Clearwire's imperial expansion

Clearwire is on tack to accomplish what it promised earlier this year in terms of its CLEAR 4G WiMAX network expansion plans by the end of 2009. The operator’s first mobile WiMAX market was launched in Portland last January, followed by Silicon Valley in April. Later this past summer, it expanded to Las Vegas and Atlanta, adding more than 4.5 million people to CLEAR’s coverage footprint. In September the company announced the addition of 10 new markets, including Boise, ID, Bellingham, WA, and eight markets throughout Texas: Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Killeen/Temple, Waco, and Wichita Falls, covering over 10 million people.

Earlier this month Clearwire rolled out its 4G network on Salem, Oregon and Milledgeville, Georgia; and in the forth quarter of 2009 the company is planning to roll out in additional cities including Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina; Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio, TX (November), and Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Honolulu and Maui, Hawaii (December). By the end of 2009, Clearwire’s 4G network is expected to be available in more than 25 markets, covering over 30 million people...