Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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Email Example: i-mode Push with SMS
application
WSP
WTP
WDP
SMS
Operator sends an SMS containing a push message if a new email has arrived. If the user wants to read the
email, an HTTP get
follows with the email as response.
Popular
misconception:
WAP was a failure, i-mode is different
and a success –
wrong from a technology point of view, right from a business point of view…i-mode as a business
model:
- content providers
get >80%of the revenue. - independent of technology
(GSM/GPRS in Europe,
PDC-P in Japan – but also
UMTS!)