Sidecut Reports

We will update this as the call progresses: So far it’s a pretty strong performance from new CEO Bill Morrow — clearly he has done this kind of thing before.

Press release on numbers is out — Clearwire says it added 25,000 new subscribers over Q1. Won’t break out numbers but you have to think most are in Portland, where Clearwire launched its new mobile services Jan. 6. But the total does include all Clearwire’s pre-WiMax markets. By comparison, the company added just 5,000 new subs in Q4 before Portland was launched. So conservatively — 20,000 new customers in Portland in 3 months.

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Talk about your soft launch — nothing says the genteel South like starting to sell WiMax services without so much as a by-your-leave. Looks like our pals over at WiMax.com saw what we discovered surfing around the Clear.com site tonight — Clearwire has added coverage maps for Atlanta, much of which it labels as “now serving.” Just call it WiMax for all y’all.

No official press release yet on the Clearwire site, but we will keep our eyes open and relay once we see it. Atlanta was one of the next scheduled markets on the rollout schedule Clearwire announced in March. The “launch” is just in time for next week’s earnings call, which should be interesting since it will be the first time the “new” Clearwire will report subscriber numbers for its Portland market launched in January.