Mobile Web May Help Bridge the Digital Divide: Workshop Report

W3C has published a report from the Workshop on the Mobile Web in Developing Countries, held in Bangalore, India in December 2006. Workshop participants discussed the needs and challenges facing people in developing economies who use a mobile phone as the primary and often sole platform for accessing the Web. Participants included mobile handset manufacturers, browser developers, software companies, local Indian companies and universities, and organizations working on information technology projects in rural communities in India and Africa. The report presents their findings and proposed next steps. You are invited to join the public forum for discussions about the future: public-mwi-ec@w3.org (archive). Learn more about W3C's Mobile Web Initiative.