Of the two 4G mobile services, WiMAX is the less interesting of the two to me. I am more interested in LTE for its faster speeds. That said, there is no denying the appeal of a 4G system now like WiMax is offering, even if it's only available in limited areas. continued »

Clearwire has been busy rolling out its 4G WiMax network in a few locations around the country. Its partner Sprint has several other 4G installations in place as well. Clearwire announced today that it has added ten new locations to its 4G network. The new locations include Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Waco and Wichita Falls, Texas; Bellingham, Wash; ... continued »

Verizon and AT&T both bet on LTE as their 4G technology and left Sprint alone to try and beat LTE to market with WiMAX in the States. Sprint has been able to launched limited WiMax availability in some cities around the country and Verizon is making good on its promise to have some LTE installations complete this year. Verizon previously announced ... continued »

The prospects of 4G networks coming late this year and early next year is enough to make a mobile geek smile. The WiMax reality will quickly wipe that smile away with the service in the U.S. available in very limited areas. Research firm BWA announced today that there were about 400,000 WiMax subscribers and 50 million new 3G customers added in ... continued »

Sprint's WiMAX service is currently only available in Baltimore under the name Xohm. On Wednesday, Sprint announced 10 new markets for its 4G WiMAX service. continued »

30% of the market within five years will be 3G and 4G wireless subscriptions. Analysts from In-Stat released a report recently detailing the move. continued »

Sprint has announced that their first dual-mode CDMA/mobile WiMAX modems will be commercially available by the end of the year. This move will mark the end of the Xohm brand, which was launched back in August of 2007. Sprint is offering their mobile WiMAX services with the aid of Clearwire. Sprint has managed to hold control of 51 percent of the ... continued »

HTC has announced the highest-performing touchscreen phone they have ever created. The MAX 4G is the production version of the T8290 with a beautiful 3.8-inch, 800 x 480 screen. The most impressive feature of the new MAX 4G is the addition of the WIMAX connection adding 4G Internet access. They have also built in a GSM connection to make traditional phone ... continued »

Sprint announced yesterday that they will be rolling out their 4G WiMax service in the fall with the help of several mobile partners to help localize the features. By means of a function called "geobrowsing" WiMax will be able to tune into local news, restaurants, weather and more. With WiMax, users will be able to access local information on their laptops ... continued »

It's a lovely thing: the prospect of high speed Internet access while you're flying over the Atlantic. I know I want it on my iPhone, that's for sure. But up until now, that dream has yet to be truly fulfilled. Aircell hopes to change that. [caption id="attachment_3845" align="alignright" width="120" caption="Aircell Opts for LTE 4G"][/caption] For their next big upgrade, Aircell will be ... continued »