VTT, Teamware, Nokia and Radiolinja launch 3G development project

date: April 18, 2002

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Teamware Group, Nokia and Radiolinja today announced that they have started a new research project on the mobile Internet. The goal of the two-year project is to develop a system which will utilise audio, video and location-based data and make normal fixed access www- pages accessible to 3G mobile devices. The project is financed by Tekes, the National Technology Agency of Finland.

The current project is a continuation of the development work that was started in 1999. The outcome of the initial project was a WAP-proxy that translates html language automatically into wml format, thus, enabling a user to access Internet pages with a WAP device. Now with the third generation of mobile phones and the new Internet document formats emerging, the service is being developed further.

The existing WAP-proxy will be enhanced to support the new xhtml format, suitable for multi-channel publishing, as well as the next WAP-generation, i.e. WAP2.0.

The enhanced proxy recognises the terminal that is being used and adapts the user interface accordingly. For example, images and graphics are automatically converted to fit the display of the device in question.

The aim is to further develop "push" services that will bring the required data to the user's mobile phone, for example at a certain time or location.

The project will include extensive field trials to study the adoption and usage of the new services. The pilot users will be chosen during May 2002.

Interaction counts in mobile environments The field trials of the initial WAP- proxy research project demonstrated that much of the use of the mobile services took place at home in the evening rather than on the move. However, most of existing mobile services are intended for users on the move. The results stress that mobile devices are above all personal communication devices, and therefore there was a clear need for personalised and interactive services enabling users to participate and communicate with others.

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