Margarita Strange

WBT: Can you share your operator and WAP Forum executive perspective on WAP 2.0? Mike Short: We're very excited about WAP 2.0, because XHTML and TCP/IP will bring more developers and more consistent standards to WAP. We need standards so users can receive content whenever and wherever they are. We also see a greater partnership developing between bodies such as the WAP Forum and IETF, and between the WAP Forum and the W3C, and perhaps operator bodies such as the GSM Association. WBT: One of the issues that has impacted negatively on WAP has been the perceived slow connection times. What are operators doing to improve this? Short: Most people don't buy a car based on speed alone. Yet, it certainly helps to have speed. The same applies in the mobile arena. Clearly it would be beneficial for a wireless content-oriented world to have richer graphics, and also faster spee... (more)