Well-connected.
In December 1999, Hong Kong wireless-phone provider SmarTone launched a service that allows subscribers to log on to the Internet using their mobile phones. The service uses a technology known as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). Phones can connect directly to special online services designed f...
| Publicado en: | Far Eastern Economic Review Vol. 163; no. 1; pp. 107 - 108 |
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Review Publishing Company Ltd.
December 30 1999-January 6 2000
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