Another day, another stupid round of “Maps vs. Apps” commercials between AT&T and Verizon. I admit to liking the first pass, but this is all getting really stupid now, isn’t it? And while it may seem like the two big telcos are only kneecapping each...

Roughly one year after closing the big deal that produced the “new” Clearwire, the company is moving fast forward on a number of fronts, including opening some long-awaited retail sales sites in a list of cities that includes Chicago and Seattle, plus...

With one month to go in 2009, we still haven’t heard anything official about those live Long Term Evolution (LTE) trials that Verizon is supposed to be conducting in Seattle and Boston before the end of the year. But from repeat visits to the Verizon...

If you follow this blog you know we are big fans of the way our pal Andy Abramson thinks, especially when he thinks big. Some required reading for this long weekend is Andy’s thoughtful take on “sponsored” Wi-Fi, who pays for Internet access and...

A billion here, a billion there… pretty soon it’s real money, right? On the heels of its latest investor-led captial fund-raising, Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) announced Tuesday that it had secured another $920 million in debt financing, putting its recent...