One of these upstarts is LightSquared, the Virginia-based, Philip Falcone-backed startup that wants to build a nationwide, wholesale 4G network.
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LightSquared intends to build out a nationwide wholesale 4G network and rumors persist that Clearwire will be converting its network from WiMAX to LTE for its 4G network.
Marietta had a wholesale-only network using a far different business model than the one followed by most publicly owned broadband systems.
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The report showed that 85% of the rise in household bills between 2010 and 2012 was from wholesale energy costs and network costs and 15% as a result of government policies.
In exchange for funding the WiMax joint venture, the cable companies would get equity in the business and would be able to purchase wholesale access to the network to offer their own high-speed wireless data and voice services to customers, the people familiar with the discussions said.
"Sprint takes another leap forward today, announcing its second 4G-capable smartphone, " said Steve Elfman, president, Network Operations and Wholesale.
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LightSquared intends to sell capacity on its network on a wholesale basis to customers that include electronics retailers and gadget makers.
But it said BT still charged for using that network in its wholesale dial-up pricing plans, even if some wholesale buyers did not require that service.
The first buyer that comes to mind is LightSquared, which is trying to roll out a wholesale-only fourth-generation network using what was satellite spectrum for a terrestrial build-out.
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The Bellevue, Washington company plans to sell domain names wholesale to registrars such as GoDaddy, Network Solutions and the like.
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With the creation of the first-ever, wholesale-only nationwide 4G-LTE network integrated with satellite coverage, LightSquared offers people the speed, value and reliability of universal connectivity, wherever they are in the United States.
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But the real issue plaguing the stock Thursday is the news that the company is planning to start offer service based on the LTE standard to wholesale customers in parallel with the WiMax network the company now operates.
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The startup, which wants to establish a nationwide LTE network and sell capacity on a wholesale basis, now aims to start building in mid-December.
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This afternoon, Clearwire made it official, announcing that it plans to add LTE capability to its network in a bid to boost its wholesale carrier business.
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At that time Elf took over one of the biggest businesses in eastern Germany, the Leuna oil refinery and its network of petrol stations, as part of the wholesale privatisation of former East German state assets.
Prusch says the next big milestones for the company will be to get the LTE network up and running, and then to bring in new wholesale partners.
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There's regulatory models in Europe where the high-capacity networks just won't be built because they've set sort of equalization in terms of the sublease rate, the wholesale pricing rate that means you're just not gonna do a high-definition interactive network.
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