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

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

EU’s digital chief leads the way to 5G with $65M investment

What comes after LTE? Europe's digital chief, Neelie Kroes, is determined to find out.

FCC OKs cell phone signal boosters & proposes Wi-Fi decongestant plan

Good news, everyone! Your frequently crappy cell phone signal should be improving soon.

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

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.

AT&T to spend $14B on network, aims to cover 300M Americans with 4G by 2014

AT&T will spend $14 billion over the next three years on wireline and wireless network improvements, with a clear goal of covering 300 million Americans with 4G LTE data by the end of 2014.

Sprint buys $480M worth of spectrum and customers from U.S. Cellular

Sprint has agreed to acquire Midwestern spectrum and half a million customers from U.S. Cellular in a deal worth $480 million.

Google & Microsoft express ‘extreme’ interest in unused U.K. wireless spectrum

It looks like Google and Microsoft might be getting into the wireless network business -- at least in the U.K.

Verizon grows even larger: FCC approves spectrum deal with big cable

Federal Communications Committee has approved a deal that will see Verizon purchase a portion of wireless spectrum from a handful of big cable television providers.

Verizon gets green light from Justice Department to buy Comcast airwaves

By gaining approval from the Justice Department, Verizon has passed another hurdle to make its cable spectrum deal a reality.

Verizon close to closing its big spectrum deal with cable companies

Verizon may be close to sealing its spectrum deal with major cable companies, say sources close to the company's negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission.

AT&T picks up NextWave Wireless for up to $50M, gets precious 4G spectrum

In a move that will help AT&T build out its LTE 4G network, the carrier announced today that it has purchased NextWave Wireless for an upfront fee of $25 million, plus an additional $25 million contingent payment.

NextWave is a …

Mobile hotspots for all: Verizon settles with FCC for $1.25M, must allow tethering apps

In a double-whammy for Verizon, the Federal Communications Commission announced today that the carrier must let its customers use third-party apps to turn their phones into mobile hotspots, and Verizon will also have to pay a $1.25 million fee to …

Wait, now T-Mobile is on team Verizon? Carriers may swap spectrum

Verizon is currently trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission to approve a deal that would allow the carrier to purchase a section of spectrum currently owned by big cable companies — a move that many smaller carriers, including T-Mobile, …

LightSquared goes dark, files for bankruptcy

Troubled wireless-startup LightSquared filed for bankruptcy Monday, according to documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan.

LightSquared listed debt and assets of over $1 billion in the documents. The company filed under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which allows it …