4 Chinese handset vendors develop taste for JIL

Rating: Connection with Wholesale Applications Community likely

Four Chinese handset manufacturers suddenly get excited about JIL (Joint Innovation Lab) compatibility. Could this have something to do with the earlier announcement that the Wholesale Applications Community is going to be heavily biased towards JIL and OMTP BONDI? Probably.

OMTP passes W3C’s 165 tests with BONDI

Rating: Demo widgets available on BONDI site
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform ( OMTP)  is pretty chuffed that its BONDI reference model is the first to be fully compliant with the W3C’s Widgets (1.0: Packaging and Configuration)  specification. It’s a big step towards cross-platform interoperable mobile phone widgets.
To reach compliance,  BONDI had to pass the165 mandatory [...]

Chat with Tim Haysom from OMTP on The LIMO Foundation supporting Bondi

I started off the chat with Tim Haysom today by pronouncing BONDI wrong. He corrected me and said, its like beach BONDI as mobile surfing should be fun in the sun like riding the wave.

I loved the simplicity of that and it set us up for a short chat on some new announcements today.
In short, [...]

BONDI initiative from OMTP to defragment mobile Internet

The OMTP (Open Mobile Terminal Platform) has two big announcements today. First, it it has released Version 1.0 of BONDI, it’s open mobile surfing initiative. Second, both LiMO and Opera have announced their support of the initiative.
The BONDI initiative is trying to make sure that mobile web apps can run on every mobile handset without [...]

OMTP Joins World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for Secure Mobile Internet

OMTP, the mobile operator sponsored organisation today announced that it has joined the W3C in order to further the work of its BONDI project, an initiative aimed at opening up access to mobile device functions securely, to web based services.

Following the announcement of the BONDI initiative, OMTP have joined the World Wide Web Consortium as [...]

Quick chat with Tim Haysom CMO OMTP on BONDI

A couple of days ago 3, AT&T, T-Mobile, Telenor, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and Vodafone launched a new initiative. This initiative was driven by the OMTP (all the operators are part of the OMTP) and is called BONDI.

What is it?
Rob wrote about it here – but in short it ensures quick development of mobile applications without [...]

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, [...]

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