Intel & Nokia Work On Mobile WiMAX

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[SapiensBryan Blog - The Latest Tech Breaking News Blog.] “Even though we and the industry as a whole are at the early stages of discovery and development, the industry momentum is remarkable. To have innovators like Nokia working to bring WiMAX and other broadband wireless technologies to the masses is very encouraging,” said Sean Maloney, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s mobility group.

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[Wireless.sys-con.com] Nokia + Intel = WiMAX Sooner Than You Think @ Wireless Business ...: "Even though we and the industry as a whole are at the early stages of discovery and development, the industry momentum is remarkable. To have innovators like Nokia working to bring WiMAX and other broadband wireless technologies to the masses is very encouraging."

[Blog.tmcnet.com] WiMAX & Other Wireless Technology: Redline Communications, a leading provider of standards-based broadband wireless equipment, and IBM's Global Services will demonstrate a WiMAX-based network using TowerStream's current coverage at SUPERCOMM 2005 in Chicago. The firms will deliver voice, video and data to the Redline, IBM and Intel booths using Redline's RedMAX(TM) family of WiMAX-based products, including its low-cost subscriber unit incorporating the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5116 system-on-a-chip. This collaboration empowers the world's first live, 'over the air' demonstration of equipment that is compliant to the IEEE 802.16 2004 standard, upon which WiMAX is based.

[Redherring.com] RED HERRING | Intel, Nokia Jumpstart WiMAX: Nokia’s new support for WiMAX may signal plans for new products. “Reading between the lines of recent announcements, could we imagine that Nokia is thinking about integrating mobile WiMAX into its mobile handsets in the future?” asked Julien Grivolas, an analyst with Ovum. “If that were the case, the addition of Nokia to Intel’s mobile WiMAX ecosystem would be very important for the WiMAX industry from an end user device perspective, because it could bring Nokia’s expertise and market leadership to the WiMAX cause.”

[Wbt2.com] Intel, Nokia Keep WiMAX Efforts Moving @ Wireless Business ...: The companies said they will collaborate on several areas in support of mobile WiMAX technology (IEEE 802.16e) including mobile clients, network infrastructure, industry-enabling efforts and market development. For mobile devices and notebook platforms, Intel and Nokia will work closely to identify and deliver the unique power and performance requirements of the technology, and will work on base station strategies to help deploy a WiMAX network infrastructure that will provide adequate and reliable coverage.

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Posted at June 13, 2005 12:59 PM