Experts say the challenges of building out such a network has scared bidders away.

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Sprint is finally starting to reap the benefits of the billions of dollars they have invested into Clearwire ( CLWR), and they appear content to stay the course on building out the faster network.

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China Mobile has also managed to overcome its 3G shortcomings by building out a nationwide Wi-Fi network.

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We also documented license applications made in both Kansas and Missouri that would allow GOOG to deliver the programming across the 1Gbs fiber optic network it is building out on both sides of the state line in Kansas City.

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Now that you know what you want, have marketing materials to support you, have done some preliminary research, and started building your personal network, you can reach out to the market.

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Corporate customers are supposed to use that system to deliver their own consumer products, and buy efficiency-building network software that is to come out of HP Labs and EDS, the consulting company purchased in 2008.

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The FCC's grant of this application is an essential building block for our network as we build out to meet the rigorous construction timetable that the Commission has made a condition of our authorization and reaffirmed in today's grant of our request.

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The carrier is therefore investing in building out a next-generation 4G TD-LTE network that would help it move on from its home-grown TD-SCDMA network and increase its chances at landing lucrative smartphone contracts.

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Once equipped with mesh-enabled devices, soldiers fanning out on a field or firefighters in a burning building could create an impromptu network, automatically transmitting communications from person to person until returning back to commanders.

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