ROUND
1: THE MARKET
The world of mobile data communication changes continuously. No longer
settling for acknowledgement paging or pre-defined messages, the market
today is shifting towards more value-added interactive services such
as interactive messaging, wireless e-mail, e-commerce and remote Internet
and Intranet access. The market for these services is growing at an
accelerating rate all over the world, already attracting hundreds of
thousands new subscribers in the US alone.
Built from the
start for two-way communications with capacity to handle
information intensive transactions, Mobitex™ is an excellent
choice for FLEX™ operators who wish to offer these value-added
services to its customers on a broad scale. Aside from the
horizontal market, Mobitex™ also provides the operator with
a powerful tool to offer customized services to vertical
high-revenue markets within the mobile data segment.
The mobile data
segment consists of point-of-sales applications for credit
card verification and barcode scanning, advanced mobile office
applications enabling staff working in the field to interact
with the Internet or the office mainframe computer, telemetry
applications used for monitoring and control of remote equipment,
public safety applications, tailored for police, fire and
rescue services, public transport applications and transport & delivery
applications used for fleet management and vehicle dispatch. |