Because of its progress with chip technology to handle so-called "3G" services like high-speed wireless access, Qualcomm (nasdaq: QCOM - news - people ) is a core holding of Gilder's.

FORBES: Wi-Fi's Wobbly Future

Instead, high-speed wireless access services can leapfrog the fiber lines directly to your computer and provide even higher rates of data transmission-- over the same CDMA network that's already in place to route cell phone traffic.

FORBES: Wi-Fi's Wobbly Future

The latest portable devices and high-speed wireless networks give consumers access to video content wherever they go.

ENGADGET: Sling Media officially unveils the Slingbox 350 and 500 HD

Now EDGE's successor, a 3G-wireless technology called HSDPA (High-Speed Download Packet Access), provides transmission rates of 400 to 700 kilobits per second.

ECONOMIST: The competition this time will be a lot stiffer

In exchange for funding the WiMax joint venture, the cable companies would get equity in the business and would be able to purchase wholesale access to the network to offer their own high-speed wireless data and voice services to customers, the people familiar with the discussions said.

WSJ: Comcast, Time Warner Cable in Wireless Talks