http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSSEO27679720070827
Sprint, Samsung bet on WiMax high-speed technology
Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:12AM EDT
By Marie-France Han
SEOUL (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp (S.N: Quote, Profile,
Research), which recently said it would spend up to $5
billion on a mobile high-speed wireless standard by 2010,
said it had awarded the New York WiMax market to Samsung
Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research).
Samsung had previously been awarded the Washington, DC,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, Providence, R.I. and Boston markets
as part of Sprint's push to use the mobile WiMax wireless
standard.
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Mobile WiMax is expected to support Internet access at
speeds as much as five times faster than typical wireless
networks, though it will be slower than the fastest wired
services.
<snip>
Sprint's West sounded upbeat on WiMax's potential to draw in
a growing number of Internet users.
"Once you get 50 million devices into the marketplace,
mobile devices will gather momentum and manufacturers will
embed mobile WiMax into a whole array of products," West
said.
He was referring to Sprint's earlier announcement that
manufacturers had committed to making 50 million WiMax
devices for the U.S. market in the next three years.
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