SANTA CRUZ, CA, May 26, 2004 - The new Spring 2004 Chinese Wireless Development Survey from market researcher, Evans Data Corporation, reveals the unique measures taken by Chinese wireless developers to secure wireless systems. The survey found that Chinese developers were most likely to use Digital signatures, 14%, WAP 2.0 security, 13%, and User authentication/Password protection, 11%, for security mechanisms.

Contrast those findings with the most likely security mechanisms to be used by developers in Evans’ Spring 2004 Worldwide Wireless Development Survey,: SSL connections, 14%, Public Key Infrastructure, 13% and Virtual Private Networks, 11%.

"Wireless development in China is following its own lead and this shows most clearly on the security front. As observed in our other studies of the region, security intrusions are more of a problem in China than any other area in the world. Chinese developers are coming up with their own standards, mechanisms and approaches to counter these attacks," said Brian Cooper, Director of Research at Evans Data Corporation. "Chinese wireless developer’s expectations for end user mobilizations are much higher compared to other wireless developers. With the largest wireless market in the world, Chinese developers are going to be very busy providing services to new users."

Other findings from the March 2004 survey of more than 600 developers in China working on wireless development:

• Chinese Wireless developers are almost 3 times more likely to have already released RFID technology than developers in Evans’ Spring 2004 Worldwide Wireless Development Survey and 56% of Chinese wireless developers expect to deploy RFID within the next two years compared to 36%.
• Developers in China working on wireless applications expect to mobilize more users sooner with almost 40% expecting to mobilize 1-10 end users in the next six months, compared to 20% of global wireless development. Further, 10% of Chinese wireless developers expect to mobilize more than 10,000 users within the next six months compared to 6% in the Wireless Development Survey.

Evans Data Corporation provides regularly updated IT industry market intelligence based on in-depth surveys of the global developer population. Evans' syndicated research includes surveys focused on developers in a wide variety of subjects.

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