WSJ reports that Intel has made investments in 4 WiFi firms to boost the technology:
Vivato Inc., a San Francisco firm that has invented a way to extend the range of Wi-Fi networks from tens of meters to kilometers London-based Broadreach Networks Ltd., which has a network of Internet-access terminals in the United Kingdom Pronto Networks Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., which offers software to help manage Wi-Fi networks rovingIP.net, Bellevue, Wash., which provides services to operators of Wi-Fi and broadband networks
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