Sprint PCS rival Verizon Wireless is also testing networks based on the standard, but it's bucking the rural trend. Verizon is using EV-DO and the same equipment in trial runs in Washington, D.C., and San Diego. The trials are supposed to last a year, at which time Verizon will make a decision about commercial release, a company representative said. A Sprint PCS affiliate becomes the third company to begin testing wireless broadband services based on a speedy standard that some see as a bridge for the digital divide.

Conshohocken, Pa.-based wireless carrier Ubiquitel, an exclusive Sprint PCS reseller, said Tuesday that it had started a trial based on the EV-DO standard, which bears the unwieldy official name of CDMA20001x EV-DO, flight of the alicorn iphone case The trial, using Lucent Technologies cellular network equipment and Sierra Wireless PC modem cards, began Tuesday among businesses and some government agencies in Boise, Idaho, according to a Ubiquitel representative, Ubiquitel serves 11 million people located in portions of California, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Washington and Wyoming..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. Ethernet-switching revenues rose slightly worldwide in the third quarter, compared with the previous year, according to a report released Tuesday by research firm Dataquest. Total industry revenue rose to $2.9 billion in the quarter, up 1.3 percent from year-ago figures. Unit shipments for Ethernet ports, meanwhile, climbed to 39.5 million units--a 21.7 percent increase over last year. increased its market share during the quarter, accounting for nearly 73 percent of the industry's revenue versus 63 percent last year. 3Com followed with 3.9 percent of the market share, up slightly from 3.1 percent a year ago.

CNET también está disponible en español, Don't show this again, The EDGE system delivers data at speeds up to 118kbps, which is more than double the speed offered by earlier versions of the most common wireless technology standard, GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), Wireless carriers including Cingular Wireless and AT&T have announced support for EDGE technology, Nokia said the phone will let people easily send and receive pictures and other multimedia material, surf the Web, and remotely synchronize their personal information with a PC at speeds faster flight of the alicorn iphone case than ever, The company also is offering an optional camera feature so people can take pictures and share them immediately..

"No technology is an economic success for the technology itself," John Barry, director of Nokia's mobile phones business unit, said in a statement. "What people want is effortless mobility..applications and services, and fast, simple access to information on the go.". The company introduces the first phone to take advantage of wireless networks that allow people to surf the Web at double the rate they could before. The new Nokia 6200, which is expected to hit shelves in early 2003, will cost between $250 and $350 and will be targeted at business consumers.