Sprint Nextel, the third largest US mobile carrier, and Clearwire are teaming up to deploy a nationwide wireless broadband network based on WiMax, the emerging 4G technology standard.

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Aline van Duyn on the Sprint-Clearwire WiMax plan to provide wireless broadband across the US

The partnership will enable the two companies to accelerate their existing WiMax network plans and make more effective use of their wireless spectrum to build the first true nationwide WiMax network in the world and catapult the US into the lead in terms of 4G deployment.