Clearwire has announced the availability of 4G WiMAX services Richmond, Virginia. Clearwire also launched 4G services in St. Louis, Mo. and Salt Lake City, the Wasatch Front, Utah.

"With CLEAR, Utahns now have a fast, mobile Internet connection that goes with them wherever they may travel along the Wasatch Front," said Greg Smith, regional general manager for CLEAR

With these expansions, CLEAR now covers more than 350 square miles and more than 530,000 people in the Richmond metro area.  In St. Louis, CLEAR covers more than 600 square miles and more than 1.2 million people. Along the Wasatch Front, CLEAR covers nearly 450 square miles and more than 790,000 people.

"Richmond residents can now benefit from the blazing fast speeds of our mobile broadband network," said Mike Nash, regional general manager for CLEAR. 

CLEAR offers average mobile download speeds of 3 to 6 mbps with bursts over 10 mbps. Outside the CLEAR 4G service area, dual-mode 4G/3G modems keep users continually connected by leveraging Sprint's 3G data network.