Sprint WiMAX in Baltimore/DC Area by September

Sprint Nextel plans to  launch its first commercial WiMAX service in the Baltimore/DC area in September according to a speech made by Sprint CEO Dan Hesse  at the NxtComm trade show in Las Vegas which will be before the Sprint/Clearwire merger.

Sprint will also launch WiMax service in two other cities, Chicago and Washington, before the end of the year, Hesse said, but he did not specify by what date.