VoiceStream purchases MobileStar
Glenn Fleishman of 802.11b Networking News fame got the scoop here. VoiceStream has purchased MobileStar and is "welcoming" existing MobileStar customers.
Now we have VoiceStream with MobileStar going head-to-head against Sky Dayton's 802.11 "aggregator" company, Boingo Wireless.
The cellular industry has entered WiFi space, and I'm getting very involved in this concept. I just sent out a news alert to Reiter's Block subscribers.
Dan Gillmor's wireless blogging Demo
Dan Gillmor, the well-known San Jose Mercury News computer columnist and Weblogger, has set up a special section for using WiFi for updates about the Demo conference he's attending. Yesterday I mentioned Dan hoped to do this.
There appears to be a fair number of wireless demonstrations at Demo. Dan writes that Sky Dayton is discussing Boingo Wireless' WiFi venture. (I'm almost finished with an analysis of Boingo's business model, which I'll e-mail to my Reiter's Block e-mail subscribers.) Embrace Networks is demonstrating placing Web servers on different devices and connecting wirelessly, Dan says.
Sprint is demonstrating a voice recognition/voice synthesis product from its "labs": E-Sandy, is a voice "assistant" that Dan says is similar to Wildfire, but more sophisticated. Dan says he hates the artificial voice.
The power of wireless + Weblogs
As I have written -- and will continue to write -- wireless + Weblogs create a powerful combination. I am bringing that message to the wireless industry.
WiFi is preferred because of the high speed and relatively low (or free) cost. But the launch of next generation cellular systems (GSM GPRS and CDMA 1xRTT) will enable users to, finally, get close to landline dialup speeds, perhaps even faster.
Wireless + Weblogs have tremendous implications for conferences, corporate meetings, journalism and information distribution in general.
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