Thursday, November 12, 2009

Clearwire reports a total of 173,000 mobile WiMAX subs at end of 3Q - FierceBroadbandWireless

The world finally knows how many mobile WiMAX subscribers Clearwire has.

The operator had previously indicated it wasn't ready to break those numbers out from its pre-WiMAX subscribers, but now that it is operational in 13 markets, the operator apparently felt comfortable announcing 173,000 mobile WiMAX subscribers at the end of the third quarter. Still, it's unclear just how many mobile WiMAX customers were added in the third quarter. Clearwire recorded a total of 44,000 net subscriber additions in the quarter, surging up from 8,000 in the year-ago period. The company had a total subscriber base of 555,000, up 18 percent from the year-ago period and up from 511,000 in the second quarter...