Intel put aside $150 million of this fund to invest in Wi-Fi initiatives. Intel expects to introduce its Banias processors for mobile devices during the first half of 2004, said a company spokes woman. Banias is a low power processor designed specifically for mobile devices that includes integrated 802.11a and 802.11b wireless capabilities.
Cometa aims to roll out a nationwide Wi-Fi network and sell exclusively through the channel, said Lawrence Brilliant, CEO of Cometa, in a recent interview with CRN.
Looking to Wi-Fi rather than 3G , BT (British Telco) has installed some 80 Wi-Fi hotspots, called ‘Openzone’ in Hilton hotels, airports and motorway service stations across the UK, and has agreements to put in place another 40.
BT believes that Wi-Fi which is expected to be half the price of 3G and three times faster is will be the fastest growing mobile technology.
The Hilton hotel group, which was one of the first business to trial BT open zone, has allowed the installation of wi-fi hotspots in 36 of their hotels across England, Scotland and Wales. Hilton has agreed to install 15 more hotspots at further hotels in the near feature.
The company hopes to have 400 hotspots by summer this year and 4000 by June 2005. In the future it is expected that BT’s wi-fi hotspots will also reach railway stations.
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