Singapore, Intel Form Wireless Pact
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The world's largest chipmaker, Intel Corp, and Singapore's telecoms watchdog unveiled on Wednesday a project to promote wireless connectivity in Asia.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The world's largest chipmaker, Intel Corp, and Singapore's telecoms watchdog unveiled on Wednesday a project to promote wireless connectivity in Asia. The S$3.9 million ($2.25 million) project will attempt to bridge different wireless and fixed networks, allowing users to roam the region seamlessly, a joint statement said. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) will own 40 percent of the operation, with the rest taken up by Intel. Currently a wide range of operators provide mobile services for laptops and Personal Data Assistants (PDA's) on various fixed-line and wireless networks based on different technical standards. This has resulted in multiple but isolated pockets of connectivity for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), forcing users of mobile laptops and PDAs to subscribe to different operators and receive different bills while switching networks. Tan said the IDA and Intel would work jointly to resolve issues between wireless and fixed networks through a series of studies and technical trials. "This collaboration is the first of its kind to involve participation by operators and vendors from the Asia-Pacific region and beyond," Tan Ching Yee, IDA chief executive, told a news conference. ($1=1.736 Singapore dollars)
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