Alvarion, an Israeli WiMax infrastructure company, has received a five-year contract worth $100 million to help build out a WiMax wireless broadband network in 17 states, reaching six million people in 546 rural areas. Release.
With any new technology, the biggest concern is getting pervasive coverage across the U.S. within a reasonable amount of time. Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), which is the biggest proponent of WiMax in the U.S., aims to reach 120 million Americans by the end of 2010, but that would be in mostly large cities. Yesterday, Clearwire launched in Atlanta. This project is the nation

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