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Philadelphia University's Service Gives Students Wireless Connection.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2002
By Reid Kanaley, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 7--Drexel University is launching a wireless Web service to let students retrieve grades, class schedules and campus news over cell phones, handheld computers and pocket organizers with Internet connections.
The system, called DrexelOne Mobile, was switched on Wednesday and will be formally announced by university President Constantine Papadakis during commencement activities tomorrow.
It may be the first system of its kind at a university, but it is similar to some commercial services set up to deliver, say, airline information or stock quotes no matter what device the customer is using to make the online connection, said John A. Bielec, Drexel vice...
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