Las Vegas - the wireless operator Clearwire offers application developers in the Silicon Valley free access to its 4G wireless network in the hope that they come with cool applications for the new service.

Ben Wolff, co-chairman of the company, announced the new WiMax network innovation at the time of presentation at the CTIA Wireless 2009 show here on Thursday.

The network will cover over 20 square miles in the heart of Silicon Valley, and 4G wireless services will bring campuses large technology companies such as Google and Intel. The service is expected to be available to developers in the late summer of this year. The company provides services free of charge for developers for one year, but developers will have to pay $ 49.99 to buy WiMax USB modem. To obtain, developers must register at Clearwire developer program, and descriptions of products or business ideas, they would like to continue.

“This is not a laboratory in some high-rise buildings”, “Wolf said in his speech.” This is a 20 square mile sandbox, which will give people the opportunity for real innovation. ”

Wolff added that the company decided to open a network for developers, because the leaders recognize the need to develop new applications to drive demand for its services.

“We know that we need a killer application for our network,” he said. “And we know that we are not people to create better applications. It’s not our core competence. Therefore, we encourage third parties to take advantage of our network.”

Clearwire is building a nationwide wireless broadband network using WiMax. At the end of last year, it merged its assets with the wireless spectrum from Sprint Nextel. And it has received billions of dollars in investments from Google, Intel, Comcast, and Time Warner. ”

Currently, the company offers services in two cities: Baltimore and Portland, Ore. And he has announced 10 additional markets later this year. By the end of 2010, the company plans to have service in more than 80 markets with access to more than 120 million people.