Clearwire Corporation
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Clearwire Completes Transaction With Sprint Nextel and $3.2 Billion Investment to Launch 4G Mobile Internet Company [Press Release]
Business Wire | 38 days 2 hours 34 minutes ago
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWRD for the first 20 trading days and CLWR thereafter) today announced that it has completed the transaction with Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) to combine their next-generation wireless Internet businesses. The new company retains the Clearwire name and expects to build the first nationwide 4G mobile broadband network focused on meeting the evolving needs and demands for Internet-based communications services. In addition, Clearwire has received a $3.2 bil...
Clearwire Completes Landmark Transaction with Sprint Nextel to Combine 4G Mobile WiMAX Businesses [Press Release]
Business Wire | 40 days 23 hours 7 minutes ago
Clearwire Corporation ((NASDAQ:CLWRD) for the first 20 trading days and (NASDAQ:CLWR) thereafter) and Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) announced today that they have completed the transaction to combine their next-generation wireless Internet businesses. With the closing, Sprint contributed all of its 2.5 GHz spectrum and its WiMAX-related assets, including its XOHM business, to Clearwire. In addition, Clearwire has received a $3.2 billion cash investment from Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Ca...
Clearwire Stockholders Approve Transaction to Combine Clearwire and Sprint's 4G Mobile WiMAX Business
FierceWireless | 48 days 18 hours 35 minutes ago
Clearwire Secures Lender Consents for Transaction KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov 20, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), one of the world's largest providers of personal broadband and... Read more >>
Smith Micro s Connection Management Software Tapped for Clear Mobile WiMAX Service [Press Release]
Business Wire | 3 days 6 hours 19 minutes ago
Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI), a leading developer and marketer of mobility solutions and services for the wireless market, today announced it has been selected by Clearwire Corporation to deliver connection management software for their mobile WiMAX customers. Smith Micro Software designed a connection manager enabling customers to connect to Clear™ mobile WiMAX service.
Clearwire Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results
FierceWireless | 58 days 23 hours 4 minutes ago
News Releases Key Highlights -- FCC Announced Approval of Clearwire/Sprint Transaction and Clearwire Stockholder Vote Scheduled for November 20 -- Third Quarter Service Revenue Increases 47 ... Read more >>
Intel Announces Preliminary Fourth-Quarter Financial Information [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 3 hours 19 minutes ago
Intel Corporation today announced preliminary fourth-quarter financial information with revenue of approximately $8.2 billion, down 20 percent sequentially and down 23 percent year over year. Revenue will be lower than the company’s previous expectation, provided on Nov. 12, 2008, as a result of further weakness in end demand and inventory reductions by its customers in the global PC supply chain.
Clearwire Introduces Clear 4G Mobile Internet Service to Portland [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 23 hours 49 minutes ago
Clearwire (NASDAQ:CLWR) today officially transformed Portland into the fastest unwired city in the West, and home to one of the first 4G WiMAX wireless broadband services in the world, called Clear™. With Clear, consumers and businesses can access the Internet wirelessly, at true broadband speeds ─ at home, in the office, around the Portland metro area, and on the go.
Time Warner Cable Estimates Fourth Quarter 2008 Noncash Impairment Charges [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 3 hours 49 minutes ago
Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) expects to incur a noncash impairment charge on certain of its indefinite-lived intangible assets (i.e., its cable franchise rights) in the fourth quarter of 2008.
ICO Announces Changes to Board of Directors [Press Release]
Business Wire | 20 days 1 hour 18 minutes ago
ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (NASDAQ: ICOG) today announced changes to the boards of directors for both ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (“ICO Global”) and its subsidiary, ICO North America, Inc. (“ICO North America”).
Intel Lowers Its Forecast for a Second Time - NYTimes.com
New York Times, The | 1 day 23 minutes ago
SANTA CLARA, Calif. Intel, the chip maker, said Wednesday that it expected fourth-quarter revenue to fall 23 percent from the period a year earlier, missing its previous outlook because of continuing weak demand and inventory reductions by its PC maker customers. The company, based in Santa Clara, Calif., announced a fourth-quarter impairment charge of about $950 million related to its investment in the Clearwire Corporation.
Smith Micro Tapped for Clear Mobile WiMax
Unstrung | 2 days 22 hours 49 minutes ago
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI), a leading developer and marketer of mobility solutions and services for the wireless market, today announced it has been selected by Clearwire Corporation to deliver connection management software for their mobile WiMAX customers. Smith Micro Software designed a connection manager enabling customers to connect to Clear mobile WiMAX service.
Clearwire Finalizes Asset Merger
Unstrung | 37 days 22 hours 53 minutes ago
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DigitalBridge Communications Announces Completion of $16.5 Million Capital Raise [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 73 days 3 hours 48 minutes ago
ASHBURN, Va., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- DigitalBridge Communications Corp., the largest private provider of WiMAX broadband services in the United States, today announced it has completed raising a total of $16.5 million of senior and subordinated debt along with additional capital from its existing equity investors. These funds provide the company with significant additional liquidity with which to continue to build the enterprise.
Clearwire Shareholders Approve WiMax
Unstrung | 48 days 21 hours 51 minutes ago
"Today, our shareholders have taken a transformative step toward enabling an entirely new mobile Internet experience for consumers and businesses across the country," said Benjamin G. Wolff, chief executive officer of Clearwire. "With an unmatched spectrum portfolio, a next generation all IP network, an ever-expanding ecosystem of mobile 4G devices, and the backing of some of the most innovative communications, entertainment and technology companies in the world, Clearwire is ready to redefin...
Clearwire Reports Q3
Unstrung | 58 days 23 hours 41 minutes ago
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Clearwire Corporation ("Clearwire") (NASDAQ: CLWR - News), a leading provider of wireless high-speed Internet service, today reported financial and operating results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2008.
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Company Overview
| Company: | Clearwire Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Internet & Online Services Providers |
| Website: | http://www.clearwire.com |
Clearwire obviously has tomorrow in mind. The company operates a wireless broadband network that provides services to nearly 400,000 subscribers primarily in the US and Europe. Services include high-speed Internet access and computer telephony. Its service areas cover about four dozen markets located mainly along the West Coast and in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and the Midwest. Internationally, Clearwire serves broadband users in Brussels, Belgium; Dublin, Ireland; Seville, Spain; Denmark, through Danske Telecom; as well as in Mexico, through partner MVSNet. The company was founded in 2003 and is controlled by wireless pioneer Craig McCaw (founder of the one-time leading cellular service McCaw Cellular).
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 151.4 (2007) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 51.2 (2007) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | -727.5 (2007) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 (2007) |
| Number of Employees | 0 (0) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.0 (0) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |