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To: tekboy who wrote (9359)	11/1/1999 4:52:00 PM
From: Jill	Respond to of 54805

Wireless Cuts the Cord: very good long 3 part article in Upside Today. upside.com Beginning excerpt: After several false starts in the mid-1990s, the wireless data market is expected to boom, primarily because of the growing reliance on the Internet for inexpensive access to e-mail, intranets and electronic commerce. Meanwhile, people have also become accustomed to the freedom of making mobile phone calls and picking up voice mail remotely. For such road warriors, blending these tasks by using their mobile phones for Internet and intranet access and wireless e-mail is not a big psychological leap. "The influence of the Internet is solidifying the concept of wireless e-mail in the professional user's life," says Roberta Wiggins, director of wireless and mobile communications at the Yankee Group, a market research firm. The technology advances come in the form of lighter, cheaper mobile phones and faster networks. Due to its scalability and potential for higher speeds, code division multiple access (CDMA) is the preferred technology as the worldwide wireless platform of the future, analysts say. Sprint PCS and many other network operators--including Bell Atlantic, Canada's Bell Mobility, GTE Wireless and Vodafone AirTouch--run their digital wireless voice services using CDMA technology.