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March/April 2001
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Getting it right, end-to-end
AT&T Wireless executives discuss the i-mode business model, market segmentation and branding, while analysts wager on whether AWS can get it right–and in time to be competitive.
-- March/April 2001
Productivity and the enterprise
Corporate IT managers who are considering mobile connectivity must
navigate a maze of decisions. The most important thing to remember
when wading through the options? Ask the right questions.
-- March/April 2001
Schwabing the competition
The No. 1 online brokerage, Charles Schwab, looks to duplicate its
wired ’Net success with an early offering in wireless trading.
Observers question whether revenue will justify the service.
-- March/April 2001
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ABOVE THE FRAY - news and analysis |
Pondering forecasts, our second favorite indoor sport
Bless the forecasters, every one. If only we could keep up. Still, you have to admit that reports on the industry’s future–especially those with simple charts and fewer than 20 pages–make irresistible reading.
-- March/April 2001
Vegas or bust
CTIA’s decision to trade in its old moniker, “Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association,” for the updated version, “Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association,” last year was only a trailer for the organization’s embrace of the wireless Internet at this spring’s show, set to debut March 20 in Vegas. From keynotes to vendors, Data Village to Andrew Seybold’s Wireless Data University, the wireless Internet will take center stage at CTIA Wireless 2001.
-- March/April 2001
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FOLLOW THE MONEY - venture capital, the markets, investors |
Despite tech sector woes, VCs still see green pastures
While the market gyrates and venture capitalists hone their sense of who’s worthy and who’s not, several new funds have been established specifically for mobile Internet ventures.
-- March/April 2001
Responding to the call of the wild, wild VC world
Neither Bill Wiberg nor Raj Alur doubt for a second that the mobile Internet will soon play a major role in people’s lives. What occupies their thoughts now is how the industry–and their new employers–will make money.
-- March/April 2001
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MARKET RESEARCH - Cahners In-Stat Group’s panel findings |
Will m-commerce live up to the hype?
A recent survey by Cahners In-Stat Group, which has the same parent as Wireless Internet Magazine, contains a mixed bag of news on wireless Internet usage and mobile commerce in general.
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BIG IDEAS - a hard look at applications, solutions and hype |
Cashing in on convenience
A recent survey by Cahners In-Stat Group, which has the same parent as Wireless Internet Magazine, contains a mixed bag of news on wireless Internet usage and mobile commerce in general.
-- March/April 2001
Short and sweet, but elusive in the U.S.
Swapping messages via wireless phones is a surpassingly popular diversion in Europe. In December alone, 756 million messages buzzed across GSM networks in the United Kingdom, and in Germany 1.8 billion GSM subscribers exchanged SMS messages. London’s GSM Association predicts the service will grow to more than 25 billion messages per month by year-end, up from the 15 billion messages sent via GSM networks worldwide in December 2000.
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TECHNOPTIONS - technology choices and paths |
So many roads, one standard
Got your W-M-Ls and X-M-Ls confused with your W-A-Ps and H-T-M-Ls? Protocols and markup languages can be pretty confusing, even for old pros. But you don’t need an enigma machine to break the acronym code or understand the nature of future incarnations of the wireless Web.
-- March/April 2001
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DEVELOPER INSIGHTS - exploring issues and applications |
An industry’s promise and its disconnects
The application developer is a different breed of cat. We speak in code. Literally. Yet our role in creating mobile data applications and steering the evolution of the wireless Internet makes our aspirations and frustrations worthy of understanding. Welcome to the mind of one developer.
-- March/April 2001
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Q and A - straight talk with industry leaders |
Siber’s Space: Global and Local
Accenture’s international wireless guru Richard Siber shares his take on industry globalization and consolidation.
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OPINIONS - bold assertions, spirited responses |
Our Take:
Shredding tradition
Phil Carson: Time-honored tradition calls for welcoming readers to our first issue of Wireless Internet Magazine. Let’s talk about our mission and direction and look over the controls on this ship. Then, tradition gets tossed out the window.
-- March/April 2001
Smell the coffee:
Keep it simple, make it relevant
Brad Smith: a reality check from the trenches...
-- March/April 2001
Point:
Enfranchise the entrepreneur and unleash creative applications
Reuven Carlyle: Arise, o’ entrepreneurs of the world! The time has come to save our industry–again!
-- March/April 2001
Counterpoint:
Sprint PCS aids startups through open-door developers’ program
Paul Reddick: Contrary to some of our contemporaries’ beliefs, Sprint PCS does not stifle young companies’ “old-style entrepreneurialism” and chutzpah as they seek ways to break into the Wireless Web world.
-- March/April 2001
Your Turn:
Demonstrate value to nonbelievers, avoid zealotry
Jim Healy: It is a privilege to be part of the first issue of Wireless Internet Magazine, and I welcome its debut. I see this publication as an excellent opportunity for an exchange of new marketplace ideas. The name “Wireless Internet” really does say it all. Especially if you consider the obvious and immense need for, and the opportunities associated with, wireless Internet connectivity.
-- March/April 2001
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