Dog days of wireless data

摘要

Thomas Wheeler, president and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), did his best at the association's annual wireless trade show in Las Vegas in March to address the realities of the wireless data world. The wireless industry was struck with disappointment in 2000 with its experiences in wireless data. Take-up of wireless application protocol (WAP) handsets was significantly lower than expected, and the protocol was criticized for not being user-friendly enough. GPRS handsets are late and won't provide the high data speeds the industry had hyped last year. And content is not compelling enough, say critics.