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Clearwire PENSACOLA FL News Apr 3, 2007:

Pensacola News Journal
Published - April, 3, 2007

400 Jobs Coming to East Milton

Clearwire Corp., a Washington-based company that provides wireless high-speed broadband service, has selected Milton as the location of its new technology service center.

The Milton site will be the company's technical service center which is anticipated to employ more than 400 people and provide a competitive wage.

“Florida’s information technology industry has developed the infrastructure to successfully compete on a global scale,” Gov. Charlie Crist said in a news release. “I am proud that Clearwire and its cutting-edge technology will expand to help build upon this leadership.”

Clearwire, founded in October 2003, by Craig O. McCaw, is a provider of reliable, wireless high-speed Internet service. Headquartered in Kirkland, Wash., the company launched its first market in August 2004, and now offers service in 36 metro markets covering more than 350 municipalities in 12 states including Florida, as well as Ireland, Belgium and Denmark under the Clearwire name through Danske Telecom.

“The state of Florida holds a special distinction for Clearwire since we launched our very first market in Jacksonville almost three years ago,” said Perry Satterlee, Clearwire president and chief operating officer. “The opening of our second technical support center is part of our long-term business strategy to meet the growing customer demand for our simple, fast, portable, reliable and affordable wireless Internet service.”

Clearwire currently provides an easy, off-the-shelf wireless high-speed Internet solution that requires no installation or software downloads. The portable Clearwire service can be moved from place-to-place inside the coverage area, which allows customers to use the service throughout their home, office or favorite coffee house. Customers can access the service by simply taking the modem out of the box, plugging it in and connecting the Ethernet cord to the customer’s computer.

The Governor’s Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development worked closely with Santa Rosa County, Team Santa Rosa EDC and Enterprise Florida to successfully bring this project and these jobs to Florida.
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