Finland's Wireless Fast Track Thanks in large measure to mobile handset pacesetter Nokia, this small nation, about the size of Montana with a population of some 5 million people, is where the rest of the world looks for wireless guidance. But so far no one is willing to put it together. Printer friendly version.
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If that prospect is just too shocking, you might wind up listening to a tune from Mick Jagger, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Madonna or just about any other pop star. It happens all the time in Europe, a continent that's gone crazy for cell phones. On pop CDs, the album cover provides Web addresses and telephone numbers where listeners can buy ring tones for each song on the record. High school and college students in Western Europe started the fad. Now the major cellular operators are jumping on the bandwagon.