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)
>
> 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)