Clearwire strikes deal to power FreedomPop’s free mobile broadband service

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Clearwire just picked up an interesting new customer — reaching an agreement to supply wholesale broadband service to FreedomPop, the startup backed by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom that is aiming to launch a free 4G mobile broadband service in the U.S. later this year. The agreement, announced this morning, comes after FreedomPop’s original broadband partner, LightSquared,… Read More…

Shares of Clearwire plummet after Sprint inks deal with LightSquared

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Shares of Clearwire sank nearly 20 percent this morning after Sprint inked a network hosting deal with LightSquared valued at $9 billion over the next 15 years. Sprint owns a majority share of Clearwire, but its anticipated alliance with LTE network provider LightSquared could signal a big shift away from the WiMax technology used by… Read More…