Asia's leading IT trade show to open in Taipei

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TAIPEI, June 4 (AFP): The world's major technology firms are ready to to display their cutting-edge products in Asia's biggest information technology trade fair here this week and generate multi-billion dollar business opportunities, organisers said today.

Among the products on display during the three-day exhibition beginning Tuesday at the Taipei World Trade Centre will be fourth generation (4G) wireless high speed Internet services better known as WiMAX, said Chang Li, an official of the Taipei Computer Association.

WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access and is similar to the more familiar WiFi (wireless fidelity) that most laptops are equipped with.

WiMAX has a higher capacity and operates across much longer distances and allows for voice, video, Internet and other mobile services.