Wireless show expected to draw crowds to Barcelona

When the top executives of the world's wireless industry gather next week in Barcelona for their annual trade show, cellphones will take a back seat to talk of cars, electric meters and insulin monitors.

That idea of empowering new devices with wireless connections has been percolating for years. General Motors cars have had wireless OnStar connections for more than a decade. But the push is intensifying now that most people have cellphones --and the wireless industry's future growth depends on it. That means the GSM Mobile World Congress, the telecommunications industry's largest ...