Position paper submitted to
W3C Mobile Access Workshop
Tokyo, April 7-8, 1998

Ericsson is a world-leading supplier of equipment for telecommunications systems and related terminals. The company produces advanced systems and products for wired and mobile communications in public and private networks and has worldwide operations in more than 130 countries. Ericsson is one of the co-founders of the Wireless Application Protocol Forum.

It is Ericsson's belief that mobile access to the Internet will steadily increase in the near future, and will become ubiquitous with the advent of 3rd generation mobile systems. Ericsson is constantly working to find solutions that can provide Internet access to mobile subscribers. A standard that facilitates wireless access to Internet-based applications and that can account for the widely varying capabilities of present and future mobile terminals is clearly desired.