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

Reliable Broadband Provider Continues Texas Expansion, Creates Alliance With Waco Habitat for Humanity

WACO, Texas (October 12, 2005) — Clearwire officially launched its wireless broadband Internet service in Waco today when company and community leaders cut through a ribbon of coaxial cable and telephone cord at a celebratory reception at the Ridgewood Country Club. Waco is the most recent market in Texas to receive the company’s innovative service, following Abilene, Midland, Odessa and Killeen. The company celebrated its launch by announcing a local alliance with Waco Habitat for Humanity.

“Waco now has a better choice for broadband Internet service that’s simple, flexible and affordable,” said Writ Baese, Clearwire’s general manager for Waco. “Clearwire will break down the barriers of traditional broadband service, offering consumers high-speed Internet without wires,” added Bill Snoeberger, vice president of small markets for Clearwire. Baese, Snoeberger, Waco Habitat for Humanity Board President Ben Dever, President of the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce Jim Vaughan and Assistant Coach of the Baylor University Women’s Basketball Team Jennifer Roberts then cut through the cables with several pair of large wire cutters.

At the event, Clearwire announced it has formed a unique partnership with Waco Habitat for Humanity, which includes a financial donation, Internet service donations and employee volunteer hours.

Clearwire presented Waco Habitat for Humanity with a $2,000 check. The donation will be used to help build the Baylor Habitat for Humanity Lady Bears House, which is being built with money that people donate in honor of the Lady Bears’ 2005 national championship.

Additionally, Waco Habitat for Humanity will leverage the mobility of Clearwire’s high-speed Internet service at all of their home-build sites, allowing organizers and contractors to easily register volunteers and workers and facilitate communications with their local office. The organization’s “ReStore”, which sells unused building materials to raise money, will also use the Internet service. This donation will free-up funds that are currently spent on Internet access.

“Because of the flexibility of being able to use our service anywhere in Clearwire’s coverage area with just a power source, Waco Habitat for Humanity’s staff and contractors have Internet access on-site for the first time,” said Baese.

Clearwire employees are also giving their time to help build the Lady Bears’ home, which began construction on Sept. 22 and will continue through Dec. 3.

“When we first thought of launching Clearwire in Waco, it was important to us that we not only bring the innovative service to the residents and businesses of this area, but to partner with a local organization whose efforts would benefit from our help,” said Baese. “We support Waco Habitat for Humanity’s mission and its impact on people in need.”

“We believe these contributions will be a great starting point for developing an ongoing partnership with Waco Habitat for Humanity,” Baese 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 Baese.

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 Baese. “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 52,000 households in Waco. The service is sold at several authorized retailers in the area, at Clearwire’s retail store scheduled to open soon at Central Texas Marketplace, toll free at 888-CLEARWIRE and online at clearwire.com.

Waco 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 Waco coverage area and its surrounding areas of Clifton, Valley Mills and Hillsboro.

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, Eugene and Roseburg, Ore.; Modesto, Stockton, Visalia and Merced, Calif.; Kennewick and Bellingham, 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.