Clearwire Corporation, a Bellevue, Wash. wireless broadband services company, is teaming up with Intel and NextNet Wireless (a Clearwire subsidiary) to deploy future Intel silicon products for its new WiMAX network.

WiMAX represents an emerging technology that offers high-speed Internet connectivity in fixed and mobile wireless networks. The advantages: a wide coverage area, high-volume technology at low cost and a simple, consumer-friendly configuration that requires little more effort than plug and play. Intel Capital, Intel???s strategic investment program, intends to invest $150 million in wireless technology, hoping to establish a global high-speed wireless standard.

Currently, Jacksonville, FL. is utilizing NexNet technology as a precursor to the full-scale WiMAX networks still in development. With similar features as its soon-to-be parent wireless technology, the Jacksonville network provides high-speed broadband wireless service in most of the Florida community. Residents connect their computer to a NextNet modem via an Ethernet cable, plug it in and enjoy Internet access anywhere within the coverage area. Clearwire's WiMAX also provides simple system configuration and zero software installation hassles, making it one of the first truly affordable wide-scale wireless networks.

For more information on the Intel and Clearwire collaboration, see the Intel News Release