Posted by Tore Storødegård on August 30, 1999 at 17:51:54:
In Reply to: Wireless E-commerce posted by Calvin Kowznofski on August 30, 1999 at 02:42:26:
: Hi, was wondering what the potential of wireless electronic commerce would be. Has it really caught on in the industry? Where can I find some resource?
: Thanks!
I expect mobile commerce to start growing within a couple of years.
I believe that WAP and GPRS will be the key enabling technologies for wireless commerce.
WAP is being introduced this year, and GPRS will come into operation into some networks next year.
There are still some missing links within WAP regarding wireless commerce, but I believe this will be improved next year.
With a growing base of WAP terminals, and better WAP commerce technologies, I believe that wireless commerce has a bright future.
While we are waiting for WAP solutions, you will see some solutions based on SIM Tool Kit.
SIM Tool Kit (STK) is based on the GSM SIM card.
The weekness of STK is to much operator controll, which will give a limited growth.
With WAP everyone can develop commerce solutions, giving a higher growth
One source of wireless commerce is the mobile commerce forum, http://global.mobilecommerce.com/, which was formed by Logica and Cellnet.
Beyond that, watch the wap development.