Finally, the WiMAX race begins...

Sprint, Comcast, Google, Time Warner and Intel Join Forces in New Broadband Joint Venture

By AMOL SHARMA and VISHESH KUMAR
May 7, 2008 9:18 a.m.

The race to bring consumers ultrafast wireless Internet service is on.

An unlikely alliance of titans from the cable, Internet and chip industries have agreed to invest $3.2 billion in a company that will deliver Web access for cellphones and laptops at speeds much faster than what is available today using a technology called WiMax.

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