CNET News
June 10, 2004

Two U.S. cell phone giants say subscribers are using handsets to connect to the Internet more than ever, but Net-related revenue remains relatively low. Verizon Wireless and Sprint are each on pace to earn about $1 billion this year from customers who download games and ring tones, use wireless broadband connections, and send and receive instant messages, the companies said. Although that's a significant improvement over 2003, this year's pace is below what people expected when such products and services debuted years ago.