For each of the past five years, industry pundits have been convinced it would be the year of wireless data in the wide-area environment. And every year it was for a different reason: support for IP protocols; phones with microbrowsers; support from industry giants, such as Microsoft and IBM; and new platforms, such as handheld computers. This year’s reasons include WAP (Wireless Application Protocol_ and the forthcoming GPRS (General Packet Radio Service (Internet “Wide-Area …showed first 75 words of 1247 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1247 total…Wireless Computing”). In the meantime, this will be a grand phenomenon to observe. List of Works Cited Bibliography 1. “A World Without Wires” (Network Computing, July 10, 2000) www.nwc.com/1113/1113f1.html 2. “Wireless LANS Work Their Magic” (Network Computing, July 10, 2000) www.nwc.com/1113/1113f2.html 3. “Wireless World Spawns New Data Device Breed” (Planet IT, March 7, 2000) www.planeit.com/techcentersdocs/mobileomputing/news/PIT20000307S0006 4. “Wide-Area Wireless Computing” (Network Computing, Network Design Manual) www.nwc.com.netdesign/wireless1.html