The Wireless Opportunity
It also predicted that there will be 91 million m-commerce users by 2007. Jupiter/Media Metrix predicts that U.S. consumers will be using more than 90 million WAP-enabled phones by that time, even though there were only 8 million such phones in use in the year 2000. And the ARC Group, a technology research group, recently published a study predicting that there will be 1.2 billion mobile-data users by 2005—a figure that exceeds the expected number of users obtaining data with personal computers—making mobile access the more common method for accessing Internet data and commerce.

The Business Mobile Migration
As with most emerging and potentially disruptive technology, there are bound to be promises. But through all the hype, one thing is clear: It's the quality of the mobile services provided as well as the technology that will drive the wireless market. There has been plenty of hype surrounding the wireless Web that sometimes obscures valuable business applications, which may not be as sexy as buying a soda with your phone.

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