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The Mobile Web to bridge the Digital Divide

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The Mobile Web to bridge the Digital Divide

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Stéphane Boyera

http://www.w3.org/2007/04/sb_ist/all.htm

IST Africa Conference 2007

Maputo, Mozambique, May 10 2007

W3C: Leading the Web to its Full Potential

Founded by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee in 1994 ...

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  • From a Web of Documents ...
  • ... toward One Web:
    • of Data and Services
    • on Everything
    • for Everyone

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(Membership / Benefits / New "At a Glance" brochure)

W3C: History

Next Step: the Web for All

a child with a fake mobile phone
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ICT to sustain development

An Indian Monk with a mobile phone

A mean to support:

  • Gov. services
  • Education
  • Health
  • Banking
  • Communities services
  • Business
  • ...
(Photo Source: Der Spiegel)

How to deploy ICT?

Today: SMS Applications

sms based system to get the market price for goods
  • Successful Mobile Applications
    • Banking
    • NGOs-run SMS based system: e-gov, business (market poll), health, ...
  • But few problems:
    • Interoperability problems
    • Discoverability of services
    • limited interaction
    • costly/inappropriate infrastructure
    • no standardized development kit
(Photo Source: Vodafone)

Tomorrow?

Which Web?

The Web!

Roadmap

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Conclusion