Thursday, January 13, 2005

Intel To Lobby In Support Of Municipal Wi-Fi Projects

Intel needs muni-Fi in order to push mobile and fixed WiMax. An Intel spokesperson tut-tutted about lobbying, but said Intel would use its influence. Which is, ah, let’s see. Well, close enough, but we’ll be happy to watch King Kong fight Mothra from a distance.

Sean Maloney, executive vice president of Intel's Communications Group, told the Wireless Communications Alliance (WCA) conference in San Jose that Intel would work to get municipalities and telecommunications vendors to cooperate on developing wireless access instead of being adversarial.

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