A Wireless Week article contains some interesting tidbits for the coming new year.  Among them:

“Viral Applications: Peer-to-peer sharing, mobile communities, social networking, user-generated content, super distribution. Carriers that figure out how to connect these dots will gain the keys to the data kingdom.“

What made this item noteworthy?  Connected World described “Wi-Fi Goes Viral” on page 23 of the report as an example of the potential power of Wi-Fi as hotspots federate worldwide.

Another Wireless Week prediction highlighted the waning of MVNO startups (Mobile Virtual Network Operator—a reseller of wireless services).  Mobile ESPN was cited as an example and was covered earlier in this blog (see post on 9/29/06).