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THE STAT
26Percentage of wireless customers who use their cell phones to take picturesMore Vitals
| |  CELL PHONES AT THE CROSSROADS 
Who'll Survive the Cellular Crisis? Facing a laundry list of woes, the cellular industry is in turmoil as it's spending billions on new networks. The future belongs only to the strongest Cell Phones and Investors: Disconnected Should you avoid the sector? Maybe at least until it's clearer which players will survive the almost inevitable shakeout A Slow Climb from Wireless' Dark Ages The U.S. badly trails its data-crazy First World peers. Here's what has to happen before Americans can go beyond gabbing You Call This Service? As the wireless industry undergoes huge growth, it's hearing louder and more forceful cries for better customer satisfaction Here Come the Souped-Up Cell Phones A new generation of gizmos will serve as PDAs, digital cameras, credit cards, even heart monitors "This Industry Looks Very Healthy to Me" Sprint PCS President Charles Levine expects wireless penetration rates in the U.S. to approach the European and Asian levels "Other Companies Sneeze, and We Get the Flu" CEO Tim Donahue insists Nextel's fundamentals are sound and that its Direct Connect technology will be unmatched for years "Some Carriers Won't Make It" Cingular CEO Stephen Carter sees a wave of consolidation sweeping the wireless provider industry, with Cingular left standing | |
PRIVACY MATTERS No Hiding from a Cell Phone Technology that pinpoints mobile users is coming. A potential boon for emergency services and marketers, it has privacy advocates worried INSIDE WALL STREET ONLINE Wireless' Woes: Opportunity Calling? Value hunter George Putnam says Wall Street's bears have stomped too hard on the likes of AT&T Wireless and other big players NEWSMAKER Q&A "How Well Does Your Cell Phone Work?" Pretty badly, says ComVentures partner Roland Van Der Meer, who sees demand for improved service as an opportunity for patient investors NEWS ANALYSIS Talk 'n' Toss Cell Phones? Sensing a big potential market, two companies are hoping to add a new kind of disposable to your shopping list BW e.biz Mobile Commerce Is Coming--Modestly, Eventually Buying concert tickets or getting coupons on your cell phone sounds great. But not many folks will be doing so til big hurdles are cleared TECHNOLOGY BUYING GUIDE It's a Phone, It's a Handheld, It's... Both, actually. A new breed of hybrid gizmos will appeal to technophiles | |
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