Editing WiMAX (section)

=== Mobile phones ===
HTC announced the first WiMAX enabled [[mobile phone]], the [[HTC Max 4G|Max 4G]], on November 12, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |work= News release |url= http://www.htc.com/www/press.aspx?id=76204&lang=1033 |title=Scartel And Htc Launch World'S First Integrated Gsm/Wimax Handset |publisher= HTC Corporation |date= November 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081122174257/http://www.htc.com/www/press.aspx?id=76204&lang=1033 |archive-date= November 22, 2008 |access-date= August 26, 2011 }}</ref> The device was only available to certain markets in Russia on the [[Yota]] network until 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/yota-lte-idUSLDE64K1V920100521 |title=UPDATE 1-Russia's Yota drops WiMax in favour of LTE |date=May 21, 2010 |website=Reuters.com |access-date=2017-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230085529/http://www.reuters.com/article/yota-lte-idUSLDE64K1V920100521 |archive-date=2016-12-30 |url-status=live }}</ref>

HTC and [[Sprint Nextel]] released the second WiMAX enabled mobile phone, the [[HTC Evo 4G]], March 23, 2010 at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas. The device, made available on June 4, 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149&p=irol-newsArticle_Print_newsroom&ID=1426178&highlight= |title=Sprint Newsroom &#124; News Releases |website=Newsreleases.sprint.com |access-date=2010-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622225037/http://newsreleases.sprint.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=127149 |archive-date=2009-06-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is capable of both EV-DO(3G) and WiMAX(pre-4G) as well as simultaneous data & voice sessions. Sprint Nextel announced at CES 2012 that it will no longer be offering devices using the WiMAX technology due to financial circumstances, instead, along with its network partner [[Clearwire]], Sprint Nextel rolled out a 4G network having decided to shift and utilize [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] 4G technology instead.