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- Java
creator compares J2EEE with .NET
".Net
is a marketing program, J2EE is a Market," said
James Gosling, creator of Java. He added "Microsoft's
decision to drop the .NET brand proves that the market
and Microsoft never really knew what .NET stood for.
By contrast, the movement behind Java is community
and market driven, and continues to thrive and grow
proving that Java is the best platform for execution
of web services." Sun
ONE products continue to deliver Java Web Services
that are in operation today, making a difference to
businesses and communities worldwide. James opined,
".Net led a very public if somewhat questionable
life. No doubt it will be missed by some and while
others are awaiting the (again) delayed and renamed
Windows Server 2003, they will be able to turn to
Java for comfort."
- Indian
ICT market to surpass China
Gartner predicts that while China
will remain No. 1 in overall market size, the Indian
domestic market is expected to grow by 25 to 30 percent
and will be the fastest growing ICT (Information and
Communication Technologies) market in the world. Wireless
will be a key driver of continued growth in the Indian
Telecom market, though rationalization of licensing
regulations and interconnectivity policies will be
a strong factor affecting growth in the longer term.
Hardware unit growth in India will reach 10 percent,
making the country one of the fastest growing hardware
markets, in unit terms, worldwide. Gartner's predictions
for APAC in 2003 reveal that APAC (excluding Japan)
will lead the global IT recovery with sales of IT
and communications products and services almost doubling
from 5.8 percent in 2002 to a 10 percent growth rate
this year.
- Public
WLAN services in APAC
According
to Dataquest, public wireless LAN services are finally
picking up speed in APAC after two years of struggling
to get off the ground. In at least six major markets—Australia,
Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan—there
is a wider choice of operators, service coverage is
improving rapidly, and pricing has come down to realistic
levels. The service is currently led by incumbent
carriers, even though most of them are not first movers
in this sector. The main driver for service acceptance
is the improving service coverage. Pricing used to
be high as the service was initially aimed at corporate,
but it has come down to affordable levels in many
countries as the carriers are beginning to target
the mass market. Since the service is still in its
early days, the subscriber numbers and revenues are
still very small, and it's not clear whether it will
become a major revenue generator in the near term.
- IP
telephony in APAC
The
proliferation of VoIP services across Asia-Pacific
will increase as the telecommunications markets open
its doors to competitive service providers. According
to the latest report by a research and analysis company,
Frost & Sullivan, this move coupled with the increasing
differential between PSTN and VoIP tariffs will ignite
VoIP services to revenue growth rates exceeding 320
percent over the previous year. The services market
is expected to expand at a CAGR of about 90.5 percent,
reaching 243.17 billion minutes of traffic for the
year 2006; whilst the revenue CAGR being 77.1 percent
will touch $ 14.89 billion within the same period.
Deregulation has proved to be the biggest enabler
for the proliferation of the service, making Asia-Pacific
one of the fastest growing markets in the world for
IP Telephony services. Value-added services such as
VoIP over broadband, unified communications solutions
and voice portals would provide a possible revenue
stream and market niche for the smaller players.
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