Sprint and Clearwire have announced an expansion of the Clearwire 4G network coverage for mobile broadband customers in the greater New York City metro area. Sprint and Clearwire claim that they have added WiMax coverage for more than 11,927,000 people in the New York metro area. In total, the Clearwire 4G network now has an additional 21 percent coverage since its launch on November 1, 2010.
Among the new areas now covered by WiMax include Alpine, Bayonne, Elizabeth, Fair Lawn, Newark, Paramus, Secaucus, and Union, N.J.; and Hartsdale, New Rochelle, New York, Rockville Centre, and Yonkers, N.Y.