Enterprise Applications: Key Considerations for Selecting and Deploying Wireless Corporate Applications is a collaborative white paper developed by the organization's members to assist IT managers with key mobility issues such as security, integrated architecture, and different end-user needs, when formulating their wireless corporate application plans.

"Wireless corporate applications are quickly moving out of the early adopter phase and are well on their way to becoming mainstream. The time to begin assessments of a company's needs for its mobile employees and finding the right wireless corporate applications to serve them has arrived," commented Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas.

In addition to providing a summary of the different ecosystem components for wireless corporate applications, the 3G Americas' white paper also provides detailed guidance on how to assess and deploy these applications. Numerous examples of wireless corporate applications in use today, with links to full customer case studies, are included in the paper to educate decision-makers with the real-world examples and successes of those companies that have already deployed enterprise applications and are benefiting by equipping employees with enterprise class devices.

"Next generation wireless networks are not just coming, they are already here," remarked Vicki Livingston, Director of Marketing for 3G Americas. "The GPRS and EDGE foundation has been built and the ground floor has been completed by GSM operators with UMTS/HSDPA on the way soon. These technologies are providing the foundation for applications to run beyond the local area networks of corporate corridors and the case studies in our paper show that IT managers are welcoming these new productivity tools to wirelessly extend their enterprise applications and empower their mobile workers."

As indicated in the white paper, leading businesses and IT executives recognize the vast potential of wireless mobile business. They are acting quickly to seize high-impact productivity and revenue improvements while building the business platforms to sustain their wireless advantage over the long term.

Enterprise Applications: Key Considerations for Selecting and Deploying Wireless Corporate Applications white paper is available for free download at the 3G Americas' website: www.3gamericas.org.

About 3G Americas: Unifying the Americas through Wireless Technology

The mission of 3G Americas is to promote and facilitate the seamless deployment throughout the Americas of GSM and its evolution to 3G and beyond. The organization fully supports the Third Generation technology migration strategy to EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA adopted by many operators in the Americas that is expected to account for up to 85% of next-generation customers worldwide. 3G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue, WA with an office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Dallas, TX. For more information, visit our website at www.3gamericas.org.

3G Americas' Board of Governor members include: Andrew Corporation, Cingular Wireless (USA), Cable & Wireless (West Indies), Ericsson, Gemplus, HP, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Openwave Systems, Research In Motion, Rogers Wireless (Canada), Siemens, T-Mobile USA, Telcel (Mexico), and Texas Instruments.