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Clearwire Brings Wireless Broadband Internet Service to Bellingham, Frees Customers from Confines of Traditional Internet Access

Reliable Broadband Provider Continues Washington Expansion, Creates Alliance With Lydia Place

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (September 29, 2005) — Clearwire officially launched its wireless broadband Internet service in Bellingham today when company and community leaders cut through a ribbon of coaxial cable and telephone cord at a celebratory reception at the Bellwether Hotel. Bellingham is the second market in Washington to receive the company’s innovative service behind Kennewick, which launched in August. The company celebrated its launch by announcing a local alliance with Lydia Place, a local non-profit organization.

“Bellingham now has a better choice for broadband Internet service that’s simple, flexible and affordable,” said Kevin McCalmon, Clearwire’s general manager for Bellingham. “Clearwire will break down the barriers of traditional broadband service, offering consumers high-speed Internet without wires,” added Bill Snoeberger, Clearwire’s vice president of small markets. Snoeberger, McCalmon, Director of Lydia Place Teresa Josephson, President of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce Ken Auklinger and Whatcom County Executive Peter Kremen then cut through the cables with several pair of large wire cutters.

At the event, Clearwire announced it has formed a unique partnership with Lydia Place, an organization that supports women and their children in transition from homelessness to independence, and donated $2,500 to fund it’s programs. In addition, Clearwire will donate Internet service to Lydia Place’s transitional home, allowing residents to conduct job searches, keep in contact with loved ones and further their goals of moving from poverty to self-support and independence. While at the home, women and their children are provided shelter, life-skills training and an opportunity to reorganize and restructure their lives.

“When we first thought of launching Clearwire in Bellingham, it was important to us that we not only bring the innovative service to the residents and businesses of this area, but to find a local organization that would benefit from our help,” said McCalmon. “We believe that Lydia Place really helps people, and we’re happy to be part of making that happen.”

“We hope this contribution will be a great starting point for developing an ongoing partnership with Lydia Place,” McCalmon added.

Clearwire deploys a next-generation, non-line-of-sight (NLOS) technology that allows customers to connect to the Internet via a signal sent across the airwaves rather than across wires. The company sends the signal from a transmitter to a specially developed receiver box that plugs into the customer’s computer instead of connecting to traditional coaxial cable or telephone wires. Customers simply plug the receiver into an electrical outlet and into their computer to gain high-speed access to the Internet from any room inside or outside their home or office.

“Clearwire is ‘next-generation’ broadband — wireless broadband Internet service delivered to the consumer in a manner that is easier to get, set up and use than other options currently offered,” said McCalmon.

Anyone can purchase Clearwire service at select local retailers, take it home, set it up and be online in minutes. It’s plug-and-play installation — no need for a technician to configure additional hardware and no need for software to be loaded onto computers to make it work. In addition, customers can move the service from place to place inside Clearwire’s coverage area, which allows them to use the service throughout their home, office or favorite coffee house. As long as there is a power source, Internet access is available.

“We’ve already heard so many great stories about how Clearwire is changing the way people live and work,” said McCalmon. “We have realtors who access their email and listings while showing homes, small business owners who cut their Internet costs in half by taking their Clearwire modems with them to work in the morning and home with them at night, and homeowners who enjoy moving their service from room to room in their home wherever there’s an electrical outlet.”

Clearwire service is currently available to approximately 56,000 households in the Bellingham market area. The service is sold at several authorized retailers in the area, at Clearwire’s retail store in Bellingham, toll free at 888-CLEARWIRE and online at clearwire.com.

Bellingham is the latest city to receive Clearwire’s service as part of the company’s expansion to cities across the United States.

“We’re excited about providing the area residents and small business owners reliable, wireless broadband-speed Internet access with flexibility they’ve never had before,” said Snoeberger. “Clearwire eliminates the limitations of traditional broadband services, offering a more consumer-friendly Internet experience. And, of course, we’re pleased to be launching our Bellingham coverage area, which includes the surrounding areas of Lynden, Ferndale, Mount Vernon, Burlington, Sedro Woolley, Anacortes and Friday Harbor."

Clearwire is led by Craig McCaw, one of the early pioneers in providing cellular phone service in the United States in the early 1980s. His company, McCaw Cellular, grew to be the largest U.S. cellular service provider and was later acquired by AT&T.

Clearwire drew national attention in the summer of 2004 when it announced it would deploy wireless broadband technology in select markets across the country. Since then, Clearwire has launched service in Jacksonville and Daytona Beach, Fla.; Abilene, Midland, Odessa and Killeen, Texas; St. Cloud and Duluth, Minn.; Eau Claire, Wis.; Medford and Eugene, Ore.; Modesto, Stockton, Visalia and Merced, Calif.; Kennewick, Wash.; and 15 Central Minnesota communities.

About Clearwire
Clearwire is a provider of reliable, wireless, high-speed broadband Internet service to consumers and small businesses. Clearwire is utilizing next-generation, non-line-of-sight wireless technology, developed by its subsidiary company NextNet Wireless, to connect customers to the Internet using radio spectrum, thus eliminating the confines of traditional cable or phone wiring. The tower transmits radio signals from a base site to a small, wireless modem the size of a paperback book, which easily connects a user’s computer to the Internet. For more information, visit clearwire.com.