At virtually every turn, Intel Corp. executives are heaping praise on an emerging long-range wireless technology known as WiMAX, which can blanket entire cities with high-speed Internet access. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Intel
Intel Shelves Plans For Wi-Fi Access Point
Intel has snuffed out a plan to provide consumer desktop PCs with built-in Wi-Fi access points–the latest wrinkle for the chipmaker, which has faced a number of product setbacks this year. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Targets 2005 For WiMax Roll Out
Intel Corp. has taken another baby step on its roadmap for broadband wireless chips, saying Tuesday that it is sampling its WiMAX chip to “strategic partners” in preparation for a wide-scale rollout in 2005. Via [eetuk.com]… Continue Reading
Speakeasy Gets Wireless Funds From Intel
Broadband service provider Speakeasy has received an investment from Intel Communications Fund. The Intel investment will be used to fuel Speakeasy’s WiMAX (802.16) network endeavors. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Intel: WLAN, WiMAX Can Co-exist
WiMAX (world interoperability for microwave access), also known as IEEE 802.16, a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN) technology, will complement WLAN in the future, rather than squeeze it out of the market, according to Lin Long-song, president and general manager of the Intel Innovation Center in Taiwan, at a press conference on August 20. Via… Continue Reading
Intel Seen Readying New Wi-Fi Chips This Week
Intel Corp. this week is expected to introduce a chip that adds support for a relatively obscure version of Wi-Fi, analysts said on Monday, in a move that could help ease congestion on wireless networks. Via [reuters.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Intel Shows Wireless Transceiver
Intel has achieved a major step toward applying the power of Moore’s Law to radio technology, building a working radio chip that packs in transistors as tightly as today’s most advanced production chips. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Cool On 802.20
Intel could be closing the door on the emerging 802.20 mobile broadband wireless access standard after the company admitted to uncertainty surrounding the working group’s ability to put aside self-interest. But the chip giant has finally accepted the rise of the Bluetooth short-range wireless technology, which will shortly be accommodated in its wireless LAN chipsets.… Continue Reading
Intel Backs In-flight Wi-Fi Initiative
An initiative supported by Intel is in the final stages of outlining a method to disable the radio transmitters of handheld devices during aircraft takeoff and landing. The development should help pave the way to greater freedom to use wireless-enabled mobile devices while in the air. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Intel Unveils 90nm Wireless Transceiver
Intel Corp. has achieved a major step toward applying the power of Moore’s Law to radio technology, building a working radio chip that packs in transistors as tightly as today’s most advanced production chips, the company announced Friday. Via [infoworld.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Touts WiMax As DSL Replacement
By 2005 consumers will be able to subscribe to a wireless data plan that delivers digital subscriber line-like performance using WiMax technology, Intel’s Sean Maloney has predicted. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Intel: Spectrum Is The New Frontier
Intel’s vision of an always-connected planet is coming up against finite wireless spectrum, and enterprise had better hope it breaks through or risk spending ten times as much for WiMAX. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
Intel To Bring WiMAX To Latin America
Intel has once again recruited companies to support WiMAX deployments. The latest: The company is teaming with Alvarion to launch a WiMAX network in Latin America. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Wi-Fi Module Trims Centrino Prices
Intel yesterday announced a pair of new 90nm Pentium M processors, this time extending the line downwards. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Widening Wireless
When Scott Richards is at his home in Portland, Ore., he taps into the Internet using a broadband connection from his office about 5 miles away. There’s no wire tethering the two locations. Instead, the Intel Corp. executive connects wirelessly to an antenna on top of his office building that sends a broadband signal to… Continue Reading