IP: WAP, Europe's Wireless Dud? [hate to say -- I told you so djf]

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8390-2000Sep14.html

>(9/15)
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>WAP, Europe's Wireless Dud? Nearly a year after WAP (Wireless Application 
>Protocol) hit European markets, the mobile Internet has been slow to catch 
>on. Although millions of WAP-enabled cell phones have been sold (or given 
>away by cellular networks eager for customers), relatively few use the 
>system. One German operator reported last month that its average WAP 
>customer uses the service less than a minute a 
>day. 
><http://smartbrief.rs88.net/servlet/click?lIDXBUEMHkILkFJplDNiLggDLKNEaEIJ_TCUY_X_LN_PHi_KNK_Pi>The 
>Washington Post (9/15) Thailand's Digital Phone Co. Ltd. Sees Loss 
>Widening 10-Fold On Phone 
>Giveaways 
><http://smartbrief.rs88.net/servlet/click?lIDXBUEMHkILkFJplDNiLggDLKNEaEIJ_TCUY_X_mopH_Kpn_shll_I.3d>Bloomberg 
>(9/15)