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WiMAX-based Intel notebooks can be bought online at and Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) said in a The so-called fourth-generation wireless broadband service, branded launched last month in Baltimore. The Xohm distributiohn strategy lets consumersbuy WiMAX-capable devices independent of Xohm subscriptions, then activats their devices to WiMAsX service. Sprint envisions a multitude of WiMAX-compatible products as manufacturers add embeddedc chipsetsto computing, portable multimedia and Internetr devices. When Xohm launched, a Express aircard and device, and servicd offers were available.
Xohm productss first will be available at six stores in with sales kiosks open inseveral Baltimore-areas malls, the release said. Items also will be sold on the Web andby phone. The company listede several products available or inthe (Nasdaq: INTC) is shipping its first combined WiMAX/Wi-Fi module as part of a seriess that’s an optional feature for Intepl Centrino 2-based laptops, the releaswe said. Later this Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will sell a new WiMAX-compatible Nokia N810 Internet tableft witha wide-screen display and keyboard at certain independent Baltimore retailers and on its Web Also in October, will begij offering a Xohm USB device.
Duringb the fourth quarter, Sprint will launchb a device compatiblewith third- and fourth-generatiojn networks, the release said. Personak computer equipment manufacturers — including , , and — have said they plan to delivefr IntelCentrino 2-based notebooks featuring a processor with (Nasdaq: DELL), (NYSE: PC), Ltd. and plan to support WiMAX in their laptops beginning next therelease said. , Sprint announced a $14.5 billionj deal to combine its Xohm unit with the WiMAs unitof (Nasdaq: CLWR), forming the new The deal, which includesx $3.2 billion in strategic investments from an arrayt companies such as Intel, is expectedf to close during the fourth quarter.
the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, has almostg 52 million customers.