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European IT Forum: WAP Needs Lessons From I-mode
News Senior Research Analyst for Wireless and Mobile Telecommunications, Tim Sheedy, tells delegates that although the leading Japanese mobile telecommunications service has a lot to offer in terms of content and services, technical barriers will...
[September 12, 2000, 11:55]
European Firms Warm To WAP
News Speaking at the firm's Telecoms Forum in Rome yesterday, IDC analyst Tim Sheedy described those who write off m-commerce as "fools". Speaking at the conference, Sheedy rushed to the defence of WAP which, he said, has been the victim of unfair...
[February 27, 2001, 10:40]
Europe Not Ready For WAP
News People are already getting most of the services they want with SMS and the first WAP services are likely to be very similar," said IDC European Telecoms analyst Tim Sheedy. But far from cannibalising WAP's market, Sheedy reckons SMS services could...
[August 27, 1999, 17:07]
SMS Messaging Hits The Nine Billion Per Month Mark
News Tim Sheedy, wireless and mobile communications analyst at IDC, believes that the popularity of SMS is positive news for other wireless technologies such as WAP and UMTS. This shows that people are changing their view of what a mobile phone can be...
[October 5, 2000, 7:33]
Health Warnings On Mobiles Reach Impasse
News IDC senior analyst Tim Sheedy says mobile manufacturers could be "forced" to provide such safety information by a regulatory body such as the Consumer Association or Oftel if they refuse to comply. Sheedy says consumers need protection and it is...
[August 30, 2000, 6:19]
AOL Aims For Mobile Dominance
News Tim Sheedy, senior analyst with IDC believes that partnerships between technology companies and content providers are vital in driving the uptake of WAP services. Although the GSM Congress in Cannes last week was full of announcements from hardware...
[February 8, 2000, 6:09]
Nokia's Flat Q1 Warning Prompts Fears
News Tim Sheedy, senior telecoms analyst for IDC, believes growth in mobile phone sales will inevitably decline as the market runs short of first-time buyers. Sheedy explained that this makes an upgrade more unlikely.
[January 31, 2001, 7:03]
Pay-as-you-surf WAP Arrives, Cellnet Steals A First
News IDC senior analyst Tim Sheedy believes that a pre-pay WAP tariff is "crucial for driving for WAP into the mass market. Although it has not finalised its predictions for pre-pay versus contract packages, senior analyst Tim Sheedy points out that "in...
[April 3, 2000, 16:03]
3G: What's The Payoff?
News The cost of the licences is a bigger issue than people expected," says Tim Sheedy, senior mobile analyst with IDC. Human users could be a tiny percent of the total users on any sort of mobile network," says analyst Sheedy.
[August 23, 2000, 14:56]
3G Delays Will Cost Firms Millions
News Tim Sheedy said i-mode has in Japan. It will be as a business service that WAP's future is brightest suggests Sheedy. Sheedy is also confident that m-commerce, already being written off by some pundits, will come into its own.
[February 27, 2001, 13:20]
Jane Wakefield: A Broadband Chat From Rome
News Tim Sheedy, IDC's mobile analyst remains desperately optimistic about m-commerce, claiming that he for one would love to be able to pay his gas bill while on the bus -- but then Sheedy is obviously very much of the "glass is half full" school of...
[March 5, 2001, 8:03]
WAP Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down... Will It?
News Tim Sheedy, senior analyst at IDC, says SMS will continue to hold the fort, but only in the short term. Sheedy also believes that the vendors who pushed the WAP message did so with too much fervour, inevitably disappointing consumers.
[July 19, 2000, 10:38]
Portals Face A WAP Standards Mess
News Senior mobile analyst with IDC Europe, Tim Sheedy agrees that standardisation is a major problem for developers. Sheedy, however, says that the next version of WAP will put an end to these teething troubles.
[May 10, 2000, 14:32]
Prepay Explosion Highlights Need For WAP Handsets
News IDC senior analyst Tim Sheedy believes prepaid WAP handsets won't appear until mid-2001. Britain's obsession with prepaid mobile phones may hinder the take up of WAP services here, according to industry and analysts.
[February 22, 2000, 15:45]
Cellnet Launches Net Access On A Prepay Mobile Phone
News Cellnet's belief that the launch of a pre-pay tariff and handset will explode the WAP protocol is endorsed by IDC's Tim Sheedy, who reckons the prepay model is "crucial" for driving mass market uptake.
[March 9, 2000, 13:12]
Mobile Offers Dual WAP, HTML Browsing
News This is also the first mobile phone to offer support for location based services -- through support for Hewlett-Packard's Smart Location Server -- , predicted by senior IDC analyst Tim Sheedy to be one of the killer apps for mobile data services.
[February 2, 2000, 13:25]
Exclusive: 3G Could Aid Paedophiles, Experts Warn Pt II
News IDC's Sheedy is confident that children will be big on the 3G uptake. The Home Office confirmed that there is no government committee looking into the potential dangers of 3G. A spokesman said: "It's all in the pot, 3G is a new development.
[December 6, 2000, 10:14]
Geldof, Sky Boost WAP Choice
News Tim Sheedy, senior analyst with IDC, believes the entry of major content providers is "seriously important going forward". Bob Geldof's WapWorld, the UK's first commercial independent WAP portal, coupled with a content deal between Sky and BT...
[February 10, 2000, 6:09]
CeBIT 2000: Sony Targets Mobile Phone Replacement
News Tim Sheedy, senior analyst at IDC, agrees that with the technical infrastructure now in place, "content will be crucial" for success in the wireless world. On Friday at CeBIT, Sony launched its first Internet-enabled Wireless Application Protocol...
[February 25, 2000, 11:27]
3G: What Will 3G Mean To You?
News Tim Sheedy, telecommunications analyst at IDC, thinks that users will carry several Bluetooth gadgets wirelessly linked to a single 3G transmitter. Because the phones will always be connected, users can expect to be charged for the amount of data...
[August 23, 2000, 16:53]
