Stan Beer
Thursday, 21 September 2006 08:58
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Chipmaker Intel has connected remote Brazilian city Parintins to the Internet using technology based on the WiMAX wireless broadband standard.
Parintins, a remote city of 114,000 people on
the Amazon river, is one of the most isolated cities in the world, a
full day's boat ride to the rest of civilization. The city's
geographical isolation makes it a ready made target for the
implementation of a wireless internet solution.
WiMAX, which is based on the 802.16 standard, suitable for implementing
wireless high speed internet connections over distances up to more than
100 km and can achieve wireless data transfer speeds up 70 Mbps
depending on the distance. The charateristics of WiMax have led to it
being proposed as a wireless alternative to copper for "last mile"
connectivity and for connecting discrete localised WiFi networks with
each other.
The Parintins project is part of the Intel World Ahead Program, an
initiative in which Intel plans to invest more than US$1 billion
globally over the next 5 years to accelerate access to computers, the
Internet and technology for people in developing communities.
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