WIPI (; ), Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability, was a
middleware
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Middleware makes it easier for software developers to implement c ...
platform used in
South Korea
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that allowed mobile phones, regardless of manufacturer or carrier, to run applications. Much of WIPI was based on
Java
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, but it also included the ability to download and run compiled binary applications as well.
The specification was created by the Mobile Platform Special Subcommittee of the Korea Wireless Internet Standardization Forum (KWISF). The South Korean government declared that all cellular phones sold in that country include the WIPI platform to avoid inordinate competition between mobile companies, but the policy has been withdrawn from April 2009.
References
External links
WIPI Forum
Telecommunications in South Korea
Mobile phone standards
Mobile software
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