QCOM--Wireless Knowledge and Sprint Hit the Road to Educate Enterprises On Mobility Options and Solutions
Planning Workshops Will Communicate Basics of Wireless Technology and Strategies for Businesses to Leverage the Wireless Internet
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct.3, 2000-- Wireless Knowledge Inc., a Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) and QUALCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOM - news) company, Tuesday announced plans to co-sponsor M-Business 101, a series of executive seminars and workshops with Sprint PCS (NYSE:PCS - news), the nation's largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS wireless data network.
The Wireless Planning Workshops are scheduled to kick-off in New York later this month. Mobile's newest publication -- M-Business magazine from CMP Media Inc., will present an overview of the industry.
``As mobility becomes a key requirement in today's enterprise, key decision-makers need to gather information about how wireless technology will meet their specific needs and improve their bottom line,'' said Eric V. Schultz, chairman and CEO of Wireless Knowledge.
``Our Wireless Planning Workshops educate business users on wireless issues, providing a beginning point for enterprises to strategize about wireless deployment.''
The two-day workshops will provide enterprise business and technical decision-makers with the opportunity to learn more about how wireless technology can be leveraged to increase efficiency, effectiveness and profitability.
Sessions will cover the basics of wireless technology, identifying individual enterprise needs, solutions and development requirements. They will also focus on providing wireless and mobility industry background, overviews of market trends, case studies of how businesses are currently using wireless technology, and technical details regarding wireless implementation.
``With more and more businesses going mobile, the best way to get ahead of the curve is to learn about the latest wireless solutions for enterprises,'' said Jay Highley, vice president, business marketing, Sprint PCS.
``With the recent launch of the Sprint PCS Wireless Web for Business, we now offer an entire suite of products and services to help businesses enhance productivity, reduce costs and respond to customers more efficiently. These workshops will give business leaders a head start toward incorporating these relevant wireless solutions into strategic business plans.''
The Fall 2000 Wireless Planning Workshop schedule is as follows:
-- New York Oct. 26-27
-- Washington D.C. Nov. 1-2
-- Atlanta Nov. 8-9
-- Boston Nov. 28-29
-- Orlando Dec. 5-6
-- Los Angeles Dec. 12-13
Each workshop will include an introduction to the mobile market, presented by M-Business magazine executives. The remaining sessions will be hosted by Wireless Knowledge and Sprint PCS representatives, who will touch on topics ranging from architecture overviews and mobile devices to wireless network security.
For more information on the Wireless Planning Workshop series, visit www.wirelessknowledge.com or call 800/656-6400.
About Sprint PCS
Sprint PCS operates the largest 100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide wireless network in the United States, already serving the majority of the nation's metropolitan areas including more than 4,000 cities and communities across the country.
Sprint PCS has licensed PCS coverage of nearly 270 million people in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit the Sprint PCS Web site at www.sprintpcs.com.
Sprint PCS is a wholly-owned tracking group of Sprint Corp. trading on the NYSE under the symbol ``PCS.'' Sprint is a global communications company -- at the forefront of integrating long-distance, local and wireless communications services, and a large carrier of Internet traffic.
Sprint built and operates the United States' first nationwide all-digital, fiber-optic network and is a leader in advanced data communications services. Sprint has $20 billion in annual revenues and serves more than 20 million business and residential customers.
About M-Business Magazine
M-Business magazine is designed solely for business decision makers involved with defining, creating, and executing mobile business strategies for their companies. Launching in October 2000, the new CMP publication adds a business focus to a list of well established tech publications from CMP such as Information Week.
As the Voice of the Mobile Economy, M-Business magazine will provide the analysis and insight required by executives operating in the fast-paced mobile business space. More information is available at www.mbizcentral.com, the Gateway to the Mobile Economy, CMP's daily news driven site for the mobile industry.
About Wireless Knowledge
Wireless Knowledge Inc., a Microsoft and QUALCOMM company, delivers packaged products and comprehensive services to improve productivity, increase customer responsiveness, and enhance the bottom line.
With the company's flagship product, Workstyle Server, mobile workers can use the wireless Internet to gain instant, secure access to business critical information wherever and whenever they need it. Workstyle Server, is now in use by key enterprise customers including Aventis Pharmaceuticals and Cox Communications. Visit the company at wirelessknowledge.com. |
