In addition, Compaq will provide client access devices from PCs to wireless terminals as well as consulting services. Finland's Sonera has also taken a step beyond being an infrastructure provider in the ASP model. In April, the operator started renting Lotus and Microsoft applications. Despite the hurdles, telcos are finding their way in the ASP market. For everyone else, we'll just have to bear the hype until reality finally sets in.
Many people foresee a natural shakeout of ASPs over the next few months.
So, perhaps, enduring the hype won't go on for much longer. Michelle Petty Donegan, executive editor RSNo.