Report: Intel-backed group to win Japan WiMax license
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A consortium led by Japanese telecommunications company KDDI and backed by Intel will receive one of two WiMax licenses to be awarded soon by the Japanese government, a report said Tuesday.The group, called Wireless Broadband Planning, and one led by rival carrier Willcom will be recommended by Japan&#39;s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on Friday to a panel charged with selecting the groups to win the licenses, said the Tuesday morning edition of The Nikkei newspaper. The panel is expected to follow the ministry&#39;s recommendations.The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications could not immediately be reached for comment.Intel owns a 17.65 percent stake in Wireless Broadband Planning. The stake is matched by East Japan Railway and Kyocera, and all three sit behind leading shareholder KDDI, which has a 32.26 percent stake.The WiMax services will operate in the 2.5GHz band and will be capable of providing data service at up to 20Mbps to terminals travelling at up to 100 kilometers per hour, according to the Japanese government.Japan&#39;s cell phone carriers have been testing WiMax for some time, and Tuesday&#39;s report, if confirmed, will mean that market leader NTT DoCoMo and number three-ranked Softbank probably will have to lease networks from KDDI or Willcom if they are to offer competing services.KDDI is Japan&#39;s number two cellular carrier. It had 29 million subscriptions to its CDMA2000 cell phone service at the end of November this year, according to official figures. Willcom, which uses the PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology to offer a data-centric service, had 4.6 million subscriptions.In contrast, NTT DoCoMo had 53 million subscriptions, and Softbank had 17.4 million subscriptions. Both carriers operate WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) networks.
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Hoping to accelerate the deployment of a new wireless technology, Intel Corp. announced Monday it&#39;s invested in a venture started by billionaire Craig McCaw to deliver high-speed Internet service over the airwaves.
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Intel and Clearwire, Craig McCaw&#39;s new wireless broadband services company, plan to jointly develop and deploy wireless broadband capabilities using WiMAX networks.
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SDEROT, Israel  - An emerging long-range, high-speed wireless technology is expected to spread quickly and be available globally within two years, a key backer of the so-called WiMax technology said on Tuesday.
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CHIP FIRM Intel and telecom giant AT&amp;T have formed a strategic alliance, according to the latest issue of Business Week. The weekly reports that both firms are working on next generation chips that will make
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Intel and Clearwire, Craig McCaw&#39;s wireless broadband services company, plan to jointly develop and deploy wireless broadband WiMax networks, the companies announced today.
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(InfoWorld) - Laptops aren't the only computers slated to get support for WiMax next year. On Wednesday, Intel is expected to announce plans to add the wide-area networking technology and support for 3G mobile technology as options for ultramobile PCs running Windows or Linux. The company also plans to add WiMax as an option to its Centrino notebook package next year. The ultramobile PCs will be based on Intel's Menlow chip package, which includes the upcoming Silverthorne processor and single-chip Poulsbo chipset. Expected to be released in early 2008, the package is designed for ultramobile PCs running Windows or the Linux operating system. Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, is expected to announce that WiMax, 3G, and Wi-Fi will be available as options with Menlow for ultramobile PCs during a scheduled keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. Chandrasekher is scheduled to be joined on stage during his speech by Mark Shuttleworth, the founder and CEO of Canonical, which distributes the Ubuntu version of Linux. Shuttleworth plans to use the opportunity to unveil an alpha version of Ubuntu designed for small, portable computers. If Intel's aim to popularize ultraportable PCs based on Linux takes off with end-users, this will have far-reaching implications by expanding the number of people that use Linux beyond technology enthusiasts to the mainstream, and treading into territory coveted by Microsoft.
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Hoping to accelerate the deployment of a new wireless technology, Intel Corp. announced Monday it's invested in a venture started by billionaire Craig McCaw to deliver high-speed Internet service over the airwaves.
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Intel Corp said on Wednesday it had  won a mobile WiMax chip order from the world&#39;s top cellphone  maker Nokia, which will use its semiconductors in  Internet-focused devices from 2008.
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Two of the most powerful forces behind WiMAX, Intel and Craig McCaw&#39;s Clearwire start-up, have formed a partnership aiming to accelerate development of 802.
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Intel says it has completed the design of its first mobile WiMax chip, which it hopes will begin appearing in notebooks as early as 2008. Notably, the chipmaker said it plans to integrate that chip with Wi-Fi to create a chipset it calls WiMax Connection 2300.
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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.
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In a boost to the future of high-speed wireless Internet service, Intel Corp. said Monday it&#39;s putting its money and its technology behind a closely watched company that&#39;s trying to roll out the service around the globe.
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Intel plans to offer WiMax and 3G support as options for ultraportable devices running Windows or Linux.
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Chinese telecom equipment giant ZTE will use Intel's WiMax chips in its development plans.
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New component will help next generation of Intel's wireless chip reach full audience for Wi-Fi.
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Intel is planning to invest heavily in Clearwire, a wireless broadband service provider. The technology at the heart of Clearwire&#39;s service comes from its subsidiary NextNet, which makes a plug