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WiMax- Indian Scenario

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Intel has confirmed plans to ship its next-generation wireless chips ahead of its previous schedule for bringing 802.11n wireless to its Centrino program.

The Next-Gen Wireless-N product will appear in notebooks from companies such as Acer, Gateway and Toshiba by the end of this month, Dave Hofer, director of wireless marketing for the company, said Tuesday.

The new Wi-Fi chip is based on the draft 802.11n wireless standard, which is on track to be finalized later this year. It will become the newest piece of Intel's Centrino package of chips, which includes the Core 2 Duo processor, a mobile chipset and a wireless chip.

Nortel is launching a pilot to showcase its Wi-Max capabilities in New Delhi and Gurgaon

It has been less than a month, since Intel chairman Craig Barrett visited Baramati in Maharashtra and launched a Wi-Max network for a digital hospital. Now, there is news that Nortel is ready to launch its trial fixed Wi-Max trial run in New Delhi and Gurgaon in the first week of December.

The company officials are tight-lipped about the project details and are not sharing the partner they are launching the test-run with. Mallikaarjun Rao, director (Carrier Networks), Nortel India agreed that the company is going to start the test run in December.

I came across this interesting community of wi-fi users initiated by FON. Fon members share their wireless Internet access at home and, in return, enjoy free WiFi wherever they find another Access Point.

It is a very interesting concept as the world opens up to more sharing and gaining and helping each other.

Fon started as a simple idea. Why should you pay for Internet access on the go when you have already paid for it at home? Exactly, you shouldn’t. So it decided to help create a community of people who get more out of their connection through sharing.

The Spanish start-up FON wants you to help it unwire San Francisco and other cities around the globe by providing ubiquitous Wi-Fi access.

On Friday, the company will give away its Wi-Fi routers that allow broadband subscribers to share their Internet connections with Wi-Fi users throughout their communities. "Freedom Friday", as the company is calling the event, will kick-off at noon in San Francisco's Union Square.