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Is i-Mode technology in direct competition with WAP technology?

April 26, 2017competition Technology WAP

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Is i-Mode technology in direct competition with WAP technology?

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Not exactly. While WAP and i-Mode both have different specifications, WAP specifications are being created so as to take in the i-Mode specifications. For example, WAP version 2.0 is expected to take on i-Mode specifications. Also, for now, i-Mode is being used mostly in Japan, although NTT DoCoMo hopes to move i-Mode service into Britain and the rest of Europe in the coming future. In doing so, NTT DoCoMo has begun to provide English content on their i-Mode cellular phones for foreigners living in Japan. i-Mode service in the United Kingdom is expected to launch later this month. Also, Logica has announced the release of m-WorldGate, which is a commercially available cHTML gateway due out at the end of 2000. M-WorldGate will allow operators outside of Japan to either complement their existing WAP strategies or to build new mobile Internet services based on cHTML.