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(Northants, UK) - 31 January 2007 – Intel Corporation today introduced the Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N network connection, an upgrade to the wireless component found inside Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology and other Intel-based laptops that helps consumers better connect to wireless networks.

As notebook PCs increasingly download broadband-intense content such as movies, videos and music, a more powerful networking solution is needed. Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, the Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N technology addresses that need by offering users up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range – while providing up to an extra hour of notebook battery life when compared to existing Draft-N products. In addition, Intel said it has initiated the "Connect with Centrino" program.

As laptop users increasingly demand desktop performance for downloading broadband-intense content such as HD movies, videos and music, an N draft networking solution is required to meet the bandwidth requirements. Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, the Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N technology addresses that need by offering users the performance and the wireless range that the 802.11N draft standard provides

Belkin’s 802.11N draft wireless products have been tested for compatibility and will display the “Connect with Centrino” logo to indicate that they will work seamlessly with all Intel Centrino laptops.

Robin Falconer, Sales & Marketing Director – UK said, “This is just the type of backing that the draft 802.11N standard and vendors needed. With the ratification still around a year away its vital we all stick to the Draft standard and we all know that the Draft N standard solves so many of the current “niggling” issues found in Wireless networks and Consumers will now have total confidence that the Belkin Draft N Wireless Routers are the perfect match to their new Centrino based laptops”