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Technology Stocks : InfoSpace (INSP): Where GNET went! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sarkie who wrote (25405)	2/27/2001 3:10:38 PM
From: Bosco	Respond to of 28311

Hi Sarkie & all - re: 3G in Europe. zdnet.com specifically, "Europe touted itself as leaders in wireless," says Steve Shivers, managing director at InfoSpace Europe, which provides Internet applications for Web sites and wireless operators. But Japan and the Far East are outpacing Europe in mobile Internet services. "While [European companies] have an advantage relative to the U.S., they are significantly behind in Web technologies." The initial rollout of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), a programming language that allows cell phones to access Internet-based information, has not been well-received in Europe. It promised a lot, analysts and industry officials say, but not much content has been delivered. My take is actually a bullish endorsement for INSP's multiple platform approach, since it does not pin its hope on the specific OS best, Bosco