At 17:50 30/01/2001 +0100, Paul at Ben wrote:
>This is my major concern with the recent announcement of DoCoMo, KPN & TIM.
>I don't believe that I-Mode technology as it is now will become succesful in
>Europe.
>There are hardly any GSM handsets supporting it, other network operators
>will be
>reluctant to install I-Mode Gateways, there is no content since nobody
>will create I-Mode sites when there already is a large WAP customer base,
>I-Mode technology has no added value compared to WAP (just for the record,
>I am convinced that at least some of the I-Mode business models have to be
>used!!!).
but Paul, you work for Ben, a telco in europe. you're on the inside track
to get such a policy adopted so that the telco is a partner with third
parties in content development and distribution.
otherwise, iMode (via KPN and TIM) will roll over WAP oriented operators.
IMHO.
alistair
nerve wireless
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Received on Tue Jan 30 20:46:37 2001