In fact as far as web and mobile service adoption goes minitel is =
usually
seen as something that held things back. Also most minitel usage occurs
during the working day when the company pays.
FYI Juergen, English living in Paris so not sure if I count
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Jon Dillon
Direction du D=E9veloppement Multim=E9dia
Agence France-Presse
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De la part de Sandin, Jessica
Envoy=E9 : Monday, May 12, 2003 3:06 PM
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Objet : (keitai-l) Re: i-mode subscribers numbers Q1 2003
Juergen,=3D20
If you look at the entire mobile data sector, rather than simply i-mode =
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isolation, the picture is quite different. France is well behind most =
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ean markets in mobile data adoption, so the Bouygues figures are quite =
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essive for that reason. Overall, though, the French market shows little =
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n of Minitel paving the way for mobile data. French operators are only =
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hing around 10% share of revenues from mobile data, while the German =
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re approaching 20%.=3D20
Jessica
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> From: Juergen Specht
> Reply To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 13:38 PM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: i-mode subscribers numbers Q1 2003
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> > You know, most of the reason that imode is so much more successful=20
> > has nothing to do with he minitel, but on solid work done by content =
> > owners=3D
and
> > Bouygues to get it right.
> > That's my view, anyway..
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> It's always good to have an opinion :) (and I value it).
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> But as old fashioned Minitel now sounds, it created a foundation for=20
>acceptance of these convenient online services. =3D20
> I remember visiting a friend in Paris sometimes in the 80ties (?)
> and he impressed me pretty much that he checked the cinema program,
> reserved some seats in a restaurant etc, just by clicking some
> buttons. Using Minitel was just "normal" for everybody.
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> So I always thought that France is the country where the acceptance
> will be greater than in Germany.
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> I follow some online discussions about i-mode in Germany and there are
> some supporters (who all miss some kind interconnectivity in one way
> or the other with their non i-mode friends) and some people who just
> hate i-mode. This goes all the way up to call it a "rice cooker
> service" and worse.
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> Anyway, I would like to hear the opinion of a French person living
> in France and preferable not working for Bouygues about the perception
> of i-mode users and if (just if) they see any relation to good ol'
> Minitel.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Juergen
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> Juergen Specht, CTO, Nooper.com - Mobile Services Inc., Tokyo, Japan
> i-mode & FOMA consulting, development, testing: http://nooper.co.jp
> Check Nooper, your little intelligent email buddy: http://nooper.com
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