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Caselet Linkedwith Launches WAP Solutions

INKEDWITH India, a subsidiary of Linkwith GmbH, Germany, has announced the
launch of Tamino Mobile Office, its Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) based
Lsolution aimed at Indian corporates.
“Linkedwith has been developing turnkey solutions in India for the past two years. Now
we have decided to market our XML-based WAP server technologies, products and services
in India,” Dr Sushil Agarwal, CEO (Asia), Linkedwith, said.
The Tamino WAP server uses eXtensible Markup Language (XML) to connect existing data
to WAP applications enabling corporates to build intranets that can be accessed by
employees through cellular phones.
“The Mobile Office has been localised to suit the needs of Indian corporates and offers
features such as address book, email, calender, document manager and bookmarks,” Dr
Agarwal said.

“The solution can run across platforms including WindowsNT, Linux, Solaris, Unix and
AS400. It can also be upgraded to technologies like General Packet Radio Switch (GPRS)
and Universal Mobile Telephone System (UMTS),” Mr Kim Onneken, Chief Technology
Officer, Linkwith GmbH, said.
The company intends to distribute the solution through marketing alliances and hopes to
acquire 10 per cent market share within the next five years, Dr Agarwal said.

3.5 Summary

 An emulator is a program that runs on your computer that shows you how your document
will appear and function on a wireless device. It alleviates the need to buy half-dozen cell
phones to test your designs.

 Some popular WML emulators are Openwave Simulator (previously UP. Simulator)
,Microsoft Mobile Explorer Emulator, Nokia Toolkit, Ericsson WapIDE SDK, Motorola
Mobile ADK.

 Software developers kit include the <alt> Web SDK: WAP 1.2 Edition, ActiveXMS Mobile
Messaging SDK suite, WAR (Wireless Application Reader) browser and a set of WML and
WMLScript source code examples.
 The WapIDE SDK 2.0 is an Integrated Development Environment for developing WAP
Services. It consists of three main components: WAP Browser, Application Designer and
Server Toolset.
 Mobile Internet eXchange™ (MIX) platform enables mobile individuals to receive
necessary information through the communications device or user interface of their choice.
The MIX platform comprises servers, gateways, software applications and content. Plus,
the Mobile Application Development Kit (Mobile ADK) enables third-party developers
to create their own add-on voice and data solutions.

 The Nokia WAP Toolkit is a generic software tool that makes it easy for you to compose
and test your application software that will run on a Nokia WAP Server.
 Nokia Mobile Internet Toolkit provides developers with a realistic, PC-based testing and
simulation environment in which they can create WAP and other mobile Internet

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