Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia ,Vietnam to Benefit from Asian Broadband Campaign

Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia ,Vietnam to Benefit from Asian Broadband Campaign

Aiming to accelerate WiMAX wireless broadband deployment in Southeast Asian countries, Intel Corporation today announced the Asian Broadband Campaign, an effort that will provide broadband wireless consulting and expertise along with silicon and technical services.

Intel will work with governments, telecommunications regulators, education, health and agriculture public sector agencies and carriers, True Corporation in Thailand and Telekom Malaysia among them, to help them prepare for and conduct WiMAX trials. The trials will test connectivity among key public and private sector groups. Once broadly deployed, the countries hope the technology will help them meet the United Nations Millennium Development goals to eradicate poverty and hunger, expand primary education, promote gender equality, reduce child mortality, combat diseases, ensure environmental sustainability and develop a global partnership for development by 2015.

“The developing countries of Southeast Asia have committed to the United Nations that they will work to meet these objectives,” said Sean Maloney, executive vice president of Intel’s Mobility Group. “Intel believes that technology, and specifically WIMAX, can be one of the foundations to help these countries reach these goals. Standards-based wireless broadband connectivity can help enable technologies that can facilitate better education, healthcare, agricultural productivity and incomes while improving small businesses and eGovernment access and technologies that support entire families.”

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