WiMAX revs up wireless competition

The "battle lines" are being drawn in the race to provide faster wireless Internet access across Chicago.

Technology giants including Comcast, Intel and Google last week committed more than $3 billion to fund the deployment of the WiMAX mobile Internet network in Chicago and other markets. The deal, which merges a unit of Sprint Nextel with Clearwire Corp. and new investors to form a new company called Clearwire, could bring the highly touted XOHM WiMAX mobile network to Chicago and outlying suburban areas by year-end.

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