Wide area Internet is getting exciting.

This from The Guardian:

xG Technology is the company behind xMax, a transmission technology that can broadcast a phone or wireless broadband signal using much less power than conventional radio transmitters. The technology also uses unlicensed spectrum, which could make it attractive to businesses looking to set up cheap communications networks.

The significance being that it has potential to offer fast Internet access both in homes and offices and on the street making the Internet even more accessible to more people.