Re: UKNM: Re : Mobile Commerce

[will rowan]

Anthony wrote:


> Dear all,

>

> Can anyone enlighten me as to whether M-commerce will take off in the U.K.

?


Good question


Yes, it will.

But not on WAP as we know it: it's too slow, screens are mono & small, &

transactions usually not available (see editorial, this month's Net Profit)


>

> Is WAP really the best application protocol for it ?


> Probably not. And certainly not on its own. Wait for Bluetooth to bring it

to

> life


>  How come WAP has not seen success in Europe as i-Mode in Japan so far ?


Bandwidth Bandwidth Bandwidth - UMTS (next year's network) is 200 times

faster

than gsm


regards


Will Rowan


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