Intel Upgrading Centrino With Additional Wireless Links
Intel said this week that it will add several broadband options to its Centrino platform, including 802.11n Wi-Fi, HSDPA wireless broadband, and WiMAX, a metropolitan wireless broadband technology. All three will provide notebook users with short, medium, and long-range connectivity options, helping users stay connected wirelessly as much as possible.
Intel announced an 802.11n interoperability program, which will help the nascent standard, which isn't due to be ratified until next year, allow early pre-standard products to interoperate. Meanwhile, Intel said that it will work with Nokia to provide HSDPA modules to its Centrino platform, and reiterated plans to ship WiMAX mobile cards to notebook users in 2006 before eventually integrating the technology.
