The Telecom boom of the late 20th century. Seems like a distant memory now. The 1990s saw a huge expansion in the number of employees being hired to work for major telecom carriers. Things were good, real good. Profits were up, stock prices were soaring and there seemed to be no [...]

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Clearwire and Sprint/Nextel have agreed to combine their wireless broadband units. The decision will create a $14.5 billion communications company. The new company, which will retain the Clearwire name, will concentrate on rolling out a mobile network based on the new and emerging WiMax standard. WiMax promises faster download speeds than the current [...]

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