Industry Leaders Showcasing WiMAX at 3GSM World Congress.Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind , Intel, Motorola (Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL, www.motorola.com) A leading manufacturer of semiconductor devices, electronics, telecommunications and satellite systems. Founded in Chicago in 1928 by Paul V. , Samsung and Nokia Nokia (nō`kēä), town (1996 pop. 26,326), Western Finland prov., SW Finland, on Lake Näsijärvi. It is an industrial community where wood and rubber products are manufactured. to Demonstrate Future WiMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access, Inc., www.wimaxforum.org) An organization founded in 2001 that promotes the IEEE 802.16 wireless broadband standard and provides certification for devices for compliant devices. Network, Mobile Devices and Applications Sprint Nextel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :S):
WHEN: Feb. 12-15, 2007
WHERE: 3GSM World Congress 2007, Barcelona, Spain
at the Fira de Barcelona - Montjuic; Hall 1, Booth C49
WHO: Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S), Intel Corporation, Motorola,
Samsung and Nokia teams will showcase mobile WiMAX in a
jointly operated booth at the 3GSM World Congress 2007.
WHAT: Two major themes being addressed at 3GSM World Congress
2007 are the increasing demand for a Mobile Internet and
multimedia content at any time and on any device for
seamless mobility, and mobile Internet demands for
multi-megabit speeds and cost, performance and content
improvements. Mobile WiMAX has emerged as a leading
standard that can deliver on these demands with broad
global support from major chip makers, service providers
and device and infrastructure leaders.
The Mobile WiMAX ecosystem partners and industry leaders
will jointly demonstrate a variety of laptops, customer
premises equipment and mobile devices running multimedia
applications over a mobile WiMAX network. These companies
are working together to provide a high-speed,
high-quality, low-cost and convenient mobile WiMAX service
that will also foster the broad proliferation of mobile
devices and content.
Demonstrations over mobile WiMAX networks will include:
-- True mobile WiMAX TV application from MobiTV streaming
on WiMAX devices
-- Live video conferencing between partners on Intel(R)
Centrino(R) Duo mobile technology-based laptops and
ultra mobile devices.
-- Interactive gaming
-- Rich multimedia digital content services, enabling high
bit-rate video streaming, viewing photos and accessing
music.
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