Intel takes Wimax R&D to Saudi Arabia
INTEL IS teaming up with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) to build a wireless mobile services R&D lab in the country.
Based in Riyadh, the labs purpose will be to provide the Arab parts of the Middle East, Turkey and Africa with Wimax broadband networks as well as services for wireless broadband service providers, telecom equipment manufacturers, and system integrators.
The facility's main function will be to plug Wimax, through client testing, getting interoperability validation on infrastructure equipment as well as pre-certification and experimentation with new Wimax services and apps.
