| The numbers of subscribers with wireless access | | | | 2005. Wireless carrier that migrates to 2.5G |
| to the internet through laptops, personal digital | | | | technology will be able to offer subscribers access |
| assistants (PDAs), cellular phones, pagers and | | | | to the internet at speeds that are comparable to |
| other wireless devices is rapidly increasing. So this | | | | a wire line ISDN connection or faster. This |
| market is growing at a fast rate. In fact, | | | | technology also gives users the capability to |
| companies solely dedicated to this type of service | | | | access streaming media and websites with sound, |
| are starting to appear. Analysts predict that | | | | pictures and video. |
| e-commerce will be a key application for wireless | | | | 2.5G will allow users to download, upload and send |
| inter access. Buying books, trading stock, | | | | large file from wireless devices without a long |
| reserving hotel rooms and renting cars from | | | | wait. 3G technology offers wireless internet |
| anywhere will be easy and consumers will demand | | | | access at rates of 384 Kbps or higher. Migration |
| this type of services. | | | | to full 3G offers mobile professionals the ability to |
| Technology network used in US today, such as | | | | access data as if they were connected to their |
| CDMA, TDMA and GSM may be changing. | | | | office LAN. 3G will enable the use of wireless |
| Analysts expect that carriers of these networks | | | | multimedia and video applications as well as video |
| will migrate to the use of high-speed data | | | | conferencing. Remote video monitoring will also be |
| networks such as 2.5G and 3G to give end-users | | | | possible. For example, a mobile 3G device will be |
| enhanced internet capabilities through wireless | | | | able to display the various views from several |
| devices. Since the transition from the traditional | | | | cameras placed around a facility or home. The |
| technologies to these faster, third generation | | | | International Telecommunications Union has |
| technologies is so expensive, carriers in the US | | | | approved 3G as a wireless technology standard. |
| have been reluctant to upgrade their networks | | | | This technology is ultimately expected to allow |
| before they see a real demand for high speed | | | | customers to have wireless coverage with access |
| wireless data. However, the strategies group | | | | to high data transmission speeds anywhere in the |
| predicts that there will be 9.5 million consumer and | | | | world. |
| business 3G mobile high-speed data subscribes by | | | | |