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WAP service needs speed

INTERNET Telecoms executives say expanded wireless application protocol service will occur when Internet access for mobile phones is faster

By Dan Nystedt  /  STAFF REPORTER

To really get the wireless Web going in Taiwan, O'Konek said the bottom line is finding a way to please the kids.

"What we can learn from [Japanese mobile Internet powerhouse] NTT DoCoMo is ... that the devices will be youth driven. The Internet is driven by youth, so find out what they like and that is the key.

"In Japan, kids like to play computer games on their cellular phones, but will that work in Taiwan? I don't know, different culture. Japanese kids have long train rides to school, kids here don't."

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