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BOOKMARKIntel's WiMAX push
Intel Corp. yesterday introduced the Intel PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface device, the company's' first WiMAX product. The new wireless technology - WiMax or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access - would allow homes and businesses to receive high-speed Internet service wirelessly instead of via cable or telephone lines, Washington Post said on Tuesday. Intel said the signal could travel as far as 30 miles in rural areas though the range of the service would depend on many factors.
"We wanted to educate government audiences about the potential of the technology," the newspaper quoted Jennifer Greeson, a spokeswoman for Intel, as saying. Industry analysts said Intel's move may jump-start the commercial adoption of WiMax. It is a technology that the analysts say has some obstacles to overcome but could eventually rival cable modems and D.S.L. as a solution for bringing high-speed Internet access into homes and small businesses. Intel is selling its WiMax "PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface device" for about $45 to manufacturers who buy in bulk. The first wave of products using Intel's wireless technology should be available this fall; Intel hopes the use of WiMax will be as widespread as WiFi. According to Intel, the emerging wireless broadband technology is getting serious attention from both fixed and mobile telecom operators, but it will take years before a mass market of consumers will use it. The high-speed wireless technology is currently offered by TowerStream in New York - rates at 500 per month.
WiMAX is a standards-based technology enabling the delivery of last mile wireless broadband access as an alternative to cable and DSL. WiMAX will provide fixed, nomadic, portable and, eventually, mobile wireless broadband connectivity without the need for direct line-of-sight with a base station.
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