Mobile Internet

3G migration to high-speed, packet-based data creates the conditions for the mobile and Internet worlds to converge, providing mobile users with new opportunities to access Internet-based services and applications. This in turn will stimulate demand for high data rate connectivity as well as helping reduce subscriber management costs.

Making Internet accessible through mobile devices opens a huge new business opportunity. But because much of this information is freely available, the value provided by the operator is based on pinpointing what is relevant. For example, frequently used applications can be made easily accessible through personalised portal services, where the operator can advertise new services and attract users to test them. Location-specific data will prove to be even more useful in offering here-and-now relevance.Another key business area for operators will be providing secure access for employees to their own business Intranet. Operators providing services in this segment need high-capacity solutions with guaranteed service quality and security.

MOBILE MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING

The development of imaging and video technologies, together with the evolution of multimedia standards, creates the environment for new messaging services. Our multimedia messaging concept will provide users with new ways of communicating while operators gain additional service revenue opportunities. Soon images will enrich both voice calls and text messaging, allowing the user not only to “listen to what I say” but also to “see what I mean”. Messaging is similarly enhanced through images, music or video clips.

OPEN STANDARDS AND OPERATING SYSTEMS

The development of new content and application will be an important driver in 3G. That’s why we have strongly encouraged the establishment of open standards and operating systems for mobile terminals, as well as the foundation of third-party developer forums. Crucially we support three key technology platform building blocks that provide the foundations to translate the Mobile Information Society vision into commercial reality: WAP to provide access to Internet content and, ultimately, the development of Multimedia Messaging Services; Bluetooth to enable seamless interconnection with other electronic devices; and FPOC to create an open mobile operating system that stimulates the creation of third-party mass market applications.