Clearwire to announce new markets on March 5

By on February 11, 2009 in WiFi News

WiMax provider Clearwire announced today that its much-anticipated earnings call for the quarter will be held March 5. And according to Clearwire, it will also use that call to announce its next planned market launches, another highly anticipated bit of information in the WiMax world.

Our betting line opens with Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Las Vegas and Dallas on the “short list” for 2009; anyone with odds or predictions, leave ‘em in the comments!

Share

13 Responses to Clearwire to announce new markets on March 5

  1. Esme Vos February 11, 2009 at 3:20 pm #

    I think it will be:

    Chicago
    Dallas
    San Diego
    Houston
    Seattle

  2. Joe Moe February 12, 2009 at 6:18 am #

    Vegas
    Atlanta
    DC
    Philly

  3. Matt February 12, 2009 at 11:16 am #

    There’s no way Chicago is going to be launched. I’m with Joe Moe on this one.

  4. Esme Vos February 12, 2009 at 12:10 pm #

    Matt,

    Come on. WiMAX is WiFi on steroids.

    Isn’t WiMAX supposed to be the replacement for the ill-fated citywide Wi-Fi network that Chicago abruptly canceled after EarthLink pulled out of the biz?

  5. Paul Kapustka February 12, 2009 at 12:18 pm #

    @Matt if Chicago won’t be launched what will they do with all the towers and gear supposedly in place already?

    A big part of the network was already operational way back in October…

    http://www.sidecutreports.com/2008/11/02/wimax-test-drive-roamin-on-xohm-in-chicago/

  6. Matt February 12, 2009 at 12:25 pm #

    The network is operational now. I am using it, but there’s still massive coverage holes.

    They’re going to launch it, but not anytime soon. I didn’t mean that they weren’t ever going to launch it, just sit on it til they’re good and ready.

    They planned for an end of ’08 launch in the beginning of ’08 and now they’ve pushed it back to the end ’09.

    I think it’s suicide that they can’t get it launched in a major market.

  7. Mike February 12, 2009 at 1:55 pm #

    Boston
    Chicago
    Dallas
    Philly

  8. kamm February 12, 2009 at 2:08 pm #

    Where the fuck is NYC?

  9. Esme Vos February 12, 2009 at 2:30 pm #

    NYC is a Verizon stronghold. Don’t mess with the big V!

  10. Paul Kapustka February 12, 2009 at 6:33 pm #

    @Matt I think you are seeing the philosophical differences of the Clearwire and former Xohm teams in action in Chicago. Xohm’s Barry West (now at Clearwire) had talked previously about launching in just parts of a city and then rolling services out gradually; Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff now says things like “when we launch services have to be great, everywhere in the market.”

    Not sure which approach is better, but guessing you will see the more-conservative Clearwire deployment style going forward.

  11. Joe February 13, 2009 at 8:01 am #

    Get the scoop at the:
    XOHM Kiosk
    Towson Town Center
    Towson MD 21204
    410 847 9024

  12. Midi Park February 17, 2009 at 10:12 am #

    I suspect with the unforeseen market conditions, & the push toward provide rural broadband services, that a few second or 3rd tier markets might be advisable. They are cheaper to deploy, and they could exhibit the technologies ability to provide service to a RSA as well as major markets. So something like:
    Denver
    Birmingham
    Albany
    St Louis
    OKC

  13. Mike February 18, 2009 at 2:23 pm #

    There will be a few large markets that are already in progress:

    Atlanta, Vegas, Washington, Dallas, maybe Chicago

    And possibly smaller markets where they already have service – much faster and cheaper to overlay using existing towers, backhaul, etc.
    Raliegh, Jacksonville, Seattle, Nashville, etc.

Leave a Reply

UA-18792507-1