Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/1999/06/22/intels_barrett_says_cellphone_standards/

Intel's Barrett says cellphone standards not important

It can be done in silicon, claims CEO

By Mike Magee

Posted in On-Prem, 22nd June 1999 15:56 GMT

Whether people are accessing their Web appliances in Canada, Japan, Korea, Europe or even the US is not imporant, the CEO of Intel said today. Responding to a question about whether wireless standards and wireless standard committees are or are not important, Intel CEO Craig Barrett, at a Dow Jones conference held in West London early today, said it can be done in silicon. Barrett said that while GSM was probably a major standard, future implementations in silicon "would sense" where your mobile was, and connect, thus delivering your email, et al. ®