The Road To A Wireless Future

摘要

For each of the past five years, industry pundits have been convinced it would be the year of wireless data in the wide area envi-ronment. And every year they cited a different reason: support for Internet protocols; phones with microbrowsers; support from industry giants such as Microsoft and IBM; and new platforms such as handheld computers. This year's reasons include the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and the forthcoming General Packet Kadio Service (GPRS). Meanwhile, the latest buzz is about third-generation cellular and data throughputs of 2 Mbps just over the horizon.