Eurotechnology-Japan Report:

"L-mode - NTT's Telephone based Internet and Email Service"

Version 1.0 of July 29, 2002 approx. 100 pages, 10 Figures, 8 Photographs, 8 Tables, pdf-format, 1.7 Mbyte Single copy license: US$ 475 [BUY and DOWNLOAD] Full service corporate license

Summary

Sample pages

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• L-mode: concepts and basics
  L-mode = fixed telephone internet & email service
  L-mode concept (L-mode's origin)
  L-mode's origin: Minitel - since the 1980s
  L-mode: focus
  L-mode: business models
  L-mode concept - current implementation
  L-mode's current revenue model
  L-mode charges
  
• L-mode network technology
  L-mode network components
  L-mode protocol stack for web/content browsing
  L-mode protocol stack for mail
  HTTP/1.1 Characteristics for L-mode
  L-mode network components
  
• L-Mode Terminals
  L-mode terminals - design criteria
  L-mode terminals - functionality
  Panasonic VE-PV01L / DCP-560L
  Pioneer TF-LS700
  Panasonic UF-L3CL
  Panasonic UF-L3CL (view of top menu)
  Panasonic UF-L3CL (email input)
  Sharp UX-W70L
  NTT Denemon 710LC
  Characteristics of some recent L-mode telephones (table)
  Some recent L-mode telephones (table)
  Typical terminal funtionality (e.g. DCP-550L, P-730LD, P-750LD)
  L-mode functionality to Europe and USA
  
• L-mode at public IC card phones
  L-mode at public IC card pay phones
  functionality
  L-mode access at public IC-card pay phones (photograph with explanations)
  
• Japanese language entry
  Japanese language text entry demo
  
• L-mode content
  L-mode content types
  L-mode content types (table)
  page description language
  content production
  user agent
  terminal type encoding in user-agent
  
• The Official L-mode menu - L-mode as portal (taking i-mode as a model)
  The i-mode menu
  Costs to content provider
  Number of official L-mode sites (most are free)
  Number of L-mode menu sites according to channel status: July 1, 2002 (source: NTT)
  Selection standards for the L-mode menu list
  Fees for L-mode official content providers
  L-mode user experience (1) - Top Menu
  L-mode user experience (2) - Main Menu
  L-mode user experience (3) - L-menu list
  L-mode user experience (4) - Selectable menu list
  
• Non-official L-mode sites
  Non-official L-mode sites
  
• L-mode subscriber numbers and profile
  L-mode takes off much more slowly than i-mode did 3 years ago
  L-mode targets primarily the following subscribers
  Age profile of L-mode users
  L-mode users are older than I-mode users (comparing i-mode and L-mode user age profiles
  Analysis of L-mode user numbers and profile
  
• L-mode traffic
  Entertainment and weather forecast attract largest amount of L-mode access
  Analysis of L-mode traffic profiles
  L-mode traffic, some notes
• L-mail and S-mail
  L-mail and S-mail
  L-mail usage
  Junk mail (spam) - a substantial issue
  
• M-Commerce and m-transactions L-mode supports a range of m-commerce and m-transactions
  
• Location dependent services
  Location dependent services
  
• Advertising on L-mode
  Advertising on L-mode
  
• L-mode industry structure
  Major sectors of the L-mode industry
  A few outstanding examples of leaders in the i-mode industry
  
• L-mode trends and risks
  Trends and major issues
  J-Web by ODN by Japan Telecom
  J-Web's User Charges
  J-Web content channels
  Comparing J-web with L-mode
  J-web by Japan Telecom
  
• Developing content for L-mode
  Developing content for L-mode: General
  Developing content for L-mode: simplified HTML
  
• L-mode report summary

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Version 1.0 of July 29, 2002 approx. 100 pages, 10 Figures, 8 Photographs, 8 Tables, pdf-format, 1.7 Mbyte Single copy license: US$ 475 [BUY and DOWNLOAD] Full service corporate license