... so which vines are withering?
Some more anti-withering: looks like Vodafone is putting additional
money into JPhone...
David Davies wrote:
>
> On Wed 9/19/2001 12:18 AM Gerhard Fasol Wrote:
>
> >> We recently have a pretty large number of US and European
> >> companies coming to us to help them build a participation here in
> >> Japan's mobile internet markets.
>
> Strong point Gerhard,
>
> >From our side we see two issues compelling companies to come here
>
> 1) The iMode model MIGHT be transportable to (and ultimately could
> dominate in) other markets, in which case anyone who aspires to be a
> player in world markets in the future needs to be in Japan now.
>
> 2) Even if the iMode model does not dominate elsewhere it is the only
> semi-mature market at this point in time. The additional 12-36 month of
> real market research, and development will give companies that are here
> an invaluable lead in other markets no matter what technology they
> ultimately get.
There is a third one:
3) you can make money.
Gerhard Fasol
http://www.eurotechnology.com/
>
> Either way, the leaders in this market will be miles ahead of
> competitors that wait and start out in the other markets.
>
> In many cases the companies setting up mobile solutions here are not
> expecting to get their model right for quite some time. Just as it took
> most of the ultimately successful companies on the Internet quite some
> time to refine their services and realize a profitable model so should
> we expect the mobile market to have some teething time.
>
> If we use realistic measures for the mobile market such as a comparison
> to the LAN/PDA/Digital Camera market (or choose any other you like) then
> it quite clear that all aspects of iMode and Japan's proprietary Mobile
> Internet are immensely successful given the early stage we are in.
>
>
> Regards,
> David Davies
> www.intadev.com <http://www.intadev.com>
>
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Received on Tue Sep 18 19:20:48 2001