"We hope your head has room for one more acronym, because Intel says that WiMax is going to start showing up in laptops as early as 2006. Even if they’re being a little optimistic, you better get used to hearing about WiMax — which is basically a high-speed wireless standard that is like a long-distance version of WiFi with a range of around three to five miles (compared to WiFi’s typical range of a few hundred feet) — since it’s not going away."
Via enGadget.