Clearwire, along with wholesale partners Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Sprint announced their summer 2010 launch lineup on May 5. It’s an impressive list of markets, including Tampa, Orlando, St. Louis, Nashville and Salt Lake City. In all, Clearwire will add 18 new markets by the end of summer 2010. This adds to the already positive news that Clearwire launched 4G in central Pennsylvania on May 1.
Each operator will offer their own brand of WiMAX. Comcast will offer the services in Merced, Modesto, Stockton and Visalia, CA, Wilmington, DE, Grand Rapids, MI, Eugene, OR, Yakima and Tri-Cities, WA. Time Warner Cable will offer WiMAX services in Kansas City, KA, Rochester and Syracuse, NY.
Comcast will use the Comcast High Speed 2go brand when marketing WiMAX. It will be bundled with their home internet connection in the markets. Time Warner will market the product under Road Runner Mobile. Road Runner Mobile offers a 3G connection when not covered in the 4G market. Time Warner offers two different USB modems for its 3G/4G unlimited service and 4G unlimited service. Comcast offers similar services, using mostly USB modems for a 4G connection.
Clearwire and Sprint will offer their 4G services in all markets. CLEAR WiMAX offers faster download speeds, more mobility and great devices. Get the CLEAR Spot mobile hot spot that allows for up to eight WiFi enabled devices. Get the fastest connection for iPhones, iPads and other devices. Sprint offers the Overdrive, a mobile hot spot for up to five WiFi enabled devices. Sprint’s brand, 4G will offer many different packages, depending on which device users choose. Also being released this summer is the Sprint HTC EVO 4G, the first WiMAX-enabled phone available in the U.S.
It’s super fast internet connection is presented in four different ways in different markets. Any people in these markets should be excited to experience the fast speeds offered by WiMAX. Clearwire is making the push to add a significant population to its subscriber base during the summer 2010. It was expected that the company would take drastic measures this summer to grow its user base by expanding to more markets.
Clearwire and Sprint plan on launching WiMAX in many other markets in 2010. New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington D.C., Denver Minneapolis, San Francisco, Miami, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh will join the 18 markets above by the end of 2010. It’s all part of Clearwire’s plan to cover 120 million people by the end of 2010.
Full List of Summer 2010 Markets
- Tampa
- Orlando
- St. Louis
- Nashville
- Salt Lake City
- Jacksonville
- Daytona, FL
- Kansas City, KS
- Merced, CA
- Modesto, CA
- Stockton, CA
- Visalia, CA
- Wilmington, DE
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Eugene, OR
- Yakima, WA
- Tri-Cities, WA.
- Rochester, NY
- Syracuse, NY
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