Clearwire Corporation
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Clearwire Corporation was a U.S.-based telecommunications company that operated wireless broadband and 4G WiMAX networks before being absorbed into Sprint’s operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clearwire Corporation canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5355524 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clearwire Corporation Context triple: [Sprint Corporation, acquisitionTarget, Clearwire Corporation]
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A.
Qwest Communications International
Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
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B.
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is a regional telecommunications company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing phone, internet, and related services to residential and business customers.
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C.
Nextel Communications
Nextel Communications was a major U.S. wireless telecommunications company best known for its push-to-talk mobile services before its merger with Sprint.
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D.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
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E.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clearwire Corporation Target entity description: Clearwire Corporation was a U.S.-based telecommunications company that operated wireless broadband and 4G WiMAX networks before being absorbed into Sprint’s operations.
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A.
Qwest Communications International
Qwest Communications International was a major U.S.-based telecommunications company that provided local, long-distance, and broadband services before being absorbed into what is now Lumen Technologies.
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B.
Cincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is a regional telecommunications company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing phone, internet, and related services to residential and business customers.
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C.
Nextel Communications
Nextel Communications was a major U.S. wireless telecommunications company best known for its push-to-talk mobile services before its merger with Sprint.
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D.
Sprint Corporation
Sprint Corporation was a major American telecommunications company that provided wireless and wireline services nationwide before merging with T-Mobile US.
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E.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
ⓘ
telecommunications company ⓘ |
| absorbedInto | Sprint Corporation operations ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Sprint Corporation ⓘ |
| businessModel |
retail wireless broadband
ⓘ
wholesale wireless broadband ⓘ |
| collaboration | Sprint Nextel 4G deployment ⓘ |
| competitor |
AT&T
ⓘ
T-Mobile US ⓘ Verizon Wireless ⓘ
linked to:
Verizon
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focus | 4G wireless data services ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Craig McCaw ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Bellevue, Washington
ⓘ
Kirkland, Washington ⓘ
linked to:
Kirkland, Washington, United States
|
| industry |
internet service provider
ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ wireless broadband ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Ben Wolff
ⓘ
Craig McCaw ⓘ Erik Prusch ⓘ |
| majorShareholder |
Comcast Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Comcast
Google Inc. ⓘ
linked to:
Google
Intel Corporation ⓘ Sprint Nextel Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
Sprint Corporation
Time Warner Cable ⓘ |
| networkBrand | CLEAR ⓘ |
| networkTechnology |
4G
ⓘ
WiMAX ⓘ
linked to:
4G WiMAX
|
| offeredProduct |
USB wireless modems
ⓘ
home broadband modems ⓘ mobile hotspot devices ⓘ |
| operated | WiMAX network in major U.S. metropolitan areas ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Sprint Corporation ⓘ |
| servedArea |
Belgium
ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Spain ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| service |
4G WiMAX
ⓘ
mobile broadband ⓘ wireless broadband access ⓘ |
| serviceType |
fixed wireless broadband
ⓘ
mobile wireless broadband ⓘ |
| spectrumHolding | 2.5 GHz band ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | CLWR ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Clearwire Corporation Description of subject: Clearwire Corporation was a U.S.-based telecommunications company that operated wireless broadband and 4G WiMAX networks before being absorbed into Sprint’s operations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.