CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus Launches ''WIC Weblog''.NEW ORLEANS New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded -- The CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Wireless Internet Caucus (WIC WIC - WAN Interface Card ) today launched the "WIC Weblog See blog and Web log. (World-Wide Web) weblog - (Commonly "blog") Any kind of diary published on the World-Wide Web, usually written by an individual (a "blogger") but also by corporate bodies. " - www.WicWeblog.com - the first permanent weblog produced by CTIA-The Wireless Association(TM). The Weblog provides an ongoing source of news about the WIC and CTIA wireless data activities as well as news and analysis about wireless data products, services and technologies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and abroad. The WIC Weblog serves as a way to spark online "conversations" among WIC staff, CTIA members, wireless industry participants and the public. "We launched the weblog not just because it's a great way for us to quickly provide information about wireless data but also because we want to open a two-way communications Two-way communication is a form of transmission in which both parties involved transmit information. Common forms of two-way communication are:
"We welcome feedback and encourage readers to post comments in the WIC Weblog," he said. "The Weblog is the latest method we are launching to provide wireless data information and to stay in touch with the community of users. Stay tuned for an announcement about another WIC publication." In addition, the WIC Weblog will help to promote WIC members' contributions to developing and improving wireless data products and services. The Weblog's sidebars include information about the WIC's vision, its Action Teams, WIC and CTIA events, WIC wireless data resources and contact information. Alan A. Reiter, president of the consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a of Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings , is editor of the WIC Weblog. Reiter has been analyzing wireless for 26 years. His first wireless data weblog was named one of the top five technology weblogs by "Fortune" magazine in 2003. Reiter also manages one of the top weblogs for information about wireless imaging, "Reiter's Camera Phone Report." About WIC The Wireless Internet Caucus accelerates the growth of the wireless data ecosystem in the United States. It also serves as a rallying point Noun 1. rallying point - a point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come together point - a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point" for wireless Internet companies on public policy issues of importance to the wireless community, such as spectrum management and privacy. With established guiding principles, goals and objectives, the WIC serves to provide the wireless Internet industry with the unifying force it needs to foster wireless ecosystem development and, thus, accelerate market acceptance. An investment in the unique opportunity provided by CTIA offers individual participants in the WIC a plethora of business benefits, from business development assistance and market focus to the significant potential of shortening time-to-market cycles.
WIC Weblog contacts:
Maggie Powers, Wireless Internet Caucus
Director - Business Development
Phone: 202-736-3892
E-Mail: mpowers@ctia.org
Alan A. Reiter, Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing
President
Phone: 301-634-1586
E-Mail: reiter@wirelessinternet.com
CTIA is the international association for the wireless
telecommunications industry, representing carriers,
manufacturers and wireless Internet providers.
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