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09-09-2004, 7:18 AM
Intel expects its first-generation WiMax chips to spawn devices for wireless broadband end users that cost less than $200 and won't require a visit by a service provider, a company executive says.
The chips, code-named Rosedale and now shipping to key system makers in sample quantities, will support long-range services that can penetrate the outer wall of a home or office, so customers should be able to install the client equipment themselves, said Scott Richardson, general manager of Intel's broadband wireless group, in a speech at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
Read more at PCworld (http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117705,00.asp)
The chips, code-named Rosedale and now shipping to key system makers in sample quantities, will support long-range services that can penetrate the outer wall of a home or office, so customers should be able to install the client equipment themselves, said Scott Richardson, general manager of Intel's broadband wireless group, in a speech at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
Read more at PCworld (http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117705,00.asp)