Clearwire and Sprint will jointly launch 4G service in Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina;  Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas in November.  Honolulu and Maui, Hawaii will be launching in December, previously confirmed by Time Warner last week.

Comcast will also be launching its WiMax service during the same timeframe, meaning that there will be a simultaneous 4G launch between Sprint, Clearwire, and MVNOs Comcast and Time Warner.

Time Warner Cable has confirmed that it will begin resale of Clear’s WiMax service in the Charlotte, Greensboro and Raleigh-Durham markets beginning on December 1st under the Road Runner Mobile brand name soon after Clear’s official launch.  Time Warner representatives further confirmed Road Runner Mobile launches for the Dallas/Ft.Worth metroplex by the end of the year, with Honolulu and Maui going live early next year.

The following three service plans will be offered under Road Runner Mobile:

• National Elite: Unlimited access to Clear WiMax and Sprint’s 3G EVDO Rev. A network for $79.95 per month to customers who also take the Road Runner Standard or Turbo cable modem service. Time Warner promises further discounts if customers subscribe to the cable provider’s double or triple-play cable service bundle which includes cable internet access and digital phone service.
• Mobile Elite: Unlimited access to mobile WiMax for $49.95 per month and pricing also applies when bundled with the Standard or Turbo cable modem service with an additional bundle discount available.
• Mobile 4G Choice: Caps mobile WiMax use at 2 gigabytes per month and will sell for $39.95 per month if customers add at least one other Time Warner cable service.

Bloomberg is citing unamed sources that state Sprint, MetroPCS and T-Mobile USA are also involved in the discussions, with Deutsche Telekom looking for the least expensive path to 4G network deployment in the US, with the venerable Sprint-Deutsche Telekom tie up rumor making the rounds once again in recent weeks.

Clearwire is currently deploying Clear WiMax service in the US while Deutsche Telekom has committed to LTE in Europe. Metro PCS and Clear hold spectrum in the 700MHz and 2.5GHz bands which are licensed for LTE and WiMax deployment respectively, although Clear has maintained that it could easily switch between standards if necessary.

T-Mobile USA has yet to complete its 3G rollout which began last year, let alone choose a 4G standard with Clear needing an additional $2 billion in funding by year-end to complete its initial network rollout and to meet its launch targets, with speculation stating that Deutsche Telekom is willing to provide additional funding in exchange for access to its WiMax network.

Customers in Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Waco and Wichita Falls, Texas can now order service online and will be able to purchase service from dealers and retail locations which ranges from Home Internet service plans at $25 per month while mobile Internet plans start at $35 per month, or a mobile day pass for $10.

Customers can also choose the Pick 1 Unlimited plan option offering an unlimited home or mobile Internet connection for $22.50 for the first 3 months, with the cost settling at $45 per month thereafter.

Hardware offered by Clear for purchase currently includes the Clear USB Modem and Clear 4G+ Mobile modem for $49.99, after instant rebate, or may be leased for $4.99 monthly.

The Clear Modem, a resdential modem from Motorola, can be purchased for $69.99 or leased for $4.99 monthly. The Clear Spot a portable, battery-powered router that connects up to eight standard Wi-Fi-enabled devices to the Internet for $139.99.

Embedded WiMAX Laptops from Intel available for purchase include the Dell Studio 17, Studio XPS 16, Latitude E4300, Latitude E6400, Latitude E6400 ATG, Latitude E6500, Precision M2400, Precision M4400 and Vostro 1220, the LifeBook P8020. from Fujitsu, laptops from Lenovo include the ThinkPad SL400, SL500, X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, X301, T400, T500, W500 and W700.

From Samsung, availability includes the X460 notebook as well as the NC10, the first WiMAX-enabled netbook based on the Intel® Atom processor, available in the U.S and the Samsung Mondi, a WiMAX-enabled mobile internet device.

Customers in Las Vegas, Atlanta and Portland will now be able to purchase Sprint 4G branded WiMax equipment which currently consists of the Sprint U300 3G/4G modem manufactured by Franklin at local Sprint Stores and authorized dealers.

Abilene, Texas; Amarillo, Texas; Austin, Texas; Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash.; Charlotte, N.C.; Corpus Christi, Texas; Greensboro, N.C.; Killeen-Temple, Texas; Lubbock, Texas; Maui, Hawaii; Midland-Odessa, Texas; Raleigh, N.C.; Salem, Ore.; San Antonio, Texas; Waco, Texas; and Wichita Falls, Texas.

The service will launch concurrently with Clear service in these markets.

The below markets are also notable for being former Clearwire markets with pre WiMax equipment, owing to their launch ahead of larger markets without a prior Clearwire presence:

Boise, ID; Bellingham, WA.; and eight markets in Texas: Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Killeen/Temple, Waco and Wichita Falls.

The carrier has announced that the first markets it will launch with Sprint 4G will be Portland, Las Vegas and Atlanta, with specific details expected next month. Sprint is also touting the speed of its service with claimed peak download speeds of more than 10 Mbps and average speeds of 3-6 Mbps.

Future markets expected to launch later this year include Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Philadelphia and Seattle, mirroring Clearwire’s future footprint. Sprint owns a majority stake in Clearwire, and matches the Clear network buildout with Sprint 4G offerings.

To that end, the provider has also announced the pending launch of the Clear 4G+ dual-mode 4G/3G modem for customers who travel outside of CLEAR 4G coverage areas that uses Sprint’s EVDO Rev A. network along with support for Mac OS X beginning on August 17th with the introduction of the Clear Connection Manager software client.

The client will initially only be copmpatible with Clear’s single-mode 4G modem, with support for the dual-mode Clear 4G+ mobile USB modem and service expected to be available for OS X in the fourth quarter of the year.

In related news, Clearwire has also announced the forthcoming launch of Samsung’s first WiMax enabled UMPC in the Samsung Mondi S100 and NC10 netbook as well as local availability of WiMax enabled laptops from Dell, Fujitsu, Lenovo and Toshiba.

This surge in activity follows previous launches in Portland, Atlanta and a soft launch in Las Vegas earlier this year, with representatives confirming that it plans to be available in 80 markets by the end of 2010, covering up to 120 million people.

Update: A second wave of employment listings for the aforementioned sales positions has been found on Craigslist in the Chicago area, which would put its launch in the same timeframe as Dallas/Ft. Worth.