Verizon and Motorola turned some heads at CES 2012 when they announced an update to the just released Droid Razr, the Droid Razr Maxx. Verizon has finally cut short the waiting game and announced that the Maxx is out on January 26 for $299 on-contract. To the great annoyance of Razr owners, the Maxx brings some notable spec bumps, and sells for the same price users paid for the first Razr a few months ago.

Verizon Wireless has made a name for itself by being rock-solid and having a huge 3G network. Things have been a bit more rocky since its 4G LTE network started taking off. Today, Big Red is having its third nationwide data outage in the month of December. Customers across the U.S. are reporting no 4G, and often no 3G data either.

Earlier today we reported that Verizon Wireless was experiencing its second data outage in as many weeks. Well, shortly ago Big Red gave the all clear saying that it fixed the issue an that all users should be back up and running. Any issues you are still having are entirely your own fault. 

Mobile broadband provider Clearwire is facing a tough decision as a massive debt payment comes due tomorrow and the company is scrambling to get network upgrades underway. The company is set to pay $237 million in interest, but despite having the cash, it may choose to skip the payment in order to spend more on building an LTE network to replace the current WiMAX one. If Clearwire can’t work this out, its carrier partner Sprint could be hit hard down the line.