The document discusses the mobile application ecosystem, including:
- More than 100 operators have deployed Java, with over 300 Java handset models and 250 million Java-enabled handsets.
- There are over 350,000 Java developers focused on mobile and over 1 million mobile Java developer toolkits downloaded.
- Global mobile downloads are over 15 million per month, worth $3.2 billion in 2003.
- Nokia has sold over 1.2 million cumulative Java licenses for its Macrospace Alpha Wing game.
- Standards are important for wider interoperability, ease of development, increased market opportunities, and more applications.
- Middleware represents the next big opportunity for the mobile marketplace.