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WAP conference Stuart Newstead Head of Commercial Development, Data Services BT Cellnet 02 Nov 1999, London
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Mobile - the big picture tomorrow Internet enabled Seven times faster More mobiles than PCs on Web Mobile Commerce a reality by 2001 Helsinki already at 110% 15m mobile phones
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Mobile Internet Bring mobile comms to the Internet –GPRS Bring the Internet to mobile comms –mobile portal Bringing Internet content to the device –WAP,...
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GPRS - General Packet Radio System Cct Switched with Spoofing Packet switched (GPRS) GPRS only uses network resource when data is being sent or received
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A better mobile information experience More suited to Internet and Intranet worlds Faster More reliable You don’t pay for silence
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Mobile portal and ISP - www.genie.co.uk
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Who’ll use WAP services? Cross-industry (‘horizontal’) –‘vitals’ when out of the office Industry-specific (‘vertical’) –headline information specific to particular tasks Consumer –headline information of immediate relevance
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WAP without GPRS Available now (almost) Content well presented Connect and reconnect Long call setup Slow speed (or hog lots of channels) ‘Follow-on’ clicks become expensive
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WAP with GPRS Available soon Content well presented Always connected Fast setup Faster speed ‘Follow-on clicks’ central to the appeal
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A new industry is being created Mobile internet fixed data brand
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GPRS - when it’s coming Feb 99 - announce Motorola/Cisco summer 99 - lab trials now - network trials early 2000 - beta trials <1/2 2000 - commercial launch
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