Xohm WiMAX Ready for Commercial Deployment, Say Sprint and Samsung

7:10 am on May 17, 2008 | Category: Internet, Telecom Services, WiMAX, Wireless Technology

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Sprint Nextel’s much-anticipated Xohm WiMAX network is finally ready for commercial usage, Sprint and its hardware partner, Samsung Electronics, announced on Thursday.

The Xohm network, which will utilize Mobile WiMAX technology to offer wireless broadband internet service, reached this “key technical milestone” after evaluations in laboratories, and in the cities of Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., the companies said in a press release. Several hundred Sprint employees in those markets, and in Chicago, are already using Xohm in its soft launch mode, and the service should be available commercially later this year.

“This is a major step toward launch readiness, and Sprint is extremely pleased with the performance of the mobile WiMAX network and access devices from Samsung,” commented the president of Sprint’s Xohm division, Barry West. “The collaboration with Samsung and our other partners has created a WiMAX ecosystem that has now proven that it can deliver this new technology to the marketplace well ahead of any feasible alternative.”

Samsung has provided Sprint with technical assistance so as to ensure that the final Xohm network is compliant with the Mobile WiMAX standard, allowing it to work with a wide range of mobile devices. Samsung has already unveiled several such WiMAX enabled products, including a small mobile computer called the Q1 Ultra Premium Mobile PC.

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    1. Sprint gouged my small (US) company for over $50,000. We caught them doing it, now they refuse to even discuss refunding what we over-paid them.

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      Comment by Allen — May 17, 2008 #

    2. Sprint overcharged my small (US) company for over $50,000.00. We caught them doing it and now they refuse to refund the over-payments. You can read the full story at http://www.sprint-really-sucks.com

      Comment by AllenHarkleroad — May 19, 2008 #

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