Intel Calls the Wi-Fi Shots

by Marguerite Reardon & Dawn Kawamoto ZDNet News, 12 Oct 2005 As they often do when they're not happy with the way things are going, a collection of tech heavy hitters led by Intel may be trying to take control of an important Wi-Fi standards process. Monday's announcement of a group called the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, led by Wi-Fi chipmakers Intel, Broadcom, Marvell and Atheros Communications, is the latest example of a long tradition in tech: The big guys, one way or another, usually end up calling the shots on standards. Read more