Open Web Platform Progress Drives Expanding Industry Interest

W3C and its partners are creating an innovative Open Web Platform for application development. The platform has captured the attention of a great many industries that see the business opportunities enabled by its richness, universality, and interoperability across diverse devices. "W3C's Open Web Platform is emerging as the platform of choice for the delivery of services and the development of rich applications across a broader set of industries, including mobile, television, publishing, and advertising," said Dr. Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. As a result, nearly forty organizations from sixteen countries have joined W3C in the past twelve months, including these leaders in media, television, entertainment, gaming, telecommunications, device manufacturers, and social media: China Unicom, Comcast, Facebook, LG Electronics, NEC Corporation, Netflix, SanDisk, Sony, and Zynga. Read the full press release and testimonials from many of the recent Members.