Intel talks up broadband wireless

Broadband wireless technologies will revolutionise internet access and help bring an extra five billion users online, Intel has predicted. Technologies such as 802.11 wireless local area networking and 802.16 wireless metropolitan area networking will get the next wave of internet users online in emerging markets such as China, India and Latin America. Sean Maloney, executive vice president and general manager at Intel's communications group, told the Wireless Communications Association symposium that 802.16, or WiMAX technology, would have a vital role to play.

Its ability to interconnect 802.11 hot spots to the internet will provide a wireless alternative for last-mile broadband connectivity to businesses and homes.

"The wireless service provider and telecoms equipment industries are rallying around WiMAX because of its tremendous cost advantages to provide last-mile connectivity to large parts of the world that are too expensive to serve with wired technologies," said Maloney in a statement.

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