What role will so-called WASPs and mobile portals play in new services?
Mobile portals provide an interface through which mobile users can access Internet content quickly and easily. Wireless ASPs (WASPs) provide access to centrally hosted applications such as mobile personnel man-agement software, e-mail or games. In addition to advertising and com-mission revenues, applications are targeted at individuals, many of them offered through portals. That is why Altea is extending the range of access to its services to in-clude both fixed and mobile devices. Applications will need to become “device-agnostic”, which means that they will be indistinguishable from their fixed counterparts in five years’ time. Altea will ensure that its cus-tomers benefit from all these technological developments. Mobile portals and WASPs today face certain technical challenges, but these will be solved in the future as networks and terminals improve and new standards are established. What makes Altea such a promising company? Both quality of service and technology. Altea’s busines
