As many of you might have seen, this week saw the continued expansion of WiMAX technology across the country, through network launches by Clearwire, Towerstream and Time Warner.

Clearwire announced two new markets – Honolulu and Seattle.  As Kevin Fitchard from Telephony notes in an article, this marks the end of the company’s 2009 rollout and the fulfillment of its plans to cover 30 million people with WiMAX by the end of the year.     

It’s great to see Clearwire has reached its goal for the year – especially this early in the month.  According to Kevin, this means the company has “all of December to pave the way for an even larger rollout in 2010 that will see its footprint expand by a factor of four and bring some of the largest metro areas in the U.S. under its umbrella.” 

Time Warner also began leveraging its relationship with Clearwire to launch its own service in several markets. 

Over at Towerstream, we launched our 10th market in Philadelphia.  As you may recall, it’s been a while – more than a year and half, in fact – since Towerstream launched its ninth market in Dallas-Fort Worth.  The reason is simple.  Given the recession, we kept our focus on building our presence and customer base in our existing nine markets.  This has proven to be a successful strategy in terms of revenue and customer installations, despite the tough economic environment. 

With several strong quarters under our belt, we wanted to end on a high note by adding a new market to our roster.  We’ve had our eye on Philly for quite some time.  As the fifth most populated metropolitan area in the U.S., it was a natural next step as we already offer service in the top four (New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas-Ft Worth). 

Like Clearwire, we have our sights set on growth in 2010 and look forward to playing our role to expand WiMAX’s footprint and bring wireless broadband service to more businesses across the country. 

What markets would you like to see get WiMAX service in next year?