Lenovo ThinkPads To Include Cingular Broadband
Lenovo said Tuesday its ThinkPad T60 notebooks will include Cingular broadband connectivity services. The move makes Lenovo the first U.S. notebook vendor to provide the Cingular broadband built-in.
August 22, 2006
Lenovo said Tuesday its ThinkPad T60 notebooks will include Cingular broadband connectivity services.
The move makes Raleigh, N.C.-based Lenovo the latest U.S. notebook vendor to provide built-in Cingular broadband capabilities. ThinkPad T60s will have Cingular's UMTS/HSDPA technology, which includes U.S. connectivity options plus the ability to connect globally via EDGE or GPRS services.
Lenovo said it would offer the Cingular-capable ThinkPad T60s via solution providers and direct through its Web site.
With its BroadbandConnect service, Atlanta-based Cingular is playing catch-up to rival Verizon in the PC broadband wireless space. Last year, New York-based Verizon began providing its own broadband wireless connectivity through notebooks provided by Lenovo, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
Dell also ships a notebook with the Cingular technology.Cingular offers broadband connectivity in 70 U.S. cities and said it plans to provide coverage in most metropolitan areas by the end of the year.
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