Big Tech Firms to Invest in Wireless
Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2008
By Amol Sharma and Vishesh Kumar
The race to bring consumers ultrafast wireless Internet service is on.
As early as Wednesday, an unlikely alliance of titans from the cable, Internet and chip industries will disclose they are investing $3.2 billion in a company that will deliver Web access for cellphones and laptops at speeds much faster than what is available today using a technology called WiMax.
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