Wireless Valhalla: hints of the cellular future; what do you call a Scandinavian all-purpose communication, shopping and entertainment interface? A phone

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Scandinavian countries are leading the way in information economies that rely on wireless communications. Sweden has surpassed the U.S. in the percentage of citizens who have access to the Internet, computers, wireless phones and other information technologies. Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden are also leading the way in mobile electronic commerce, or m-commerce. Reasons for this phenomenon include the widespread acceptance and possession of wireless phones by Scandinavian consumers, the growth of wireless firms like Sonera and Telia, the presence of major mobile phone-makers Nokia and Ericsson, the geography of Scandinavia, and a common mobile phone standard, the Global Mobile System for communications. In contrast, the U.S. uses two incompatible standards, the T.D.M.A. and the C.D.M.A., as well as a variant of the G.S.M. that uses a different frequency and is incompatible with the global standard that is in use in 105 other countries.

Finland, Sweden, Mobile Radio Systems, Wireless communications, Scandinavia, Wireless communication systems, Wireless telecommunications service, Mobile communication systems, Finns, Swedes, Scandinavians, GSM

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For cellphone holdouts, worry closes the sale

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Wireless phone companies report that sales of cellphones are up in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the U.S., as consumers respond to accounts of how many survivors and doomed victims used their cellphones to call loved ones to report they were safe or to say a final farewell. Exact figures are not yet available, but AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless and Nextel are reporting evidence of increased cellphone sales from late last week through yesterday.

Cellular Mobile Radio Services, Analysis, Purchasing, Economic aspects, Cellular telephone services industry, Cellular technology, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Consumer behavior, Consumers, AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Attitudes, Victims of terrorism

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Using a cellphone signal to hunt for a victim in desperate need

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Tracking the location of victims buried under rubble at the World Trade Center and nearby area via cell phone signals turned out to be no more than hopeful, not actually possible. The F.C.C. wants wireless phone companies to make improvements in their systems to allow for better tracking of callers, at least during emergencies. There are two options available now, one costing the phone companies a great deal of money for new technology, the other being consumers having to purchase new handsets with Global Positioning Systems built in.

Planning, Usage, Innovations, Laws, regulations and rules, Equipment and supplies, Telecommunications regulations, United States. Federal Communications Commission, Technology development, Influence, Global Positioning System, Government communications regulation, Terrorism, Search and rescue operations, Emergency communication systems, Emergency communications systems

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