Intel expanding WiMax program to 100 cities

Intel is pushing the WiMax technology quite aggressively. It is yet to become a global standard to take over from the Wi-Fi and the company has already started implementing it in the various cities around the world. The world’s largest microprocessor company expects to work with more than 100 cities around the globe to improve Internet connectivity using the WiMax technology.

The company is taking a unique way around. They are talking with government bodies of these cities they are targeting. Intel wants to create a market for the WiMax technology, which they can showcase to the world before pushing it to get it standardized. They promise these cities that the WiMax would help them cover the entire cities with high-speed wireless Internet links.

Intel is targeting the city governments, as they seem them as their primary customers. The company is hoping to build on this momentum to get a wider audience and enhance its user base. The company has invested heavily in the technology and one of the forces behind the current standard Wi-Fi. The company is well known in the notebook market for their Centrino range of mobile processors, which are Wi-Fi, enabled.

Anand Chandrasekher, vice president of sales marketing group spoke about the initiatives taken by the company: “I would not be surprised if, from the 13 or so concepts we have today, this number grows to 100 or so within the next year to 18 months horizon.” He was referring to the 13 communities in the United States, which are being helped by Intel to go WiMax enabled.