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To: Eric L who wrote (9962)	3/20/2001 8:58:40 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: J2ME Java for GSM mobiles from TTPCom >> Java comes to GSM Tony Dennis Total Telecom Las Vegas 21 March 2001 An elegant means of adding a Java capability to GSM phones has been announced at the CTIA Wireless 2001 show in Las Vegas by U.K. software house, TTPCom, which claims that this is the first such solution for GSM handsets. Steven Baker, the company's GPRS product manager, told Total Telecom that the new capability had enormous potential, particularly in the field of telematics and over GPRS. According to Baker, his company's software is "hardware agnostic," being capable of running on a wide range of baseband processors from the likes of Hitachi and Analog Devices. He expects to see Java-enabled handsets using TTPCom's software becoming available during Q4 2001. The company's clients include established handset players such as Panasonic and Siemens, but Baker feels that the solution will prove especially popular with Asian handset manufacturers such as Quanta, an existing client. Currently, Java applications are being run over CDMA handsets in Japan, but TTPCom believes this is the first real solution for GSM, GPRS and 3G. Baker described TTPCom's approach as "far less convoluted" than the CDMA alternative from Qualcomm, which requires an additional level of software (Brew) plus a Java virtual machine from Hewlett-Packard. With TTPCom's approach, Java applications can be both embedded into the handset at time of manufacture, or downloaded on demand from a mobile portal. Potential applications include interactive games, MP3, video and mobile e-commerce. However, Baker envisages its major advantage being in the telematics field, where it will be possible to interrogate and control vending machines remotely via GSM. "Java applications make a lot more sense over GPRS than they do in a circuit-switched environment," Baker added. "A new generation of Java, known as J2ME, has been standardized and released by the Java community to target mobile applications," commented Peter Whale, head of mobile applications at TTPCom. "The standard includes a new set of APIs designed for constrained wireless devices and consequently for the first time, a small memory footprint [Java] Virtual Machine is realizable." The company maintains is integrated software approach will offer handset manufacturers a fast time to market solution, while it will also enable network operators to introduce 'sticky' applications that can reduce customer churn. << - Eric -