Tag: sprint
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Sprint to Shut Down WiMAX Service ~Nov 6, 2015
Overview: At long last, Sprint has confirmed it will be turning off of its WiMAX service on or around November 6th, 2015. That’s a little over 1 year for owners of WiMAX mobile devices (including laptops with WiMax cards/dongles) to switch to LTE . WiMAX mobile devices will still work in 3G mode after that, but one doesn’t buy…
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Highlights of 2012 Sprint Open Solutions Conference, October 24-26, 2012 in San Jose, CA
Overview: The annual Sprint Open Solutions conference is primarily for software developers to learn about Sprint’s partnerships and to stimulate creation of applications that will run on (smart) devices which access the Sprint network. While previous conferences focused more on the network itself (as an enabler of mobile devices and apps), this year’s event provided a…
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Wireless, U-Verse & Managed Services drive AT&T results in 3Q2012; Cellular Merger Challenge
Overview: AT&T, the largest US telecommunications carrier, reported net profit of $3.64bn in the third quarter or $0.63 per diluted share of common stock. That compares with $3.62bn, or $0.61 per diluted share, in the year-earlier quarter. Strong wireless revenue gains coupled with continued growth in its U-verse video and strategic business services units helped AT&T report…
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Sprint to use Clearwire’s TDD-LTE to augment its own LTE network
The squabbles, break ups and make ups between Sprint and Clearwire have become worthy of a prime time soap opera. Sprint has been reselling Clearwire’s mobile WiMAX network (CLEAR) and offering its own branded “4G” smart phones along with a Samsung tablet that works on CLEAR and Sprint’s 3G network. But earlier this month, Sprint announced it wouldn’t be supporting…
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Emerging Devices and M2M Team Up for Explosive Growth- Part 2
Editors Note: This is the 2nd of 3 articles that explore new telco markets and opportunities. Much of the information gathered for these articles comes from the 2011 Connections conference in Santa Clara, CA. The 1st article, New Telco Services Enable the Connected Home, described different versions of a “connected home,” including consumer electronics for…
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Viodi View – 12/08/10
The holiday season is upon us and, fortunately, things will soon start to slow down for the rest of the year. That is, unless you are the FCC, Comcast, Level 3 or just about anyone else involved in the telecom business. With a vote slated for December 21st, the result of the FCC's meeting on…