Web has companies shifting strategies as they scramble to stake their claim.
It has to do with the promise, the hype, the seduction of the wireless Internet. Nobody can afford not to be looking at this market. Boom leads firms to swap strategies A number of firms have shed their original business plan to tap new Internet-driven ideas, a telling sign about the promise of the wireless Web. IBM jumps into wireless pool Big Blue's new software will translate existing information and images on Web sites into a format readable by handheld devices, such as cell phones and personal digital assistants, and by future technology, such as Web browsers in cars. FCC chairman proposes wireless exchange Aiming at reducing pressure on mobile phone networks, the nation's top telecommunications regulator proposes a new way of selling wireless bandwidth between companies.