Clearwire's board includes 13 members, seven of which Sprint Nextel has the right to appoint. The remaining three four members of the board appointed by Sprint Nextel are to remain, with the carrier reserving its right to appoint three new members at a later date. Sprint Nextel's CFO Robert Burst, who himself is set to leave the carrier in the coming months, noted at a recent investor conference that there was some tension between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire over the retail direction of Clearwire's Clear-branded service offering. … Read more Everything old is new again: Net neutrality edition Democratic efforts to give the Federal Communications Commission interim authority over net-neutrality issues failed to move forward in the last days of Congress. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said his bill failed to get enough support to get out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.