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Samsung & Sprint Team for NYC WiMax

I came across this yesterday and couldn't help wondering if they'll have M2M data plans in place quicker the cellular carriers did:

"Monday, August 27, 2007 12:41 PM

SEOUL, South Korea -- Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will work with Sprint Nextel Corp. to bring fourth-generation high speed wireless Internet to New York City.

Samsung said in a statement it was chosen by Sprint Nextel to provide infrastructure for New York, part of the Reston, Va.-based wireless provider's plan to launch the network in several U.S. cities based on an emerging mobile wireless technology called WiMax.

Sprint Nextel had already picked Samsung to provide infrastructure and equipment for similar networks planned for Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Boston and other cities.

"New York is an important milestone for Samsung as we continue to expand the deployment of (WiMax) technology around the world," Choi Gee-sung, president of Samsung's telecommunication network business, said in the statement."


Donald Wallace in Device Connectivity, 8/28/2007 • Link