The Wireless Applications Service Providers Association (WASPA) is a self-regulatory body for the wireless application industry in South Africa – and employs its Code of Conduct as the primary instrument in regulating the industry. The purpose of this qualitative study is to evaluate how effective the Code has been in regulating the behaviour of the wireless applications service providers in the country. The findings from the research study suggest that the WASPA Code has more weaknesses than strengths. A significant finding is that WASPA is viewed as a legitimate regulator of the WASP industry – and its Code enjoys wide support from the industry. However, there are some questions around the organisation and the Code‟s credibility in a number of important areas. Some of the more important negative findings include, amongst others, the following: WASPA might have been captured by the established players in the industry; the WASPA Code seems to have insufficient focus on business-to-business aggregators; and the WASPA regulatory regime must cover the network operators‟ VAS services in order to ensure more meaningful industry

ABSTRACT Recently, wireless terminal users that want to a gain various information from www have been increased rapidly. Already-existing HTML applications can be converted into WML (Wireless Markup Language) applications for user on WAP (Wireless application Protocol) enabled devices[10], yet this process is not as simple as the alteration of the markup tags. This paper investigates the problems associated with the conversion process by examining the conversion of a functional information system that would be of benefit to its users when access from remote locations is required. This paper derails a number of problems discovered with the conversion of complex HTML[5] documents into simplified WML documents[4]. The major problems of displaying tabulated data, hyperlinks, navigational aids and user input are discussed, and described with possible solutions presented. The paper concludes by raising the issue of ¡¥intelligent¡¦ automated HTML-to-WML conversion, a topic for future research.

Thesis (M.S. in Computer Science)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): George W. Dinolt, Gurminder Singh. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-78). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2009. / Full text also available online. Scroll down for electronic link.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004. Directed by Joy Laskar. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 65).

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Texas at Arlington, 2008.

Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2001

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, May 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-111).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Dallas, 2008. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-99)

yes / Recent advances in wireless technology have increased the number of mobile device users and given pace to the rapid development and deployment of e-commerce to the mobile user. This new type of e-commerce, conducting transactions via mobile terminals, is called mobile commerce (mcommerce). Due to its inherent characteristics such as ubiquity, personalization, flexibility, and dissemination, mobile commerce promises business unprecedented market potential, greater productivity and higher profitability. With this in mind, it is perhaps not surprising that mobile commerce is growing much faster than its fixed counterpart. Unlike e-commerce, m-commerce is more personalized and there is a need for a novel approach to evaluating m-commerce applications. This paper examines the issues in designing mcommerce applications not only from a technical viewpoint but also from the end users¿ perspective.