Apple's close collaboration with Intel, and Intel's support for the new technology--basically a long-range version of wi-fi--gives the idea plausibility (see " Apple Cozies Up to Intel").

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Apple's close collaboration with Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ), and Intel's support for the new technology--basically a long-range version of wi-fi--gives the idea plausibility (see " Apple Cozies Up to Intel").

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It has been held back partly by the fact that the very long-range version has yet to be launched, because the three largest aero-engine makers have been reluctant to produce engines big enough to get it off the ground.

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