========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com WIRELESS & MOBILE UPDATE -------- ========================================================= Enterprise & End-User Wireless & Mobile News, Technology and Products
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Home Systems Up to $300 off instantly on select new Dell Home systems. Offer ends 9/29. Click for details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1131-10-15-148054-128074-1 ========================================================= September 23, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Carol Ellison: Nextel Mobilizes Higher Ed with BlackBerry 1. News: Verizon Wireless to Expand 3G Network 2. News: In-Flight Use of Cell Phones Coming Soon? 3. News: Wireless Carriers' Secrecy Causes Static for E911 4. News: Worries Won't Stop RFID Development 5. News: 3Com Courts SMBs with WLAN Gear Wireless at eWEEK.com: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1131-10-15-148054-128077-1 ========================================================= Carol Ellison ========================================================= Nextel Mobilizes Higher Ed with BlackBerry Nextel will be distributing more than 300 BlackBerry 7510s to master degree candidates at the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business to see the impact of technologies that provide students with 24-hour real-time access to information. Find out more about this project here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1131-10-15-148054-128080-1 ========================================================= Wireless & Mobile Update ========================================================= 1. News: Verizon Wireless to Expand 3G Network Verizon Wireless's high-speed EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) network will be coming to 11 cities and several airports next week. Check out which cities are on the cutting edge. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1131-10-15-148054-128083-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: In-Flight Use of Cell Phones Coming Soon? In-flight cell phones will be a reality by 2006 or 2007, according to partners in OnAir, the name of a new service introduced on Wednesday. Find out how this technology will work. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1131-10-15-148054-128086-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Wireless Carriers' Secrecy Causes Static for E911 A panel of the E911 Institute says the state of Enhanced 911 services, designed to help mobile users in trouble, needs some help of its own. Find out why. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1131-10-15-148054-128089-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Worries Won't Stop RFID Development According to a recent survey, RFID users still worry about integration tools, costs, standards, and "the early and untested market." That doesn't worry IBM. Big Blue is leaping into the radio frequency identification business with a suite of services designed to speed the benefits of radio-frequency identification systems to industrial companies and midsize businesses. News: RFID Users Fret over Cost, Integration http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1131-10-15-148054-128092-1 News: IBM Taps RFID Midmarket http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1131-10-15-148054-128095-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: 3Com Courts SMBs with WLAN Gear 3Com on Monday unveiled several new wireless networking products for small business customers who need certain enterprise-level features but can't afford enterprise-level prices. 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