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Reprinted w/ permission of Outweb, Inc. It's difficult to open a newspaper or turn on the news without coming across a story about Wireless these days. That's because Wireless is a proven technology that provides real applications to help companies communicate more effectively and operate more efficiently. In short, it offers real and practical bottom line solutions to companies like yours - today. Wireless technology is changing faster than... than... well, just about everything. In fact, it's hard to think of anything that's changing as fast as the Wireless technology environment - especially not anything that's going to have as dramatic an effect on the way the best companies do business. We're talking superhero fast here. Keeping up with the cutting edge can be a fulltime job. That's why Outweb puts together "This Week in Wireless", a digest of news and thought leadership on Wireless technology. Below, you'll find current headlines from a wide spectrum of resources, all writing about the latest developments in Wireless technology. Click the links to read the complete articles. Every week, this resource helps keep you up-to-date on the latest trends, solutions, and applications. We hope this resource helps you, and we'll see you next week. This Week in Wireless - December 11, 2000 Coca-Cola To Offer Go2 Wireless Locator December 4, 2000 Wireless NewsFactor By Mike Mayor Coca-Cola Co. and Go2 Systems, Inc. have announced a strategic alliance designed to offer Go2's location-based technology and information services to Coca-Cola Fountain's food service customers via wireless mobile devices. The alliance with Go2 Systems -- which represents a first step for Coca-Cola into the wireless arena -- will provide its food service customers with new opportunities to create revenue, according to Tom Moore, senior vice president and general manager of Coca-Cola Fountain. Hotel Chain Moves to Wireless Data Access December 4, 2000 ComputerWorld.com By Bob Brewin Carlson Hotels Worldwide has developed and started to roll out a portable, wireless business information management system that analysts say could become a "showcase" product for the hotel industry. Scott Heintzeman, CIO at Carlson Hotels - which operates the Radisson Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Regent International Hotels, and Country Inns & Suites chains - said Mobile Access to Carlson Hospitality-Version 1 (MACH-1) is the first hotel system to let managers use handheld devices to access information from back-office systems. A Wireless Doctor Is in the House December 7, 2000 Wired.com By Donna Tapellini Excerpt As the Internet changes the face of health care, allowing consumers access to more medical information than ever, it's also changing the way patients interact with their physicians, and how health insurance is being packaged. Add into the equation the influence that wireless tools and technologies have on how doctors receive information, and it becomes clear that health care will sport a radical new look in the not-too-distant future. Silicon Valley Police Packing PDA December 7, 2000 Wire Reports In Silicon Valley, even the cops are high-tech. Laptop computers linked to police station's Intranet are standard in most squad cars and nearly every department has a Web site. But down in Santa Clara, the long arm of the law is going wireless. Right now the Santa Clara Police Department is field-testing a handful of PDA s (personal digital assistants) that the department says should make their jobs easier by reducing the time used on writing tickets, accident reports and other routine police work. i-Mode-Linked Service to Help Those with Chronic Diseases December 4, 2000 anywhereyougo.com By Yomiuri Shimbun A service that will use the i-mode cellular phone Internet access facility to help people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure and gout take care of themselves has been developed by a group led by a professor of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and officials of NTT-ME and Mitsui & Co. Yambay's Directory Win Helps Australia's Palms Go Wireless November 29, 2000 wirelessauthority.com While wireless vendors and network operators work to drum up excitement over their new WAP solutions, one steadily expanding local developer is finding that wireless-enabled handheld PCs with corporate purpose - and not general-interest information services based on WAP - will be the way to increasing wireless penetration. It's a point that Yambay (Aboriginal for 'hand', the company is fond of pointing out) has been making for several years now, ever since it began operations in 1997 as Palm Solutions -- selling mining administration applications for the PalmPilot to Hamersley Iron. These days, seven mining companies in Australia and South Africa are using that administration application with handheld computers, while more than 150 real estate agents are using another of Yambay's flagship products to ease the process of conducting property inspections.   Outweb