WiBro to be Tested at Winter Olympics
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WiBro, short for wireless broadband, will receive a test run in Italy during the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, Telecom Italia said on Monday. The company has signed a deal with Samsung Electronics to test out South Korea's answer to WiMax technology. The implementation would be the first for the nascent technology in Europe.
WiBro can offer wireless data speeds of up to 30 megabits per second, and work is being done to make the standard compatible with WiMax. Samsung launched a trial version of the service in South Korea last month and unveiled the first WiBro-enabled phone at that time. The 2006 Winter Olympics will run from February 10 to 26.