WAP-It's Benefits

With a market that is expected to reach 100 million WAP-enabled devices by the end of year 2000, WAP is poised to tap into this market of mobile consumers that are becoming more hungry to receive increased functionality and value-added services from their mobile devices. With a widely accepted open standard, WAP will generate the critical mass needed to open new product and marketing opportunities, drive down prices on quality devices, thus benefiting consumers. Because WAP is based on the internet, it can be used worldwide by an unlimited audience anytime anywhere.

It is critical that the subscribers are the ones that eventually benefit from using WAP based services. This is what drives the need to adapt a new technology.

With WAP, consumers will be able to benefit in the following ways:

Ability to have on-demand mobile access via wireless handsets to essential information and value-added services that is fast, efficient, convenient and easy to use.

The possibility of having personalized services that are offered by a wide pool of operators.

Many different form factors of devices to choose from, ranging from handphones, PDAs, mobile media players, to household equipment.

Some of the services that can be provided are:

Banking, Stock trading.

News, Up-to-date information, Geographic information, Navigation.

E-commerce, Ordering, Booking, Customer service.

Games, Entertainment, Teleservices, Gambling.

Mobile organizer, Internet email, Chat, Unified messaging.

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