CradlePoint bringing WiMAX to existing fleet of portable routers

by Darren Murph posted Apr 1st 2009 at 5:33PM

While Clearwire's Clear Spot (which is really just a refashioned PHS-300) will handle WiMAX right out of the box, those who own one of CradlePoint's existing portable routers are flat out of luck... or are they? Said company has just announced that starting today, shipments of its business-class routers -- including the MBR800, MBR1000, and MBR1100 line of mobile broadband routers, CTR500 mobile broadband travel router, and CBA250 cellular broadband adapter -- will have WiMAX compatibility built in. Furthermore, a forthcoming (April 6th) firmware update will enable existing CradlePoint products to accept select WiMAX devices, and yes, it'll be made available for no charge at all. Talk about throwing a bone to your loyal customers.

Filed under: Wireless, Networking

Tags: 4g, CBA250, clear, clearspot, Clearwire, CradlePoint, CTR500, MBR1000, MBR1100, MBR800, mobile broadband, mobile internet, MobileBroadband, MobileInternet, PHS-300, portable hotspot, portable router, PortableHotspot, PortableRouter, router, sprint 4g, Sprint4g, wimax, wwan

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joaquindelgado @ Apr 1st 2009 8:31PM

dang.
wimax has really been getting some action in the preceding months.
lte watch out.

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C-Dizzle @ Apr 1st 2009 8:56PM

This is freakin awesome... I just upgraded my phs300 for the ctr500 and as of right now I'll be using it with my sprint novatel u727. But once Sprint brings the WIMAX love to Chicago I'll be upgrading to the new 3g 4g card and what do you know....I'll already have the hardware for it.

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vansmack @ Apr 2nd 2009 12:07AM

This is great news and reaffirms my opinion of CradlePoint being a hidden gem among tech companies. Probably not for long though...

Any word on the CTR-350 and WiMax compatibility though?

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