CLEARWIRE ON THE MOVE: NEW MARKETS, MOBILE PCS, NETWORK UPGRADES

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Clearwire will expand its WiMAX network into Cincinnati, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Miami, nPittsburgh, Salt Lake City and St. Louis, the company said at the CTIA show. The company will nlaunch service in Houston in the coming weeks, but most of the new 4G markets will launch nlate in the year. Meanwhile, the company will start supporting the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook nwith embedded 4G technology April 1. And Apple iPad users with a Clear Spot wireless router nwill be able to connect on the go to Clearwire 4G network, the provider said. The company will nincrease the capacity of its cell site by doubling the number of transmitters and receivers at neach site, raising access speeds. Upgrades will be made on a rolling basis across Clearwire's n4G network. They抳 e been completed in Seattle and Honolulu and on Maui, Hawaii. nImprovements being made in Clearwire's backhaul network are expected to increase its ncapacity at least 250 percent, and the company is aiming long term to support gigabit per nsecond speeds in dense places with high traffic, it said. And the company has started trials in nChicago of its first "green" base station cabinets.