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Report: IBM, Intel consider U.S.-wide 802.11 network
By David Legard
July 16, 2002 5:29 am PT
IBM, INTEL, AND a number of
wireless services operators are considering building a
wireless data network across the U.S., according to The New York Times.
The scheme, called Project Rainbow, would enable users of handheld and portable computers to access the Internet and corporate networks at high speed using
wireless links based on the 802.11 standard, the newspaper said on its Web site Tuesday morning.
The companies involved -- which also include AT&T Wireless Services, Verizon Communications, and Cingular Wireless -- would build access points in public places such as airports but would not try to supply access to people's homes, according to the report.
The companies will take several months to decide whether there is a workable business model for the plan, the report said, quoting an executive involved with the scheme.
David Legard is a Singapore correspondent for the IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate.
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