Eight of the new 4G markets are in Texas
Sprint and Clearwire bet big on WiMax
as the 4G technology of choice. So far, the two companies are running
the only commercially available 4G networks in America, but Verizon
is set to launch a few 4G LTE markets this year.
Clearwire has
been working hard to roll its 4G service for mobile and home users
out to more areas of the country. In July, Clearwire
added Las Vegas to its list of served communities and today Clear
has announced that it has added
ten new 4G service areas.
The new areas include Boise,
Idaho; Bellingham, Wash.; and Eight Texas Markets, Including Abilene,
Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa,
Waco and Wichita Falls. With the addition to these ten new markets to
the Clearwire stable the company now has 14 total markets up and
running with 4G WiMax service.
"CLEAR combines two of the
most exciting technological advances of our generation - mobile
communications and the Internet - in order to free our customers to
take their rich home or office broadband experience with them
anywhere around town or on the go,” said Mike Sievert, Chief
Commercial Officer for Clearwire. “Our 4G WiMAX network provides a
valuable new category of Internet service designed to make people’s
lives more enjoyable and more productive by giving them access to the
connections, information and resources that matter most, wherever
they happen to be."
Clear mobile and residential
broadband connections offer average download speeds of three to six
Mbps with bursts of over 10Mbps. Pricing plans for the service in the
new markets starts at $25 per month for a home plan with mobile plans
starting at $35 monthly. Clear also offers a day pass for $10
allowing users to try the service or use it as needed.
A Clear
WiMax 4G USB modem is needed to use the service and Clear offers one
for $49.99 after an instant rebate or with a lease as low as $4.99
per month. Home users can get a Clear 4G modem made by Motorola for
$69.99 or least it for $4.99 monthly.
Clearwire also announced today that it
has applied for a "modest" amount of stimulus funds to roll
its service out to underserved areas in Detroit and Puerto Rico.
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