At CeBIT 2001, there is little sign of a downturn in the technology industry - and almost no sign of last year's much-hyped telecoms star, Wireless Application Protocol.
Tech giants Motorola, Intel, Compaq Computer, Cisco Systems have put recent announcements of lay-offs and cost-cutting behind them to show up in force at the world's largest technology trade fair.
Like last year, the spotlight is on mobile Internet and devices. The big difference is that WAP is this year's dinosaur.
The most enthusiastic drivers of convergence of the Internet and the mobile phone - Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola - were trying to roll out mobile Internet on the WAP standard at last year's show.
Millions of dollars were poured into hyping up WAP, which has since failed to live up to expectations.
'Basically, the industry overpromised on WAP,' said Ronald Hsu, director in sales and marketing at InnoLabs, a Taiwan company focused on developing wireless products.