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  • 5G Mobile Phones Coming Soon

    An Info-Tech survey released to selected CEOs this week shows that wireless customers want free calls, free phones, the ability to switch between carriers for free, with international roaming and handsets that don’t need recharging every day. Carriers expressed shock and awe at the results and promised to sell off their swank marble skyscrapers, many situated in the heart of Tokyo’s financial district, to facilitate the move. “We are asking shareholders to help us deal with these issues,” said an obviously unsettled CEO at a hastily convened press conference. “While we have managed to get 5G deployment ready for the end of this year, that doesn’t seem to be what our customers really want,” the flustered president told WWJ in an exclusive interview today.

    Happy April Fools, everyone.. 8-)

    Posted: 1 April 2004 | Filed: Editor's Note, Sign of the Times | Feedback | Print |  add to twitter 
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