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Sprint launched its new 4G Xohm (pronounced "Zoam") mobile broadband WiMAX network service in Baltimore today, along with four service plans to entice users to sign on.

The launch represents the culmination of at least two years of investment in the WiMAX 802.16e wireless networking standard -- often as critics called it an unproven technology.

WiMAX, or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is based on the 802.16e standard and offers a transmission speed more than five times faster than current wireless networks.

It lets users send huge data files from a smartphone, switch from a mobile phone network to a LAN without redialing, share documents in real-time videoconferences and essentially transport all the benefits of an office's networked PC to conduct business on the road.

Sprint said it chose Baltimore as a starting point for several reasons.

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