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The “Mobile Phenomenon”


  • The Mobile industry is gaining huge momentum
    • we concentrate here on mobile phones and network aware PDA-s
  • Big business in Europe and Asia, with US catching up fast
    • present penetration: 80% in Europe, Japan, Korea, 50% in the US
  • Potentially huge number of users
    • 40 Million new users per year in China alone!
    • future: one PC per family, but one Mobile per person…
  • Question: what does W3C contribute to this environment?

Ivan Herman, W3C 13 (76)