WiBro to get a workout at Turin Olympics
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Telecom Italia has signed a deal with South Korea's Samsung Electronics to run trials of new WiBro mobile technology at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Telecom Italia, racing to claim a bigger slice of the mobile market, said on Monday that it will be the first in Europe to offer WiBro, the South Korean version of the wireless broadband service WiMax.
WiBro--short for "wireless broadband"--is designed to provide broadband on the go, offering access at speeds of up to 30 megabits per second.
South Korea, a pioneer in broadband Internet services, launched a trial WiBro service in locations--including buses--last month, as Samsung unveiled a new phone designed for WiBro.
The Turin Olympics will run from Feb. 10 to 26.
Seeking to offset weaker fixed-line revenue and strong competition at home, Telecom Italia's mobile arm, TIM, invested 710 million euros ($835.34 million) in innovation in the first nine months of 2005.
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Turin or Torino?
C Hurd Dec 5, 2005, 1:49 PM PST
I just like the name
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