Sprint and cable companies form $14.5 billion Clearwire venture for WiMax

Sprint and a bunch of other big companies, like Google and Comcast, are joining together to build a WiMax network that’s will provide enough coverage for a whole city supposedly. “WiMax promises to blanket entire cities with Web access for laptops, cell phones and other consumer devices at fast speeds. Clearwire aims to offer WiMax in a service area covering as many as 140 million people by the end of 2010.” Read the article here.

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May 8th, 2008

Google Launches Mobile Banner Ads

Google joined a handful of other companies by announcing that it is delivering mobile banner ads. Companies that use Google’s AdWords to advertise online now have the option of displaying a banner ad on cell phones instead of simple text. Google includes a text line under each banner identifying it as an advertisement.

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