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MDM no3 1998 QXP 3.32 a 1999-02-19 17.59 Sidan 1 mobile data3/98 •M A G A Z I N E• EFT/POS and Mobitex – a winning combination [10] Mobitex offers true two-way messaging [20] mobile data magazine 1 Canadians on the move [4] • Top-notch banking in Turkey [15] • Those innovative Koreans [18] MDM no3 1998 QXP 3.32 a 1999-02-19 17.59 Sidan 2 contents: no.3 1998 Publisher’s Note Canada: The pizzaman cometh The theme for this issue is wireless point-of- Cantel AT&T’s new AirPOS service is on its way [3] sale applications. Find out why this is becoming [16 ] to becoming the national standard and is being a cornerstone application for many operators used by a variety of merchants, including a with significant near-term growth potential. pizza delivery service. Mobile Data News Wireless innovations abound in Korea Cantel expands its network The Mobitex operator in Korea is developing [5] New Mobitex modem [18 ] innovative applications. WyndTell POS in Indonesia Mobitex goes for the moon Interactive messaging is a new market in which [20] operators are competing with vastly different technologies. Our technology review shows why Mobitex is the superior alternative for interactive messaging. Point-of-sales and Mobitex – Charting the wide world of terminals a winning combination More than a dozen manufacturers supply Our theme article for this issue explains why [24] terminals for the fast-growing wireless POS [10] Mobitex is the ideal technology for wireless POS segment. We contacted the suppliers to get the applications, which are expected to show strong facts on these important products. growth in coming years. Wanda Wave The Netherlands: No cash on delivery A visit to Turkey reveals that our roaming needed with Dutch service [27] reporter is a shopaholic. Can wireless The PTT Post Parcel Service chose Mobitex to messaging provide a cure when Wanda’s fingers [14] increase efficiency and improve customer are itching to take out her credit card? service. Turkey: Wireless point-of-sale spreading in Turkey Yapi Kredi Bank is installing 4,000 wireless POS [15 ] terminals which will increase the bank’s market share in merchant banking and improve service to card holders. PUBLISHER CONTRIBUTORS Mobile Data Magazine is Gunilla Rydberg Alan Sheats & published under Swedish Tel: +46 31 703 60 63 Eva Jonsson Wallin press law by Ericsson Mobile E-mail: POSTAL ADDRESS EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Data Design AB in cooperation [email protected] Ericsson Mobile Data Bugli Company AB with The Bugli Company. Design AB EDITORS LAYOUT The opinions expressed in S:t Sigfridsgatan 89 Ingrid Wallgren Henrik Kool Mobile Data Magazine are not S-412 66 Göteborg Tel: +46 31 703 64 40 necessarily those of Ericsson Sweden E-mail: PRINTED BY Mobile Data Design AB. [email protected] Alfredssons Offset AB E-MAIL Mobile Data Magazine is [email protected] Bollebygd, Sweden Henrik Kool distributed to the international INTERNET Tel: +46 31 703 63 72 PRE PRESS telecommunications community E-mail: CITAT AB, Gothenburg http://www.ericsson.se/ in more than 100 countries. mobitex [email protected] 2 mobile data magazine MDM no3 1998 QXP 3.32 a 1999-02-19 17.59 Sidan 3 PUBLISHER’S NOTE New wave of growth In Turkey, Yapi Kredi Bank is has been increasingly steadily for working with Mobitex operator many years, but users have lacked a for wireless data Mobicom to deploy a versatile truly convenient, plug-and-play continues to change. wireless POS service for merchants solution for wireless massaging. New market con- and consumers. In Canada, Cantel With the Interactive Paging service ditions and user AT&T has developed the AirPOS offered by BellSouth Wireless Data demands shape our service, which will be used by and similar services being launched world. Yesterday’s several of the country’s commercial by other Mobitex operators, such a killer app is finally banks. In the Netherlands, RAM solution is finally available at a very making prime Mobile Data operates the only affordable price. time. An appli- network approved for connection to cation once considered a sleeper is BeaNet, the national network for Mobitex technology continues to now a market opener. EFT/POS transactions. evolve. This is as it should be and Of course, Mobitex, the de facto These three case studies represent the primary reason why Mobitex is international standard for wireless only a small sample of the POS the leader in wireless data data, just gets better. Ericsson, applications currently in operation communications. operators in 22 countries around or now being deployed. In Europe, the world and a growing number of the Americas and Asia, Mobitex In light of this, we are very suppliers continue to advance the operators and their business pleased to be able to announce that technology. Some things never