Tag: WAC

More app stores on the way thanks to IBM

Expect even more app stores to spring up over the next year as IBM have created a new app store in a box designed to make it easier for operators to compete with Apple, Android, RIM, Samsung etc What the world really needs like a hole in the head is yet another app store, so…

The WAC gets bigger, but where are the apps?

The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) announced nine more companies are joining its initiative to build applications that will work across multiple devices and multiple operators, but what we all want to know is where are the apps? The latest companies to join the initiative are Sony Ericsson, Sharp, Russian operator Vimpelcom, Aepona, Camber Tech, GClue,…

Opera joins the Wholesale Applications Community

Browser and widget builders Opera are joining the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC). For those of you who don’t know. The WAC is an alliance of the leading mobile operators such as China Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Vodafone and others, that works together to define, create and deploy a common mobile application platform. And Opera is the…