Nationwide WiMax in next two years?

Intel: And will live happily with 3G…

There will be WiMax coverage across the UK within the next two years, the managing director of Intel Capital EMEA has claimed.

Speaking at a roundtable discussion yesterday, Ashish Patel said the long-range wireless technology would find an enthusiastic audience among the users of mini-notebooks and other portable web-surfing devices. WiMax is currently only available in very limited deployments in the UK and only in its "fixed" variant, with the prospects for "mobile WiMax" - the type needed for portable devices - depending on upcoming spectrum auctions.

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