest in wireless broadband company Clearwire from one of its largest shareholders, the company said today.

FreedomPop kicks off free 4G service with a hotspot and USB stick

September 30, 2012 10:01 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

Editor's Pick FreedomPop has built up quite a bit of hype over the past few months for its proposed freemium 4G service -- starting today, we'll finally get to see if it can live up to its many promises.

Sprint no longer has majority stake in Clearwire, will reclaim full voting rights

June 11, 2012 10:17 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Sprint is no longer the majority stakeholder in high-speed wireless company Clearwire, the company announced today.

On the surface, this may seem like a set-back for the third largest carrier, which relies quite a bit on Clearwire for both its …

Skype co-founder’s FreedomPop wants to offer freemium mobile broadband

March 22, 2012 8:08 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

New details have emerged on mysterious wireless company FreedomPop’s plan to give wireless broadband to consumers at little or no cost, according to a report from AllThingsD.

FreedomPop, which has heavy involvement from Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, aims to shakeup …

FreedomPop’s mystery project: an iPhone case with free WiMax data

March 21, 2012 7:57 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Mysterious wireless company FreedomPop will soon offer an iPhone case with a WiMax radio inside and free access to a 1GB data plan, according to a TechCrunch report.

FreedomPop will be mimicking NetZero’s just-announced plan to offer a freemium model …

NetZero launches super cheap Clearwire-backed 4G wireless service

March 19, 2012 7:47 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

NetZero surprised the world when it offered up free ad-supported Internet access back in 1998. Now the company will soon try to bring its cost-effective approach to Web access with a low-cost no-contract 4G wireless data service.

“Our service gives …

Lightsquared hires a slew of top lawyers, loses Leap Wireless to Clearwire

March 14, 2012 12:50 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

The hits keep coming for wholesale wireless network startup LightSquared, which just lost big client Leap Wireless due to uncertainty about the future of its high-speed LTE network.

Back in February, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected LightSquared’s plans to …

Google is done with Clearwire, intends to sell off shares for a huge loss

February 24, 2012 8:53 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

More bad news for the struggling WiMAX wireless network Clearwire. Google is preparing to sell off its entire stake in the company, according to SEC documents filed by the search giant today.

Google originally purchased a 6.5 percent stake in …

Struggling Clearwire plans to raise $595M in stock sales

December 6, 2011 10:53 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

In yet another step away from bankruptcy, wholesale wireless provider Clearwire announced yesterday that it plans to raise $595 million via two sales of common stock.

The news comes on the heels of Sprint’s massive $1.6 billion deal with the …