Six Wimax wireless technology providers are joining together to
jointly license Wimax patents to reduce royalty charges and
encourage
Wimax adoption rates, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The companies joining forces are Cisco Systems, Intel, Samsung,
Sprint Nextel, Alcatel-Lucent, and Clearwire, says the paper.
They are forming an organisation called the Open Patent Alliance
to help reduce royalty rates.
Long-range wireless Wimax broadband is seen as an alternative to
DSL broadband in rural areas, which are poorly served by existing
broadband providers.