partners are finding that wireless Rogers Cantel, the first Mobitex change. POS is a key market segment with operator outside the Nordic region, significant growth potential. is expanding its network in Canada. Our theme for this issue is wire- As our article on wireless POS Due to Rogers Cantel’s dedication less POS (point-of-sale) appli- terminals shows, equipment manu- and expertise, combined with a high cations. For some time, this applica- facturers are also eager to take level of IT maturity in Canada, we tion segment has been regarded as advantage of this opportunity. We are certain that their expansion the next big thing in wireless data, have identified nearly a dozen project will be successful. Their yet various obstacles have pre- manufacturers of wireless POS investment also proves that vented wireless POS applications terminals for Mobitex and made Mobitex is truly a competitive from being deployed on a wide every effort to obtain information system when it comes to interactive scale. about their products for this issue messaging and POS. Today the pieces are finally in of Mobile Data Magazine. place. Mobitex operators and Despite our best efforts, we have terminal vendors are able to offer undoubtedly missed some products. financial institutions and merchants We offer our apologies to these turnkey solutions based on a highly vendors. Please send us your reliable and cost-efficient network product information, and we will service. Wireless POS is becoming do our best to rectify the omission. the cornerstone application in many markets, offering a business On another front, interactive case that illustrates the key benefits messaging is gaining ground. Of Gunilla Rydberg of Mobitex technology. course, e-mail and Internet usage mobile data magazine 3 MDM no3 1998 QXP 3.32 a 1999-02-19 17.59 Sidan 4 mobile data news Mobitex expands from coast to coast in Canada available nationwide. “IVI Checkmate has partners have the most effective sales made a significant investment in Mobitex- channels, the right technology and best-of- based POS products. Rogers Cantel’s clear class products. The demand is there and commitment to Mobitex on a national scale Rogers Cantel is well-positioned for it.” will ensure that we can provide our portable With this most recent expansion, Rogers Rogers Cantel has announced the POS terminals to more Canadians than ever Cantel will add enhanced Mobitex coverage ■ largest expansion of the Mobitex before,” says Barry Thomson, IVI Check- to Victoria, Vancouver lower mainland and network to date. Canadians in major urban mate’s president and CEO. the Fraser Valley, Edmonton, Winnipeg, centers from coast to coast will now have The growth of the Internet and the greater Montreal, Quebec City and Halifax, access to the dedicated packet-data explosion in the use of e-mail is indirectly thereby completing its coast-to-coast transmission capability of Mobitex. This driving the demand for two-way paging. The provision of service. This phase is major expansion of the network will demand for wireless e-mail access is very scheduled for completion by April 1999. complete phase two of the two-part Mobitex strong, but until recently, the technology build-out and will provide Mobitex coverage available has been expensive for end-users For more information: to over two-thirds of the Canadian and limited in terms of functionality. Now, Frank Maduri population. with RIM’s new Inter@ctive 950 two-way Cantel AT&T Frank Maduri, director of wireless data at pager, users can send and receive e-mail [email protected] Rogers Cantel, enthusiastically explains how wirelessly and continue to have access to Tel: +1416 935 7325 market and technology forces have basic paging functionality. Rogers Cantel converged and motivated this nationwide readily anticipates the likely upswing in investment. There has been a significant demand for Mobitex services among mobile increase in the demand for wireless data business professionals. services, particularly point-of-sale (POS) “We are committed to providing more New CD-ROM applications and two-way messaging. The mobile professionals in Canada with easy forthcoming technology has advanced and reached the and secure access to the full range of point where these services can finally be wireless services, including corporate e-mail Ericsson Mobile Data Design delivered in a user-friendly and cost-effective and LAN access,” comments Charles ■ announces the development of a manner. Hoffman, CEO of Rogers Cantel. “Canadians CD-ROM version of the Mobitex Interface Canadians are the world’s largest users of need to be productive and have access to Specifications (MIS). Until now, the debit cards on a per capita basis. The their computer networks, even when they company has distributed the MIS in the form availability of wireless hand-held POS are away from the workplace.