Sprint Product Exec: Launching LTE Devices Before Network Just Makes Sense

At CTIA in New Orleans, Sprint’s Fared Adib talks about several key changes in the company’s business, including its ongoing shift in 4G technologies.
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Sprint Says No More WiMax Phones as It Prepares for LTE

The carrier says testing is going well for its new network, which is due to launch in six cities around midyear.
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4G or Not 4G: A Guide to Cut Through All the “Fast” Talk

Walt cuts through all the confusion about 4G data networks.
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No Matter How You Define 4G, Most U.S. Smartphones Still Aren’t Running on It

Only a third of the smartphones sold in the U.S. supported any of the carriers’ faster networks, though that’s up from 6 percent in 2010.
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AT&T Lights Up LTE in 11 More Cities, Including L.A., N.Y. and San Francisco

Ma Bell added a bunch more major cities to its fledgling service. It still trails Verizon, but is in a solid No. 2 spot in the LTE race, with Sprint not beginning service until later this year.
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Clearwire Signs Deals With Sprint, Makes Debt Payment

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.

Sprint Said to Be Launching LTE Network Early Next Year

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.
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RIM Forced to Rewrite Its Playbook Again

With Sprint scrapping its plan for a WiMax version of the PlayBook tablet, Research In Motion is now pinning its 4G hopes on a different technology.
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AT&T Announces Its First Five LTE Markets (Sorry, San Francisco and New York)

The carrier said it will light up high-speed mobile networks in Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio this summer, with at least 10 more markets coming in the second half of the year.
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Clearwire Sees Revenue Rise, but Posts Big Q1 Loss on Charges

The challenged WiMax network operator said revenue grew and predicted faster subscriber growth for this year, but also took a big charge related to towers it no longer expects to build. However, revenue more than doubled from a year ago and the company hiked its subscriber forecast.

Verizon Gets Ready to Launch 4G