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Telefonica and Orange are planning to integrate their developer offerings with the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) initiative. Both companies said that developers would be able to access WAC content via their respective developer platforms as soon as the initiative becomes fully commercialized next year.
Telefónica Europe’s Javier Lorente praised WAC saying that it is “happening at a faster-than-expected pace,” and that Telefonica was “actively involved” in driving the concept forward. He went on talking about the operator’s own portal (Movistar Developer Platform) and plans to roll it out across all of Telefonica’s markets. However, Javier also pointed out that some operator-specific APIs will take time to be WAC compliant, leaving it up to developer to decide whether it wants to work with the operator or via WAC.
Orange’s Jean-Luc Ottensen had similar comments to share, adding that they are working to integrate its Orange Partner Connect portal with WAC. “We will find a way to make all content from WAC available through Orange Partner Connect [in 2011],” Ottensen said.
Both operators pledged commitment to their own-branded apps storefronts…
[Via: MobileBusinessBriefing]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
