NEW YORK (AFX) - Verizon Wireless and Dell Inc are expected to announce today a deal to put cellular technology that allows high-speed Internet access directly inside some of Dell's notebook computers, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Verizon Wireless offers the service, called BroadbandAccess, in about half of the US. It allows customers to get on to the Internet wirelessly at speeds comparable with wired digital subscriber lines in most places in those markets where they can find a Verizon Wireless signal.
But the service requires customers to purchase a separate wireless card to slide into a laptop. Beginning early next year, the technology will be built directly into some of a line of Dell portable computers called the Latitude series, the report said.
Verizon Wireless is negotiating with other laptop makers and is expected to announce shortly a similar deal with Lenovo Group Ltd, the maker of ThinkPad-brand laptops, the Journal cited a person familiar with those talks as saying.
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Verizon Wireless offers the service, called BroadbandAccess, in about half of the US. It allows customers to get on to the Internet wirelessly at speeds comparable with wired digital subscriber lines in most places in those markets where they can find a Verizon Wireless signal.
But the service requires customers to purchase a separate wireless card to slide into a laptop. Beginning early next year, the technology will be built directly into some of a line of Dell portable computers called the Latitude series, the report said.
Verizon Wireless is negotiating with other laptop makers and is expected to announce shortly a similar deal with Lenovo Group Ltd, the maker of ThinkPad-brand laptops, the Journal cited a person familiar with those talks as saying.
the rest can be read at the below links. i got errors when trying to load this page.
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