Dadi Perlmutter Keynote

IDF 08-27-06 Afternoon session
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Rosedale 2, which is supporting dynamic switching between
802.16d, which is the fixed WiMAX into 802.16e, which is the
mobile WiMAX. This is going to be done by software release.
And service providers who are building fixed WiMAX networks
today, could switch, later on, their system, their network, and
also the CPs built around Rosedale 2 by a software release
over the year to support the mobile solution. And this network
could later on support Centrino mobile technology.
The key word that we will repeat and has been repeated time
and again is really interoperability of networks worldwide in
open standards. In order to enable, and our goal is to really
have millions of WiMAX users going on with their notebooks or
UMPCs with our WiMAX solutions and be able to connect
anytime, anywhere, and anyplace they're going to be around the
world. Therefore we released earlier this year the Intel Centrino
mobile technology difference guide for WiMAX. This is really to
give a roadmap to the service provider building the networks
how to build the right profiles and right configuration for WiMAX
solution. So if you're interested, watch intel.com/go/wimax. And
later this year we're going to increase it with more details and
more information because this is critical for us and for you to
make sure that we can connect and have interoperable systems
around the world.
But components are not enough. The real thing is really having
networks. And the tipping point is coming. And we have two big
announcements with Sprint and Clearwater announcing that