Intel, Infocomm Push For Wi-Fi Roaming In Asia
(From The Asian Wall Street Journal)
By Jason Dean
COMPANIES BACKING the rollout of wireless broadband access, or Wi-Fi, are beginning to work on enabling users to roam easily across different networks and different countries -- much like cellphone users can do now.
That sort of seamless roaming, industry executives say, could attract even more mainstream users to the already fast-growing technology, which some analysts argue could steal the thunder of long-delayed third-generation broadband-wireless services.
Intel Corp. is expected to announce today a joint initiative with the Singapore government's Infocomm Development Authority to draw blueprints for seamless Wi-Fi roaming throughout Asia. The project is set to begin in April and is expected to include several Asian network operators. The parties will aim to set standards for such issues as billing, account authentication and security that Wi-Fi service providers can use to arrange roaming deals among each other.
(From The Asian Wall Street Journal)
By Jason Dean
COMPANIES BACKING the rollout of wireless broadband access, or Wi-Fi, are beginning to work on enabling users to roam easily across different networks and different countries -- much like cellphone users can do now.
That sort of seamless roaming, industry executives say, could attract even more mainstream users to the already fast-growing technology, which some analysts argue could steal the thunder of long-delayed third-generation broadband-wireless services.
Intel Corp. is expected to announce today a joint initiative with the Singapore government's Infocomm Development Authority to draw blueprints for seamless Wi-Fi roaming throughout Asia. The project is set to begin in April and is expected to include several Asian network operators. The parties will aim to set standards for such issues as billing, account authentication and security that Wi-Fi service providers can use to arrange roaming deals among each other.
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