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State of Wireless Technologies in the Philippines. FOCUS. Wireless applications developed for cellular phones, personal digital assistants, and other forms of devices. CELLULAR. 70 local fixed line local operators 5 cellular service providers in the Philippines
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FOCUS Wireless applications developed for cellular phones, personal digital assistants, and other forms of devices
CELLULAR • 70 local fixed line local operators • 5 cellular service providers in the Philippines Extelcom, Piltel, Globe, Smart, Nextel • Analog, CDMA, GSM phone services are available throughout the country
The country has around 15 million phone subscribers and 4 million fixed line subscribers
The Philippine wireless application developer community skills cover short messaging service (SMS or text messaging) Web, Unix and Microsoft-based for the wireless and fixed line, WAP, GPRS, Palm, IPAQ. Languages used are C++, Java, Visual Basic, J2ME, Brew, Symbian, among others.
Text messaging capital of the world
The Filipino Mobile Phone User 57% of our respondents are subscribed to Globe while 47% with Smart. 70% are prepaid subscribers. Smart is most popular to ages 24 and below. 82% of our respondents own a Nokia mobile phone with the 3310 model leading followed by the 3210. On the average, 20 text message are sent daily by our respondents with the 33 to 36 age group being most active.
Wireless applications Picture messages and ringtones • Information on demand • GamesHere are some examples of games:
Smart txtgames Text to Millions Smart Adventure Game Handy Pet and Virtual Friends • Entertainment • Media and community applications Globe campus bulletin SMART ICQ SMART B-My-Buddy Chat Smart I-chat
My Crush Smart Chat Lounge Instant Messenger Mobile Chat PinoyMail WebTxt Inq7.net’s YOU! Jobs Online • Mobile advertising and promotions Mobile Commerce
Location Based Services (LBS) Secure Me Track Me Smart Automatic Vehicle Location System • Corporate solutions and personal information manager
Smart Yahoo Mail StorIT Globe Photo Album Mobile Opinion B2BPriceNow.com SMART my TXT Site Mobile Banking Group Text Package Tracker
The current demand for wireless applications spurred a new area of focus for the software development sector. Some of the players in this area are:
ePLDT • Xurpas • Mobile-Arts • GiveMe Unlimited • Chikka • Webcast Technologies • Fluxion • Wolfpac • DFNN • Wireless Works • Sequel Solutions • Personalized Greetings • Asian Navigation Tracking Service • Softrigger Interactive • WebXtend • SpinWeb Inc. • stag Philippines • Icon Interactive