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To: Eric L who wrote (8902)	1/22/2001 4:09:58 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 34857

re: Hypergrowth of wireless data (WAP) "WAP 2001 Update" Presented At "WAP RAP On Thursdays", January 2001 wapforum.org Interesting presentation on the status of WAP today. Includes highlights of WAP 2.0 (The Next Generation) ... Next generation of WAP will include: * XHTML (with backwards compatibility to WML) * TCP * Color graphics * Animation * Large file downloading * Location-smart services * Streaming media * Data synchronization with desktop PIM Other highlights: Global Snapshot * 139 carriers deployed or in final testing (Mobile Lifestreams) * Tens of thousands of developers creating apps and content (WAP Forum) * 10,000 WAP sites from 95 countries (Cellmania.com) * 5+ million WAP-readable pages (up from virtually zero in January 1999)(Pinpoint.com) * 50 million WAP-enabled handsets in circulation worldwide, including 20+ WAP-certified handset models (International Data Corp.) << WAP Forum Membership * 630+ Members - more than double in one year * Vendors of 99% of the world’s handsets * Carriers with 300+ million subscribers * Internet and wireless infrastructure makers * Software - billing, customer care, call management * Developers - content, applications, portals WAP Success IndicatorsToday * Europe: BT Cellnet now has 660,000 users - QUADRUPULED in six months * U.S. - Sprint has 1,000,000 wireless web users * Latin America: Brazil’s WAP subscriber uptake already surpassed expectations (Telesp Brazil) * WAP site popularity exploding: * Genie: 62.5 million hits in Dec. - 500% increase since Sept. * Digital Bridges game site has had 15 MILLION hits in six months WAP Success IndicatorsTomorrow * SMS started slowly - now 15 BILLION messages/month - a 5X growth in 2000 (GSMA) * Virtually every mobile phone will be WAP-enabled by EOY 2001 (IDC) * 61% of WAP users: satisfied with their WAP experience (Strand Consult) * 48% of WAP users: WAP is meeting expectations (Teleconomy) * 60,000 people shop using mobile phones every day (Ericsson) << - Eric -