From CNet News
Lenovo, the maker of ThinkPad laptops, plans to embed high-speed Internet access technology from Cingular Wireless into its laptops.
Starting in March, some ThinkPad notebooks will be preconfigured to access Cingular’s newly built third-generation technology called BroadbandConnect, Lenovo said Wednesday. The network is based on two technologies, UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), a global 3G wireless standard, and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access).
BroadbandConnect was launched in December and provides data download speeds of between 400 kilobits per second and 700kbps.
Embedding the Cingular technology into laptops means that customers who subscribe to the Cingular service won’t have to buy a separate network card. Consumers will be able to connect to the network anywhere they can receive a Cingular data service.
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