Those wireless services, which will used a new generation of pocket-sized phones and hand-held computers, are expected to begin in the next few years.

With that new generation of phones, all emergency services can gain in speed and precision.

The cycle began in the early 1990's, when European governments allotted radio spectrum for the second generation of mobile phones.

Indeed, the next generation of phones is slated to become even more sophisticated.

For it to be a leader in a new generation of mobile phones built around social networking is to be expected.

To be fair, the most recent generation of phones came out between a year and six months ago.

But a new generation of phones, with built-in visual displays, will be available over the next year or so.

This summer and fall, a new generation of "screen-based phones" will go on sale.

A new generation of wireless phones could in time compete directly with ordinary phones.

That was because the new generation of phones had an autoshutdown feature to conserve battery power.