Sprint's Pivot has had a long history of troubles. Below is a timeline of this ill-fated joint venture between the cable companies and a wireless carrier:
Nov. 1, 2005 - Four cable companies team with Sprint in $200M JV [1]
Nov. 13, 2006 - Sprint-Cable JV to launch Wireless [2]
Feb. 22, 2007 - Sprint-Cable JV Quietly Making Strides Toward Quad-play [3]
April 3, 2007 - FCC privacy rules could block Sprint's Pivot [4]
April 15, 2007 - Comcast CEO on killer apps for Pivot [5]
April 30, 2007 - Time Warner announces Pivot details [6]
May 18, 2007 - Waiting for Pivot's Mobile DVR [7]
June 14, 2007 - Sprint may spin off WiMAX unit [8]
Aug. 2, 2007 - Sprint drops out of SpectrumCo cable consortium [9]
Nov. 2, 2007 - Sprint's about-face on Pivot [10]
Nov. 8, 2007 - Time Warner says Pivot demand "tepid" [11]
Nov. 9, 2007 - Sprint, Clearwire cancel WiMAX pairing, rethinks Pivot [12]
Nov. 15, 2007 - Report: Pivot's cable companies to go it alone [13]
Dec. 4, 2007 - Cox, Google to bid; Time Warner, Comcast won't [14]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/four-cable-companies-team-with-sprint-in-200m-jv/2005-11-02
[2] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-cable-jv-to-launch-wireless/2006-11-14
[3] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/editor-s-corner/2007-02-23
[4] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/fcc-privacy-rules-could-block-sprint-s-pivot/2007-04-04
[5] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/comcast-ceo-on-killer-apps-for-pivot/2007-04-16
[6] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/time-warner-announces-pivot-details/2007-04-30
[7] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/waiting-for-pivot-s-mobile-dvr/2007-05-18
[8] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-may-spin-off-wimax-unit/2007-06-14
[9] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/sprint-drops-out-spectrumco-cable-consortium/2007-08-02
[10] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprints-about-face-pivot/2007-11-02?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss
[11] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/time-warner-says-pivot-demand-tepid/2007-11-08
[12] http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/sprint-clearwire-cancel-wimax-pairing/2007-11-09
[13] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-pivots-cable-companies-go-it-alone/2007-11-15
[14] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/cox-google-bid-time-warner-comcast-wont/2007-12-04
[15] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/cable-s-love-affair-with-wireless/2008-03-28