April 25, 2006

Schools could be among the first to embrace WiMax

An article about schools and universities that plan to lease all or part of their federally-allocated educational radio spectrum to outside providers mentions Wayne State . The university and several neighboring school districts have sought bids from companies that want to build high-speed wireless broadband networks. Patrick Gossman of the Computing and Information Technology Division said negotiations are ongoing but it looks like the winner is likely to be mobile WiMax. He pointed out that "our students are always on the go and want to stay connected."

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