Clearwire

Flush With Cash, T-Mobile’s Future Still Very Much Up in the Air

Tricia Duryee in Mobile on December 19, 2011 at 3:44 pm PT

AT&T’s $4 billion breakup fee will be of little consolation to the No. 4 U.S. carrier, which has been operating as a lame duck since March.

News Byte

Clearwire Files to Sell $300 Million in Shares

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 5, 2011 at 2:29 pm PT

Struggling wholesale wireless carrier Clearwire said on Monday that it plans to sell $300 million worth of stock as part of its effort to bolster its financial position. The company also plans to offer its underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional $45 million worth of shares.

Clearwire Signs Deals With Sprint, Makes Debt Payment

Greg Bensinger and Anton Troianovski, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on December 1, 2011 at 11:20 am PT

Clearwire Corp. signed a four-year deal with Sprint Nextel Corp. valued at as much as $1.6 billion, giving the wireless-broadband provider breathing room as it builds out a new fourth-generation network.

Clearwire May Skip Big Debt Payment

Anton Troianovski, Matt Wirz and Joann S. Lublin, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on November 18, 2011 at 4:20 pm PT

Clearwire Corp. is considering skipping a big debt payment that comes due in two weeks, a decision that could prove a turning point for a company that had hoped to cover the country with wireless broadband service.

Clearwire’s Customer Growth Tops Expectations

Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on October 13, 2011 at 2:55 pm PT

Clearwire Corp. Thursday reported better-than-expected customer and revenue growth for the third quarter, and a prepaid wireless carrier said it is considering a deal to buy wholesale capacity on the company’s fourth-generation wireless network.

Sprint Said to Be Launching LTE Network Early Next Year

Ina Fried in Mobile on September 27, 2011 at 12:30 pm PT

The company has scheduled an event next week to talk about its future network plans, but CNET says those plans include an LTE network to launch early next year.

Clearwire Names New CEO

Nathalie Tadena, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on August 10, 2011 at 9:02 am PT

Clearwire Corp. has promoted Erik Prusch to president and chief executive, effective immediately, and said interim CEO John Stanton will serve as executive chairman of the board.

News Byte

Investors Bludgeon Clearwire After Sprint-LightSquared Deal

John Paczkowski in Mobile on July 28, 2011 at 2:15 pm PT

Clearwire investors aren’t taking news of Sprint’s new deal with 4G wholesale network provider LightSquared too well, are they? The announcement of the 15-year pact this morning sent shares of Clearwire, a high-speed 4G mobile broadband service with whom Sprint also has a relationship, into a nasty downward spiral that left them down 22 percent at $2.15 as of market close.

Sprint CEO Hesse Says Recent Price Hikes Necessary, but Not Necessarily Popular

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 17, 2011 at 9:49 am PT

Speaking at a J.P. Morgan investor conference in Boston, Dan Hesse said that a recent price hike on smartphones wasn’t exactly popular with customers, but was necessary to keep offering unlimited plans. Plus, it’s helping boost the company’s average revenue per subscriber at a time when competition is particularly intense.

Intel Clears Out Some Of Its Clearwire Shares

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 12, 2011 at 5:15 am PT

With Clearwire shares down more than 40 percent over the last year, Intel decides the time is right to trim its holdings and yield a tax advantage in the process.