But the market is so unstable, it can fool even the best venture capitalists. Consider as evidence the untimely demise of Scout Electromedia. The results contradict a study published by the Department of Trade and Industry, which found that hands-free kits reduced the amount of radiation reaching the head. May. Back then the U.S. government was at odds with most of the rest of the world over how to provide more global spectrum for high-speed wireless services. A large majority of European Union consumers consider that the prices charged to them by mobile telephone operators are excessive, despite recent price reductions.
Wireless access has potential to transform the phone.
When mobile web access speeds up, customers sign up. Mobile phone companies in Japan have seen a sharp rise in the number of people using handsets with Wap browsers after the service got faster. An Italian committee decided that the auction for five third generation UMTS phone licences would begin on October 19. With growing congestion of the airwaves threatening the development of a new generation of hand-held wireless devices, President Clinton ordered the federal government to review and then auction wide swaths of the spectrum now controlled by government agencies, as well as by private companies. The global mobile phone market is starting to slow down after several quarters of phenomenal growth, according to analysts and comments this week from U.S. technology group Motorola.