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September 27, 2007  |  Email This Article   |  Print This Article

Nokia orders Intel WiMAX chips

HELSINKI (WiMAX Day). Intel announced that the Finnish mobile handset manufacturer Nokia will use Intel’s WiMAX chips for its Nseries Internet Tablets. The chips are codenamed “Baxter Peak” and according to an Intel press release, are designed specifically for mobile Internet and consumer electronic devices. Nokia said that its Internet tablets will be one of first WiMAX-enabled handsets shipped in 2008. Intel also announced that it is working with Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks in testing interoperability for Intel’s WiMAX semiconductors in laptops and mobile Internet devices, as well as in Nokia WiMAX devices and Nokia Siemens Networks WiMAX infrastructure equipment.