Xohm
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XOHM is the brand name Sprint Nextel Corporation is using to promote its 4G WiMAX services. Sprint is the first service provider in the United States to announce building a mobile WiMAX network. The XOHM WiMAX mobile Internet initiative earned the Best of WiMAX World 2007 Award for Industry Innovation.[1]
Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. will serve as initial test markets [2] before nationwide rollout; however Sprint announced delays of the soft launch at the 2008 CTIA. [3]
Xohm is to be merged with Clearwire. Sprint will own 51% of the firm, with ex-Clearwire shareholders owning 27%, and a consortium of Comcast, Time Warner, Intel, Google, and Bright House owning the balance. The new firm will be named "Clearwire."
