Rex.FM » sprint http://rex.fm technology + freedom Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Sprint XOHM Will Soft Launch “In A Few Days” http://rex.fm/2007/12/05/sprint-xohm-will-soft-launch-in-a-few-days/ http://rex.fm/2007/12/05/sprint-xohm-will-soft-launch-in-a-few-days/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:26:05 +0000 Rex Pechler http://rex.fm/2007/12/05/sprint-xohm-will-soft-launch-in-a-few-days/ I spent a lot of time searching for a mobile broadband card that I could get without a contract (I found Millenicom, a Sprint reseller charging $50/mo). Anyway, the reason I wanted a card without the normal 2 year contract is because of the upcoming XOHM service from Sprint. This will be a nationwide WiMax network... and it's set to launch in early 2008. Just read the below article at Techmeme, and it looks like XOHM is coming sooner than we thought. Seems like a perfect network for the Google Phones.

Sprint Nextel will soft launch its XOHM WiMax network in the next few days according to Bin Shen, VP of Product Management and Partnership Development. Chicago, Washington DC and Baltimore will all go live at soft launch, and though Shen did not discuss what devices would be available, a number of data cards have been tested on the network. XOHM will officially launch in the second quarter of 2008 as will several laptops with WiMax embedded in them. Later in the year a number of special purpose devices will launch, as will dual-mode CDMA / WiMax handsets.

from: Sprint XOHM Will Soft Launch "In A Few Days" (Phone Scoop)

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