Category: Intel

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]

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...

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]

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]

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]

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...

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]

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]

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....

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Intel yesterday announced a pair of new 90nm Pentium M processors, this time extending the line downwards. Via [theregister.co.uk]