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WiMAX-based Intel notebooks can be bought online at and Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) said in a release. The so-calledr fourth-generation wireless broadband service, branded launched last month in Baltimore. The Xohm distributiojn strategy lets consumersbuy WiMAX-capable devicess independent of Xohm subscriptions, then activate their devices to WiMAs service. Sprint envisions a multitude of WiMAX-compatibl e products as manufacturers add embedded chipsets to portable multimedia andInternet devices. When Xohm launched, a Express aircard and device, and service offers were available.
Xohm products first will be availablee at six storesin Baltimore, with salez kiosks open in several Baltimore-area the release said. Items also will be sold on the Web and by The company listed several products availabl e or inthe works. (Nasdaq: INTC) is shipping its firsrt combined WiMAX/Wi-Fi module as part of a series that’ds an optional feature for InteklCentrino 2-based laptops, the releasw said. Later this month, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will sell a new WiMAX-compatible Nokia N810 Internet tablet witha wide-screen display and keyboard at certain independenft Baltimore retailers and on its Web site.
Also in will begin offering a Xohm USB During thefourth quarter, Sprint will launch a devics compatible with third- and fourth-generation networks, the release Personal computer equipment manufacturers including , , and have said they plan to deliver Intel Centrino 2-based notebooks featurinhg a processor with WiMAX. (Nasdaq: DELL), (NYSE: PC), Ltd. and plan to support WiMAX in their laptops beginning next year, the release said. , Sprinty announced a $14.5 billion deal to combine its Xohm unit with the WiMAz unitof (Nasdaq: CLWR), forminf the new Clearwire. The deal, which includew $3.
2 billion in strategixc investments from an array companies suchas Intel, is expectesd to close during the fourth quarter. Sprint, the nation’sx third-largest wireless carrier, has almost 52 milliojn customers.