Intel and Motorola Accelerate Mobile WiMAX

• Posted: Saturday, July 08, 2006
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• Author: pradhana
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• Filed under: WiMax

Clearwire Corporation, a high-speed wireless broadband services provider founded by Craig McCaw, announced a series of transactions with Intel Capital, the venture capital investment arm of WiMAX networks based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard.

The transactions include Intel Capital’s investment of $600 million as part of a $900 million private financing round and Motorola’s acquisition of Clearwire’s subsidiary NextNet Wireless, a leading provider of OFDM-based non-line-of-sight (NLOS) wireless broadband infrastructure equipment. Motorola will supply wireless broadband equipment for Clearwire’s existing and future networks globally. To hasten the proliferation of mobile WiMAX in PC clients, Intel will work to enable the inclusion of WiMAX chipsets in next generation mobile computing platforms. All three parties will contribute significant research and development resources to evolve NextNet Wireless’ pre-WiMAX technologies.

“The size of this investment from Intel Capital underscores our commitment to supporting wireless broadband using WiMAX networks in the United States,” said Intel Capital President Arvind Sodhani. “Our collaboration with Clearwire and Motorola builds on the foundation of previous WiMAX network deployment investments made by Intel Capital throughout the world to bring the benefits of mobile high-speed and content-rich Internet access to wireless broadband users.”

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