Leading Mobile Operators Collaborate to Enable Rich Mobile Web Services

A new group called BONDI has been created by a leading group of mobile operators who today unveiled the initiative.

BONDI will create a blueprint and roadmap for opening up mobile functionality to encourage the development of exciting mobile applications without compromising customer security.

From the press release: Supported by the OMTP members including 3 Group, AT&T, T-Mobile, Telenor, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and Vodafone, BONDI will provide a consistent and secure web services interface that can be used by all web developers across multiple device platforms. This will provide the
opportunity for web developers to address a mass market of consumers and to drive the use of data services on mobile.

BONDI will harmonise the various open and proprietary ongoing initiatives and this cooperative work will minimise the potential for technology fragmentation in this exciting area. BONDI, under the OMTP
umbrella, will contribute towards ongoing standardisation work to help create a new rich web experience for mobile while also ensuring an appropriate degree of protection that will maintain the current high level of trust by mobile phone users.

BONDI will expose key handset features to web developers to help them develop more function-rich, user friendly and relevant applications. The new handset software will be engineered in such a way as to prevent fraudulent and malicious activity through unauthorised access to functions or sensitive personal information.

Hank Kafka, vice president, Architecture for AT&T’s wireless unit said, “With a tradition of offering the most cutting-edge devices in the U.S.,the potential to deliver innovative new services to our customers is vast. AT&T is committed to offering the newest and best services, while also protecting our customers and the wireless experience.”

Christian Salbaing, Managing Director, 3 Group said “High speed mobile internet access has been a key component of 3’s flat rate mobile internet strategy. The development of smarter mobile devices and services is an important step in that strategy and BONDI is key in enabling this to operate across a wide variety of handsets. It also ensures we can provide the necessary security to protect our customers.”

Source: PRnewswire.

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