Sprint Nextel Corp. and Nokia Corp. are partnering to launch the carrier’s mobile WiMAX network in four Texas markets to provide customers with wireless broadband access.
Nokia said it will supply the WiMAX network infrastructure in Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Austin, Texas. Service is expected to be available during the first half of 2008, and the network is expected to cover about 100 million potential customers by the end of next year. Along with network equipment, Nokia said it also will develop WiMAX-enabled mobile devices such as multimedia computers and Internet tablets, which will be available in 2008.
Nokia plans to demonstrate its mobile WiMAX technology at the upcoming CTIA Wireless 2007 conference in Orlando, Fla.
Nokia joins Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Motorola Inc. in building Sprint Nextel’s WiMAX network.
In a separate announcement, Sprint Nextel said that it had turned on CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A coverage in several more markets: Charlotte, N.C.; Cincinnati; Norfolk, Va.; and Spokane, Wash.
Sprint Nextel pushes WiMAX, Rev. A deployments
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