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August 30, 2006 - Toronto Wireless User Group Newsletter [www.torwug.org]


Next session is Wednesday September 27th starting at 9 am – registration at 8:45 am.
Location: Oracle HQ in Mississauga – map and location at
http://www.torwug.org/local/events.asp
Coffee etc. served. See you there.

Topic: Market Update. Topics will include a look at WiMax, Devices, and networks.
Speakers: Bell, Colubris, Microsoft.

Check out some new job postings on Torwug: http://www.torwug.org/jobs/main.asp
Want to know who does what in Wireless in Toronto ? Check out our supplier grid
New: Submit articles and whitepapers and we will give away a new Blackberry to the best article and best white paper or case study. [info@torwug.org for submissions]

Presentations from the Last event now on line - thanks to the presenters and attendees for coming out.
July 27, 2006 photos July 27, 2006 photos
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  Events:

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Last Webinar Recorded: on managing wireless interference and your wireless network [by Cognio]

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Tuesday Sept 12, 2006 Toronto, ON
E-mail Scams - Dinner Forum

JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF NETWORKING, EDUCATION & DINNER The Society of Internet Professionals (SIP) is launching a Technology Solutions Dinner Series. The theme for the inaugural forum to be held on September 12 is E-Mail Scams - how individuals and businesses can protect against various scams received by emails
Registration (Includes dinner & Associate membership of SIP ) $75 ($60 for SIP Members)
For more information or to register visit http://www.sipgroup.org/emailscams  

  Articles:

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Businesses to spend big on wireless data, study says
By John Blau, IDG News Service, 08/24/06
Businesses in Western Europe will spend around $12.7 billion on wireless data services by 2010, up more than 50% from last year, as they provide more tools for workers to be productive on the move, according to new research from Strategy Analytics.
Full Story

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Mobile Navigation Finds its Way: Implications of forthcoming WiMAX services
Mobile WiMAX issues for enterprises
By Joanie Wexler, Network World, 08/21/06

What issues does the emergence of a mobile WiMAX network service from Sprint Nextel, slated for commercial operation in 2008, unmask for mobile business customers?
Full Story

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Goin' Mobile: The potential of mobile marketing is huge, but is there more to it than just fun and games?
By Tracy Mayor
Nike is doing it. So are Volvo and Allstate. Hyatt tried it. "It" is mobile marketing—a direct, personalized channel of communication with the power to touch people anytime, anywhere via their mobile phones and other wireless devices. Consider the possibilities: There are some 184 million U.S. cell phone subscribers, collectively sending billions of text messages a year to one another, according to JupiterResearch. That's 184 million potential customers, each one carrying a perfect little message-delivery system.
Full Story

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