Time Warner Cable announced plans to begin reselling Clearwire's mobile WiMAX service in three cities in North Carolina beginning Dec. 1. The cities, which were previously announced, are Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh. The company also plans to launch the service in Dallas this year and in Hawaii in early 2010.
The service, called Road Runner Mobile, will start at $40 per month for customers who already have at least one of the MSO's other services. Prices for different bundles will range up to $80 per month. The plans break down into three categories:
The new market launches will make Time Warner the third company to resell Clearwire's service as an MVNO. Clearwire investors Sprint and Comcast already resell mobile WiMAX under their own branded services. Following the operator's minimal subscriber additions of 12,000 in the second quarter, Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow promised fourth-quarter numbers would exceed all quarters combined. That success hinges a lot on the company's MVNO partners--Sprint Nextel, Comcast and Time Warner.
For more:
- see this Cable Digital News article [1]
- see this Reuters article [2]
- see this Triangle Business Journal article [3]
- see this Charlotte Observer article [4]
Related articles:
Clearwire's success hinges on wholesale offerings [5]
Time Warner will launch mobile WiMAX in Hawaii in 2010 [6]
Clearwire CEO: 'We're in the sweet spot' [7]
Clearwire to launch 25 markets by year-end [8]
Clearwire [9] not slowing WiMAX rollout
Time Warner launching mobile WiMAX service this fall [10]
Clearwire [11] investors gain larger stake in company
Links:
[1] http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=183077&site=cdn&
[2] http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCNN1423711520091014?rpc=44
[3] http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/10/12/daily36.html
[4] http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/1001800.html
[5] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/clearwires-success-hinges-wholesale-offerings/2009-08-17
[6] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/time-warner-bringing-mobile-wimax-hawaii-2010/2009-09-10?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FW0
[7] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/clearwire-places-bet-position-wimax-ecosystem/2009-08-24
[8] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/clearwire-launch-25-markets-year-end/2009-08-11?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FW0
[9] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/clearwire-not-slowing-wimax-rollout/2009-03-05
[10] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/time-warner-launching-mobile-wimax-service-fall/2009-07-30
[11] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/clearwire-investors-gain-larger-stake-company/2009-03-03