Aerea available for Mac
Amsterdam, 2 June 2009 As of today, mac users can also be online in Amsterdam with aerea wireless broadband internet. All you need is 1 dongle, 1 software disk, username and password. First time users only need 3 minutes to install the product and you are ready to go. The installation process is a onetime event.
Aerea customers can be online for only €9,95 per month and use e-mail, chat, download, search or order products over the internet. The service is exclusive for the city of Amsterdam. With 8 Mbps speed and no data limit, you can be online in the entire city.
Installing aerea is easy, simple and standard for all aerea products. No difficult screens are displayed The usb dongle connects directly to the internet. No sim card or mobile text procedure is necessary to start aerea.
You can order aerea online (www.aerea.nl ) and at certified aerea retail stores RAF and BelCompany in Amsterdam. Aerea is now available for pc's and laptops with Intel and Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7., Windows XP and Vista. Aerea will be available for Apple Intel Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 and Apple Intel Mac OS X Snow Leopard, later this year.
Note for editors: Review examples of aerea are available. For more information, please contact Ingrid Goos. Hi-res photos of the USB dongle can be downloaded at: www.aerea.nl (media section, image library)
About WiMAX
WiMAX (802.16e-2005) stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access and is optimized specifically for mobile broadband Internet. Providing multi-megabit data rates, mobile WiMAX provides the foundation for rich multimedia experiences on the go. With mobile WiMAX, users have on-the-go broadband Internet and access to data-intensive applications, such as online multimedia, video downloads mobile TV and streaming media.
About Worldmax
Aerea is the wireless broadband internet service breedband internet of Worldmax. Worldmax is owner of the national and exclusive 3.5 GHz license for the Dutch market and the first company in Europe to have realized a ubiquitous network based on the worldwide WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) standard providing both indoor and outdoor coverage. The WiMAX 16e network of Worldmax is provided by Alcatel-Lucent and supports numerous applications such as Web browsing, online gaming, downloading music, games, movies and internet TV: at home, on the go or in the office. In the near future Intel will offer integrated WiMAX functionalities in notebooks with Intel Centrino Mobile processor technology. WiMAX will also become available on personal mobile appliances such as mobile Internet appliances, smart phones and PDAs. For more information: www.worldmax.nl and http://www.aerea.nl/en/home/