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• For LTE network slow but thorough will win the day, Sprint says

  Sprint Nextel's methodical rollout of new cell sites with LTE may not win the deployment race, but each market that gets the upgrade will see competitive speeds and more complete coverage than other carriers may offer, executives said Wednesday.

• NY, LA, SF to be among Clearwire's first LTE cities next year

  Clearwire will launch its LTE network early next year with service in high-demand "hot zones" in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco, the company said on Thursday as it announced its first-quarter financial results.

• Sprint cancels LightSquared LTE deal

  Sprint Nextel has terminated its 15-year spectrum-hosting agreement with LightSquared, eliminating the would-be wholesale mobile operator's main carrier partnership even as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission seeks to shut down its network plans.

• Cricket leaps to Clearwire for LTE offload

  LightSquared suffered another blow to its hoped-for wholesale 4G mobile business on Wednesday as budget carrier Cricket announced it will use Clearwire to flesh out a planned LTE service.

• iPhone 5 rumour rollup for the week ending March 9

  The new iPad's great contribution to the iOSsphere is how it's already fueling new rumors about the iPhone 5.

• iPhone 5 rumour rollup for the week ending March 2

  With the shadow of the Next iPad looming over all, the iOSsphere looks for new meaning in older rumors for iPhone 5.

• Clearwire 4G users and data use booming

  Clearwire exceeded 10 million subscribers in the fourth quarter but still needs to raise more money to build its planned LTE network, a task that could be funded in part by an upcoming US$300 million stock offering.

• Clearwire, China Mobile detail coming TD-LTE testbeds

  Clearwire will test its LTE network in two U.S. cities and China Mobile will build test networks in select Chinese cities early this year to foster development of a global ecosystem for the version of the technology they will be using.

• New Clearwire funding won't guarantee LTE plan

  Clearwire's big payday on Tuesday, when it raised US$734 million through a stock offering and a new investment by majority owner Sprint Nextel, helped the WiMax carrier but didn't seal the deal on its planned LTE network.

• Clearwire plans $300 million stock offering for LTE

  Clearwire plans to raise as much as $345 million in stock transactions to help fund its LTE (Long Term Evolution) network deployment and other activities.

• Comcast to phase out Clearwire service

  At least one of the cable operators that struck a wireless spectrum deal with Verizon on Friday now plans to stop reselling WiMax mobile service from Clearwire.

• Sprint, Clearwire lay out deals on LTE, WiMax, funding

  Sprint Nextel may help finance Clearwire's LTE network and keep offering WiMax service through 2015 under a set of agreements worth as much as US$1.6 billion that the companies laid out on Thursday.

• Clearwire pares down its own WiMax brand

  WiMax carrier Clearwire has stopped selling postpaid service plans and dual-mode 3G-WiMax client devices, two moves that make it less of a competitor to its main wholesale customer, Sprint Nextel.

• Sprint, Clearwire may help drive LTE convergence

  Cooperation between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire on LTE should help to bring two versions of that technology together, leading to increased device choices and roaming opportunities for subscribers in developed markets.

• Sprint aims to use Clearwire's LTE network

  Sprint Nextel and Clearwire plan to make their future LTE networks work together and are working on a commercial agreement under which Sprint would use Clearwire's network for extra capacity.