Intel plans for mobile wireless future
Thursday, 19 February 2004 14:57 EST
In a wide-ranging interview, an Intel executive lays out the company's vision for getting laptops online anywhere - not to mention extending battery life. The WiMax 802.16e specification has the potential to give laptops broadband Internet access anywhere on the planet, according to Anand Chandrasekher, vice president and general manager of Intel's Mobile Platforms Group. The standard has more potential than GPRS and 3G because it is the same in every country, he said.
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this week, Chandrasekher spoke to ZDNet UK about the future of notebook design, broadband wireless access and laptop security.
Last month, Intel launched its delayed module, which integrates the Centrino laptop chipset with 802.11b and 802.11g wireless LANs, and is now moving on to simplifying WLAN authentication and to more advanced types of wireless access, Chandrasekher said.
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