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WiMax Gets Green Light from UN

Upstart wireless tech included in next generation standards

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 20, 2007 2:55 PM CDT

(Newser) – In a huge victory for Intel, the UN’s telecommunications agency yesterday gave WiMax a thumbs up, opening the way for member nations to devote public radio space to the upstart wireless internet technology. Intel lobbied hard for the WiMax, which can sling data 40...   Read full story »

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