Intel reforça WiMax
« "Intel Corp. is investing $600 million in Clearwire Corp., a company led by cellular pioneer Craig McCaw, as part of a $900 million investment that could help spur adoption of a wireless technology called WiMAX...
"WiMAX is a longer-range cousin of Wi-Fi, the wireless technology that now comes with many laptop computers. It is expected to deliver service at ranges of one to 10 miles — compared with around 150 feet for Wi-Fi —and is being developed for both stationary and mobile Internet access.
"Unlike Wi-Fi, WiMAX is expected to be used with licensed radio frequencies. Clearwireis believed to be the second-largest U.S. holder of frequencies that are suitable for WiMAX, behind Sprint Nextel Corp.
"Intel, which already held a small stake in Clearwire, said it hopes the $600 million investment by its venture-capital arm, the largest in that unit's history, could allow Clearwire to deploy WiMAX-based networks faster...
"The more recent investments in Wi-Fi and WiMAX, by contrast, are designed to stimulate demand for laptops and other portables.... Eventually...[Intel] expects one set of communication chips to handle both Wi-Fi and WiMAX, to enable users to remain connected to the Internet as they move around."
fonte: Wall street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115214498454699023-email.html, via RAIN
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