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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

IPWireless means you don't have to look for hotspots

IPWireless in San Bruno, California, sells equipment for mobile broadband services, built around a packet data implementation of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System), so you can use, say, a notebook PC anywhere within range, like a mobile phone, instead of having to look for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Qualcomm's 1xEV-DO (evolution data only) version of the CDMA2000 third-generation phone system could do the same. But with Intel pushing Wi-Fi, the two technologies look like being complementary. IDG News has the story.

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