Get out of the way for WiMax
Imagine surfing the web from your backyard. Actually, that's pretty easy to do with a laptop and wi-fi. I've been doing it for years, myself. Now, imagine surfing the web with your laptop from the city park... or your dentist's waiting room. Unless the city council approved a multi-million dollar wifi grid to be installed, or your dentist is thoughtful enough to set up his own wifi network, it ain't gonna happen. Actually, let me rephrase that.. it WASN'T going to happen... until now.
Enter WiMax.
WiMax is seen by many in the field as a successor to wifi, which provides fast wireless Internet connections in homes and businesses but has a limited range of a few dozen yards. WiMax has a much longer range, varying from a couple of miles in an urban area to 10 miles or more in open country.
Intel Corp. said on Tuesday it has moved up to this year its expected roll-out of cards that will let computers access the Internet using Wi-Max, a new long-range, high-speed wireless technology.
Intel, which had previously said it expected to have WiMax products in 2007, now plans to have WiMax cards for laptops in the second half of this year, Sean Maloney, vice president of Intel's mobility group, told a company conference.
"The cost is coming down significantly while the volume is coming up significantly," Maloney said of the adoption of WiMax around the world.
India and Spain are running pilot WiMax services, and the technology's supporters are optimistic it will find broad use in developing nations where Internet access is still too expensive.
Intel is also working on a chip that integrates WiMax and wifi, Maloney said.
"Over a period of three years or so, these two technologies essentially will merge," he said.
Enter WiMax.
WiMax is seen by many in the field as a successor to wifi, which provides fast wireless Internet connections in homes and businesses but has a limited range of a few dozen yards. WiMax has a much longer range, varying from a couple of miles in an urban area to 10 miles or more in open country.
Intel Corp. said on Tuesday it has moved up to this year its expected roll-out of cards that will let computers access the Internet using Wi-Max, a new long-range, high-speed wireless technology.
Intel, which had previously said it expected to have WiMax products in 2007, now plans to have WiMax cards for laptops in the second half of this year, Sean Maloney, vice president of Intel's mobility group, told a company conference.
"The cost is coming down significantly while the volume is coming up significantly," Maloney said of the adoption of WiMax around the world.
India and Spain are running pilot WiMax services, and the technology's supporters are optimistic it will find broad use in developing nations where Internet access is still too expensive.
Intel is also working on a chip that integrates WiMax and wifi, Maloney said.
"Over a period of three years or so, these two technologies essentially will merge," he said.
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