Click here to learn about UPCOMING EVENTS.

TDMA-GSM Interoperability Agreement Signed with Universal Wireless Communications Consortium
North American GSM Alliance Press Release, February 9, 1999
This lays the groundwork for interoperability between Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) phones throughout the Americas and the world.  It will enable wireless service providers from around the world to accelerate deployment of next generation, high-speed wireless packet data service features using EDGE and GPRS in both GSM and TDMA-based systems.

Wireless Market Bracing for Boom
CNET News.com, January 26, 1999
The U.S. corporate wireless communications market is expected to increase by 220 percent over the next four years, driven by increased demand among medium-sized businesses, according to a new study. The domestic wireless market, including services and equipment, will be valued at $117 billion by 2002, according to Cahners In-Stat Group, a technology market research firm.

Phones offer travelers ability to make calls anywhere
Reuters, January 8, 1999
The explosion of communications technology in recent years is nowhere more evident than in telephones that operate on the Global System for Mobile, or GSM. They use two frequencies -- one largely for the Western Hemisphere and a second for Europe, Asia and Africa. Combined, the service covers 129 countries. Omnipoint Communications, a New Jersey-based service provider that operates mainly in the eastern United States, says it will sell or rent its customers a Bosch World 718 phone which can use either of the world frequencies.

Nearly half of Internet users say Internet online becoming a necessity
America Online/Roper Starch Cyberstudy press release, December 3, 1998
Of those in the population who own a laptop computer, almost half (47%) take it on vacation. 26% of all online users check their e-mail on vacation.   When asked to imagine being stranded alone on a deserted island for an extended period of time with access to only one of three technologies, 67% of those surveyed would prefer to have a computer connected to the Internet, while only 23% said they would want a working telephone and 9% opted for a television.

3G Mobile Telephone Will Blow Your Socks Off - GSM Alliance
GSM Alliance press release, November 27, 1998
The North American GSM Alliance, a consortium of US digital wireless operators, has published a white paper looking at the issue of third generation (3G) wireless technology. The white paper concludes that, while some users of digital cellular are enjoying advanced facilities already, consumers can look forward to a wide variety of services and facilities with 3G wireless technology.

Nortel Networks Trials CDMA Circuit Switched Data
Nortel company press release, November 20, 1998
Nortel Networks CDMA circuit switched data - with optional FastConnect capability - permits mobile and fixed wireless users on 800 and 1900 MHz CDMA networks to connect to the Internet, to send and receive e-mail messages and faxes, and to access mission-critical corporate information resources.

Bluetooth Bites Into Wireless: Vendor group has plans to incorporate spec into all types of portables
PC Week Online, November 16, 1998
Although Bluetooth isn't expected to hit its stride until 2000, the wireless technology for short-range communications between mobile devices is beginning to build momentum.  To date, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, formed by Intel Corp., Ericsson Inc., Nokia Corp., Toshiba Corp. and IBM, has recruited 220 members.   Bluetooth will help users share data between notebook PCs, handheld devices and smart phones as well as connect to LANs.

Microsoft, Qualcomm launch wireless data venture
Associated Press, Tuesday, November 10, 1998
Microsoft Corp. and San Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. formed a joint venture Tuesday aimed at making digital phones reliable and secure tools in connecting to the Internet. Currently, digital phones are used primarily for voice calls, but with wireless technology, the phones could be used to dependably link laptop computers with corporate networks to access e-mail or the Internet.

Lucent CEO Predicts Network of Networks
Computer Reseller News, Wednesday, October 21, 1998
What the industry and the world need is a "network of networks" to deal with the burgeoning growth of the networking and communications market, said Lucent Technologies chairman and CEO Richard McGinn.