The total, from GSM Network operators O2, Orange , T-Mobile and Vodafone, takes the daily average to 47 million, more than doubling the daily average of 20 million for the same period last year. The MDA, allowing for seasonal differences, forecasts continued growth with WAP page impressions expected to reach a total of 13 billion for 2004. Every month the MDA will post the monthly WAP figures on its website www.text.it.

With Euro 2004 just around the corner, network operators will be offering a variety of services for football fans on the move with team progress and live score updates available via dedicated mini-sites. Also with the anticipated better weather, and the annual season of outdoor concerts about to begin, for the first time this year, BBC producers and presenters at Glastonbury will be taking and forwarding pictures via mobile to the BBC website. Pictures will be on-line in a few minutes backed up with WAP and a PDA service aimed at the home rather than festival audience.

The MDA's monthly Top 10 Chart of most popular ringtones downloaded across the four UK Network Operators shows some interesting new entries for April:-

1	**** It (I don't want you back)	Eamon
2	Yeah!	Usher feat. Lil John and Luda
3	Cha Cha Slide	DJ Casper
4	My Band	D12
5	Come With Me	Special D
6	In The Shadows	The Rasmus
7	Left Outside Alone	Anastasia
8	Toxic	Britney Spears
9	This Love	Maroon 5
10	The Exorcist	Film Theme

The MDA's WAP initiative is supported by a web site, www.text.it, which includes information on other forms of messaging. WAP information currently available on the site allows new users to learn more about services available to them including how and where they can configure their phones. The site will also provide users with regularly updated top ten mobile URL's and additional mobile services; and for those developing WAP services, there is a tips and style guide section.

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* WAP Page Impression definition as agreed by the four GSM Network operators

A WML file, or combination of WML files, sent to a valid USER as a result of that USER's request being received by the server. In effect, one request by a valid USER should result in one WAP IMPRESSION being claimed.