PQ BIT, a division of the PQ Africa group and sole distributor of Tibco Software locally, today announced that Tibco Software has joined the fast-growing Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum. As an international industry association, the WAP Forum is dedicated to bringing together companies from all segments of the wireless industry value chain to ensure product interoperability and growth of the wireless market.
Founded in 1997 with four members, the WAP Forum has grown to more than 200 members, representing over 95 percent of the global handset market, carriers with more than 100 million subscribers, leading infrastructure providers, software developers and other organizations providing solutions to the wireless industry. The forum will sponsor research, foster standards and work to educate the marketplace about the benefits of the evolving wireless industry. Tibco Software joined the WAP Forum at the Full Membership Level, emphasizing the company`s focus on e-business infrastructure for wireless portals.
"As the market for wireless solutions continues to evolve, it will be important to add structure and standards to the industry in order to realise the full potential and business benefits of these applications,`` says Wolfgang M"uller, managing director of PQ BIT. "Tibco Software looks forward to playing a key role in defining the `rules of engagement` for the wireless marketplace with other industry leaders.``
"By joining the WAP Forum, Tibco will have the opportunity to participate in driving the evolution of WAP and ultimately, the wireless industry,`` said Chuck Parrish, executive vice president of Phone.com and vice chairman of the WAP Forum. "Tibco`s real-time e-business infrastructure will be instrumental in accomplishing the forum`s goal of empowering mobile users with instant access to information and services.``
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PQ BIT
PQ BIT, a division of the PQ Africa group and local distributor of Tibco Software, is a leading provider of real-time infrastructure software for e-business. PQ BIT`s products and services enable computer applications and platforms to communicate efficiently across networks. The TIB/ActiveEnterprise product suite facilitates the distribution of information and integration of business processes by connecting applications to a network through patented technology called The Information Bus or TIB. TIB technology was first used to `digitise` Wall Street in the 1980s and has since been adopted in diverse industries, including manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, and electronic commerce. PQ BIT`s global client base includes Cisco, Yahoo!, NEC, 3Com, Sun Microsystems, SAP, Philips, AT&T, PageNet and AOL/Netscape. Visit the Web site on www.Tibco.com.
The WAP Forum
The WAP Forum is an industry association that has developed the de facto world standard for wireless information and telephony services on digital mobile phones and other wireless terminals. The WAP Forum`s mandate is to bring companies together from all segments of the wireless industry to ensure product interoperability and growth of the wireless market. The WAP Forum includes wireless industry leaders such as Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Microsoft. WAP Forum membership is open to all industry participants. For further details on the Forum and its members, please visit the Forum`s Web site at www.wapforum.org