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Current and future applications of mobile and wireless networks

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Wireless and mobile networks are being used in diverse areas such as travel, education, stock trading, military, package delivery, disaster recovery, and medical emergency care.

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              cover image Communications of the ACM
              Communications of the ACM  Volume 45, Issue 10
              October 2002
              138 pages
              ISSN:0001-0782
              EISSN:1557-7317
              DOI:10.1145/570907
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