Bell Mobility has rolled out its next-generation wireless service in Toronto and will introduce the service nationwide by the end of the year.

The CDMA 1X RTTwireless service will offer business customers not only advanced wireless voice and data services, but also improved access to corporate e-mail and intranets, file sharing, easier access to contacts and scheduling information, and more efficient access to Web content and graphics.

According to Bell Mobility, its new 1X network is capable of supporting wireless data speeds up to 144 Kbps and will deliver cruising speeds up to 86 Kbps, as much as five times faster than previously available. This means that customers can wirelessly download a page of text in three seconds or a digital color photograph in just five seconds.

In conjunction with the service, the cell phone unit of BCE Inc. is also launching two 1X-ready devices that combine voice and data functionality — the Kyocera 2255 and the Samsung SCH-N370 1X.

New services for the consumer as well as the mobile professional will be introduced throughout the coming year. Consumers can expect to see a "selection of new, feature-rich services for m-commerce, entertainment and information," said Pierre Blouin, president and CEO of Bell Mobility.

To attract the corporate user, Bell Mobility will be offering the following new business applications:

• MOTIVUS from Veratium, which provides secure real-time access to the Windows desktop using any Web-enabled device.
• Nextair will offer a host of products and services for the mobile worker such as an enterprise class dispatch solution, an Internet-based dispatch application service, and a wireless extension to existing corporate solutions.