The battlefield is "3G," the so-called third generation standards for mobile phones. Before you yawn, check out what a 3G phone is supposed to offer: regular voice but also digital data at 2 Mbps. That's faster than a T1. MORE>>
Is Peace at Hand for Mobile Phone Formats?
As recently as two weeks ago a headline in the New York
Times was using the term "holy war" to describe meetings in
Malaysia over the future of wireless phones. But a pending
agreement between the two main rivals, Sweden's Ericsson
and California's Qualcomm, could signal the end of hostilities
for the double-consonant combatants.