Intel and Sprint Nextel will team up to launch the first WiMax network in Baltimore on October 8--what the chipmaker is calling the dawn of 4G broadband because of its high speed.
Sprint will likely announce the rollout next week at WiMax World in Chicago, according to sources familiar with the plans. Sprint's WiMax-based broadband service, called XOHM, is scheduled to go live by the end of this month, according to those sources. (They say the XOHM Baltimore network is actually up now and is being used by company employees.)
Initially, as part of the rollout, a WiMax card for laptops based on the PC Express standard will be offered by Samsung, Sprint said.
