Recently Clearwire announced the set of metropolitan areas across the US in which the company would deploy its Clear-branded service. Baltimore came online last year (via Sprint XOHM , before it rolled its WiMAX division into Clearwire) and Portland, OR, in January . Clearwire listed a few dozen cities for 2009, including Seattle (Clearwire is headquartered in nearby Kirkland), Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, and Philadelphia. In 2010, Boston, Houston, New York City, and the San Francisco Bay Area will be among those markets getting WiMAX.

On March 25, Sprint Nextel put out its own press release confirming its participation.

Clearwire expects to cover 75 million POPs by year-end, and reach 120 million by the end of 2010, but noted that the exact timing of market launches will depend on the economic climate.

Now Clearwire is in the process of selecting vendors to build WiMAX network to reach company’s goal, offering internet speeds on a par with today’s cable connections.

The finalists for the Clearwire contract include Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei,according to a person familiar with the matter.

Thanks to its recent investment round, Clearwire finished 2008 with USD 3.1 billion in cash. The company expects a cash outflow of USD 1.5-1.9 billion in 2009.

Via WSJ

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