And with all of the new features coming out on today’s mobile devices, we have created new revenue streams for mobile companies as well.

New services are at hand; there’s much more than talking on that mobile phone

Back in the late 1990s, as the New Economy bacchanal raged, the wireless industry promised to set America free.

The next generation of wireless networks, it was said, would soon make checking e-mail, surfing the Web, watching TV or playing video games as easy to do from a park bench or subway seat as from a desk chair or couch.

Then the dot-com party came to an abrupt and ugly end, causing investors to look at wireless ventures with considerably less enthusiasm. The massive downturn in the tech economy also squeezed capital needed for network upgrades, and the wireless bash was declared over before it started.

Over the past two years, U.S. carriers have quietly built out the long-promised 3G networks, and they’re seeking a return on that investment in the form of higher billings for data services such as e-mail, television and music downloads…. Source: SignOnSanDiego

[tags]wireless,e-mail,television,music downloads,3g networks,data services[/tags]