Clearwire to Offer CLEAR™
Comcast to Offer Comcast High-Speed 2go
Sprint to Offer Sprint 4G
KIRKLAND, Wash. & PHILADELPHIA & OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2009--
Clearwire Communications, LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire
Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA)(NASDAQ: CMCSK) and
Sprint (NYSE: S) today announced plans to launch their respective 4G
mobile Internet services in additional cities in the fourth quarter of
2009. Each of the companies will offer 4G under their own 4G brand.
Clearwire, Comcast and Sprint will each launch commercial 4G service in
Philadelphia in the next several weeks with official launch events and
retail store openings to follow. In November, Clearwire, Comcast and
Sprint will begin sales in Chicago. All three providers will begin
selling in Seattle/Tacoma area in early December. Consumers and
businesses should expect to see additional network expansions throughout
these cities, and a wide-range of independent marketing and advertising
initiatives.
The 4G customer experience from Clearwire, Comcast and Sprint is unlike
any other wireless service available today from any national
carrier. Customers in these cities will now be able to increase their
mobility and productivity in many ways: from instantly downloading large
files to get work done on the run, browsing the web just like at home
from across the city, or watching online videos and movies while
travelling in the family car around town.
Clearwire, Comcast and Sprint 4G customers can expect to see wireless
service significantly faster than today’s 3G. Clearwire and Sprint
customers will also be able to purchase a wide range of 4G devices,
including: compact USB modems, numerous Intel® embedded WiMAX laptops
and netbooks, and other wireless devices all aimed at making lives in
these 4G cities more mobile and efficient.
CLEAR™
Clearwire’s 4G service is branded CLEAR. CLEAR offers super fast mobile
Internet service that works as fast on the go as it does at home.
Customers will initially be able to purchase service online at www.clear.com,
followed by retail store and dealer openings in the weeks to follow. For
more information about pricing, services, devices, and local retail
locations, visit www.clear.com.
Comcast High-Speed 2Go
Comcast’s 4G service is branded Comcast High-Speed 2go and sold as part
of a Fast Pack that bundles the nation’s fastest in-home wired Internet
with the nation’s fastest wireless Internet. For more information, visit www.comcast.com/highspeed2go.
Sprint 4G
Sprint’s 4G service is branded Sprint 4G. Sprint 3G/4G dual mode
products available today combine Sprint 3G – the most dependable 3G
network in the U.S.* with Sprint 4G, turbo-charged wireless connectivity
faster than today’s 3G. With Sprint 4G, streaming video, fast file
downloads and uploads and turbo-charged web browsing are no longer just
home, office or coffee shop benefits. Sprint 4G plans are available in
at Sprint retail stores, Best Buy stores and local retailers in 4G
service areas and Sprint telesales at 1-800-Sprint-1 or online at www.sprint.com/4G.
Clearwire 4G Markets in 2009
4G service is coming to several markets around the country, and services
will be offered by Clearwire and Sprint in each market as well as
Comcast in select markets. By the end of 2009, 4G service is expected to
be available in more than 25 markets covering over 30 million people in
places such as: Atlanta and Milledgeville, GA; Baltimore; Boise;
Chicago; Las Vegas; Philadelphia; Charlotte, Raleigh, and Greensboro,
NC; Honolulu and Maui, HI; Seattle and Bellingham, Wash; Portland and
Salem, Ore; and Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Austin, Abilene,
Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Waco
and Wichita Falls, Texas.
* “Dependable” based on independent, third-party drive tests for 3G
data connection success, session reliability, and signal strength for
the top 50 most populous US markets (including PR) from January 2008 to
July 2009. Not all services available on 3G and coverage may default to
separate network when 3G unavailable.
About Clearwire
Clearwire Communications, LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire
Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), offers a robust suite of advanced high-speed
Internet services to consumers and businesses. As part of a multi-year
network build-out plan, Clearwire’s 4G service, called CLEAR™, will be
available in major metropolitan areas across the U.S., and bring
together an unprecedented combination of speed and mobility. Clearwire’s
open all-IP network, combined with significant spectrum holdings,
provides unmatched network capacity to deliver next generation broadband
access. Strategic investors include Intel Capital, Comcast, Sprint,
Google, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. Clearwire
currently provides 4G service, utilizing WiMAX technology, in 16 markets
and provides pre-WiMAX communications services in 40 markets across the
U.S. and Europe. Headquartered in Kirkland, Wash., additional
information about Clearwire is available at www.clearwire.com.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including
two wireless networks serving almost 49 million customers at the end of
the second quarter of 2009; industry-leading mobile data services;
instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a
global Tier 1 Internet backbone. The company’s customer-focused strategy
has led to improved first call resolution and customer care satisfaction
scores. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the securities laws. The statements in this release regarding
plans for the development and deployment of the first nationwide
next-generation wireless broadband network based on mobile WiMAX
technology; the timing, availability, capabilities and coverage of our
network, including market launch plans; products and services to be
offered on our network; planned marketing and branding efforts and other
statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements.
The words “will,” “would,” “may,” “should,” “estimate,” “project,”
“forecast,” “intend,” “expect,” “believe,” “target,” “designed,” “plan”
and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are projections reflecting
management’s judgment and assumptions based on currently available
information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the
forward-looking statements. Future performance cannot be assured. Actual
results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements due to a variety of factors, including, but not limited to,
the risks referenced in the section of Clearwire’s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q entitled “Risk Factors,” filed August 13, 2009. Clearwire
believes the forward-looking statements in this release are reasonable;
however, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements, which are based on current expectations and speak only as of
the date of this release. Clearwire is not obligated to publicly release
any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events after the
date of this release.
Source: Clearwire Communications, LLC
Clearwire
Media and Industry
Analysts:
Susan Johnston, 425-216-7913
Susan.johnston@clearwire.com
or
JLM
Partners for Clearwire:
Mike DiGioia, 206-381-3600
mike@jlmpartners.com
or
Investors:
Mary
Ekman, 425-216-7995
Mary.ekman@clearwire.com
or
Sprint
National
& Seattle
Stephanie Vinge-Walsh, 310-213-0039
Stephanie.a.vinge@sprint.com
or
Chicago
Candace
Johnson, 317-660-2232
Candace.johnson@sprint.com
or
Philadelphia
Scott
Sloat, 240-855-0164
Scott.sloat@sprint.com
