Clearwire, Time Warner Cable, Sprint Nextel expand WiMAX in New York City

Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) and its wholesale partners/owners Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced what they call a significant expansion of Clearwire's WiMAX network footprint and capacity upgrades for mobile broadband customers in the greater New York City metro area.

An additional 91,363 people are now covered by the WiMAX service, bringing the service area to coverage of nearly 12 million people. Enhanced capacity and expanded coverage can be experienced in the following communities: Alpine, Bayonne, Elizabeth, Fair Lawn, Newark, Paramus, Secaucus, Union, N.J.; and Hartsdale, New Rochelle, New York, Rockville Centre, and Yonkers, N.Y.

Time Warner Cable offers a number of rebranded Mobile WiMAX options with plans starting at $20 a month for 250MB, $40 for unlimited WiMAX service, or $60 for nationwide data access on both Clearwire's WiMAX network and Sprint's 3G CDMA network.

For more:
- see this release
- read this DSL Reports post

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