In the backdrop of the many revolutionary business deals that were being made at the GSMA MWC 2010 (held from February 15-18^th at the Fira de Barcelona), such as the unveiling of the Nokia/Intel plan for launching of a new operating system (using the “MeeGo Platform”) to power advanced smartphones and netbook PCs, Intel Corporation continued to demonstrate its commitment to advancing Mobile WiMAX world wide as the leading mobile broadband internet connectivity technology. A variety of Intel i3 Core Processor based notebooks and Intel N450 based netbooks with Intel’s embedded 6250 WiFi/WiMAX mini card were showcased at a variety of partner pavilions in addition to being showcased at the Intel Executive Business Center.

As soon as you walked into the Intel Executive Business Center in Hall 4, industry executives had an immediate view of an Alvarion WiMAX base station setup operating at 3.5GHz and a Motorola WiMAX Base Station operating at 2.5GHz. Next to the Motorola Base Station Antenna was a large screen display connected to a WiMAX enabled Dell Inspiron 1564 Notebook PC (Win 7, i3 Core Processor, embedded Intel 6250). The display showed a real-time Mobile WiMAX livecast from the commercial Clear network in Malaga, Spain. In this demonstration, Intel and Clearwire equipped some vehicles with WiMAX enabled Netbooks and used the PC’s GPS and Webcam to collect and transmit (over WiMAX) live location based information as well as live video information as the vehicle traversed the city streets.

Similarly, next to the Alvarion Base Station was a second large screen display powered by a WiMAX enabled Toshiba Satellite U505 (Win 7,i3 Core Processor, embedded Intel 6250) showing the Malaga network as well as some typical internet sites. Furthermore, inside the S1 conference room, Intel showcased the latest assortment of WiMAX enabled N450 Notebooks and i3 Core Netbooks to enter the world market: 2GO™ Classmate PC E10 Netbook, Toshiba Satellite U505 Notebook, Samsung NP-N150 Netbook, Dell Inspiron Mini Netbook, Toshiba Dynabook Netbook, MSI U140 Netbook, ASUS Eee PCTM 1001PG Netbook, and Dell Inspiron Mini Netbook (using Moblin OS).

In Hall 8, the Samsung Pavilion had a static display of the Samsung NP-N150 Netbook (Win 7,Intel N450 Processor and Intel 6250), and the Motorola Pavilion demonstrated live WiMAX connectivity between their Motorola Base Station to a 2GO™ Classmate PC E10 Netbook and a MSI U135 Netbook, both with embedded Intel 6250. Located at the Hall 3 Courtyard was the ZTE Executive Business Center. Inside, ZTE showcased their indoor and outdoor WiMAX picocell base stations with the indoor picocell having a live WiMAX connection to three PCs (Dell Inspiron 1464 notebook (Win 7, i3 Core Processor and Intel 6250), Toshiba Satellite U505 notebook (Win 7,i3 Core Processor and Intel 6250), and a 2GO™ Classmate PC E10 Netbook (Win 7,Intel N450 Processor and Intel 6250) placed inside one of their conference rooms for executive use.

Another famous WiMAX equipment supplier, Alvarion, had their own WiMAX base station connected to two PCs (Dell Inspiron Mini (Intel N450 processor and Intel 6250) and a 2GO™ Classmate PC E10 N450 Netbook) at their pavilion in Hall 2. Finally, QTEL (Qatar Telecom) had a mystical tent-like structure in Z3. Inside, WiTribe showcased a PC (Toshiba Satellite U505 (i3 Core Processor and Intel 6250), a Motorola CPE device with USB dongle and a Motorola USB dongle all connected over WiMAX to their Motorola Base Station. Full video coverage can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/user/guptawimaxchannel#g/c/E677EFE3DD5D1FF4.