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Article: Opera browser simplifies wireless Internet.(Business)
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- RCR Wireless News
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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Byline: MIKE DANO
Jon Tetzchner wants to kill WAP. And he's not alone.
"It makes no sense to have two systems,'' said Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Internet browsing company Opera Software ASA.
Tetzchner is hoping to kill WAP by making it obsolete. He's got company-Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., Motorola Inc. and other major wireless players have rallied to the plan by installing the Opera browser into their high-end mobile phones.
Tetzchner explained that there are two versions of the Internet-one wireless and one wired. The wireless Internet is mainly written in the WML programming language and viewed ...