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Intel: WiMax Equipment by Next Year
Sep 19, 2007 11 pm
With a planned $5 billion dollar build-out by Sprint, a growing ecosystem of WiMax device manufacturers, and some progress on the interoperability and standard fronts, the wireless technology is about to go public in a big way, according to the chipmaker.
We’ve been hearing about it for years, especially from Intel. WiMax will bring “true mobile connectivity.” WiMax will be a superior fourth generation network. WiMax will deliver broadband wireless internet service at speeds five times faster than 3G networks. And yet, despite all these promises, the mobile standard (IEEE 802.16) has remained a hyped concept instead of a viable option for the public at large.
