Turning a new pager: a Silicon Valley firm is mixing the latest Net technologies with the old-fashioned pager.

The Silicon Valley company GWcom is developing a product that combines the pager with the latest Internet technologies. Victor Wang, president of GWcom, contends that these new pagers are pioneers of wireless Internet access. China has the potential to become a huge market for this form of technol...

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Publicado en:Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 163; no. 8; pp. 44 - 45
Autor principal: Holland, Lorien
Formato: Corporate Profile
Publicado: Review Publishing Company Ltd. February 24 2000
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