Sprint (NYSE: S) added a little color to its previously announced plans to embrace LTE as a next-generation wireless standard, telling financial analysts and the media Friday at an event in New York that it plans to launch such a network in the middle of next year with plans to…

China Mobile’s desire to have its own flavor of a wireless standard dovetails nicely with Clearwire’s desperate need for assistance in shifting its technology away from a losing bet. A new deal between the two companies would give Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) a chance to make sure it has access to…

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) needs a helping hand, there’s no doubt about that. And it sounds like a familiar friend may be riding to the rescue backed by some unfamiliar allies.

Here’s a look at some of the top stories in mobile today:

Erik Prusch has quite a job on his hands. Clearwire’s chief operating officer is now the man in charge of the struggling wireless carrier as it fights for survival amid a fundamental shift in its business strategy.

It’s pretty clear that Clearwire’s bet on the Wimax wireless networking technology is not paying off. The wireless carrier announced plans Wednesday to build a network using a popular 4G cell-phone network technology that competitors have embraced wholesale, amid another quarter of heavy losses.

This is Ericsson’s week to be in the spotlight for U.S. news, it seems. The company has just announced a deal to take on the running of Clearwire’s network, while separately the Swedish company is named as the latest to be interested in the trove of wireless patents being sold…

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: More reports on the so-called iPhone 5; Nokia (NYSE: NOK) ditches its Ovi brand; Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) calls off its logo spat against Clearwire; (NSDQ: CLWR) Kodak gets a key win in its Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)…

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: more Skype partnering and merger speculation, this time with Microsoft; (NSDQ: MSFT) Angry Birds maker talks up going public; Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Nuance chatter resurfaces; and U.S. Cellular hops on to the LTE express train.

Sprint (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) have decided to re-up their partnership to the tune of $1 billion over the next three years, providing a life raft for Clearwire as the two companies managed to work out a dispute over the prices that Sprint will pay to use Clearwire’s…

Who are the top mobile brands in the U.S.? Asking the media versus asking 25,099 U.S. consumers might produce different results.

Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: some more possible leaks on the iPhone 5, and a possible Sony (NYSE: SNE) Honeycomb tablet; TimeWarner and mobile services; Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) sues ZTE over phone technology.

Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: reports of RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) looking at investing in India; Best Buy starts up its WiMax service with Clearwire; (NSDQ: CLWR) and another advance in MasterCard’s NFC initiative.

After a week of obsessing about spectrum and tablets, the wireless industry took time Thursday to consider the far-ranging effects of mobile devices and fast wireless networks on the very messy real world. A panel discussion with Biz Stone of Twitter, John Stanton of of Trilogy International Partners and Clearwire…

Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Sprint (NYSE: S) wants to take its AT&T/T-Mobile complaints to Washington; Bing updates its mobile browsing experience, but you can’t use the new tweaks on Windows Phone 7 devices; Light Squared becomes Best Buy’s newest MVNO partner; and some…

Our look at some of the stories today in mobile: Some initial iPad2 sales figures; Windows Phone 7 apps; and more kindling for the T-Mobile/Sprint (NYSE: S) merger flames.

In just the latest round of turmoil to hit WiMax high-speed wireless provider Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), the company’s CEO and two prominent executives are stepping down amid continued losses and a dispute with perhaps its most important corporate ally.

In January, when T-Mobile’s top executives appeared before investors in New York, they laid out a strategy to add $3 billion more to the U.S. mobile operator’s sales by 2014. But record contract subscriber losses, combined with a fightback plan aimed at low-cost bundles, leave one to wonder whether the…

Looks like Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) may have found a way out of its cash bind, and its impasse with main investor Sprint: according to a report, the wireless broadband provider is planning to abandon its retail operations and move ahead as a wholesale-only operator.