The best is still to come. We will list some examples of Wireless Services that will be available in the future. Some of these services are available already, but not widespread and not at a reasonable price.

Payment services:

• Pay parking fee. By calling a certain number when entering the garage, and when leaving, the parking fee is invoiced on your telephone bill.
• Pay for buying something from a beverage- or snacks-machine. In stead of using coins, you call the number on the machine; you get your Coca-Cola, and the amount will appear on your next telephone bill.
• In theory, you could also use the GSM telephone to pay for a phone call from a telephone box - but who want to do that?

Positioning services:

• Ask for the nearest restaurant. The mobile phone 'knows' in which area it is, and will show available restaurants in that area only.
• Ask for a mobile phones position on a web page. You can no longer call your partner and tell you are stuck in traffic if you are still in the office.

Messaging services:

• Messages from the office or from your pals can be redirected to your phone automatically.
• Subscribe on information. When the Cisco stock falls below USD 21, you can get a message to your phone automatically. Different so called push services will be available. 

Entertainment:

• Games. If you like to play snake on your Nokia today, you can use the infrared connection to play with someone else. It will be possible to play games with people who are far away.
• Chat services are available already but will be more user-friendly and cheaper.

There are pilot projects going on at this very moment in almost all of these areas. So the future is not so far away.

Success factors are first of all price, but also speed and user-friendliness. On the new WAP services available over GPRS or UMTS, the price for use must come down to what you pay for Internet connection at home. The difference today is that GSM traffic is 5 to 8 times more expensive then Internet traffic from your home or office.

So this is the future. No coins, no wires. Your mobile phone will be the credit card of the future. And, you can use your mobile to call someone, too.