Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Clearwire outlines WiMax rollout plans -- Clearwire -- InformationWeek

Clearwire laid out its WiMax deployment plans, and the mobile data company is expected to have 4G services in another 10 markets by the beginning of September.

The company, in which Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) is a 51% shareholder, already has WiMax networks operating in four markets, and it will soon light up Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash.; and eight markets in Texas. Clearwire said it plans to bring its WiMax services to Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, and other markets by the end of the year, and it will cover 120 million people by the end of 2010...