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| BONDI migrates into WAC |
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| OMTP Announces Winners of BONDI widget competition | ‘Green’ widget cycles into top spot and picks up $5000 First Prize
London, UK and MWC, Barcelona – February 14th 2010- The OMTP has today announced the winners of its BONDI widget competition. Seven winners in total were selected by a panel of mobile industry judges with the $5000 top prize being awarded to a bike sharing application, submitted by Italian developer Andrea Vitaletti, which informs the user of the nearest bike sharing location.
“We were very pleased by the creativity of the developers who entered our competition and were delighted to have submissions from all over the world,” said Tim Raby, Managing Director OMTP “The winning BONDI widgets were selected based upon their usability and functionality. Due to its truly open environment we look forward to seeing many more widgets being developed as BONDI continues to progress throughout 2010.”
The seven winning widgets are:
- Bike Sharing – Andrea Vitaletti , Italy - How far is the closest bike sharing station from my current position? How many bikes are there? A widget exploiting BONDI API, Google Maps and AJAX. It currently works on the bike sharing services in Rome, but it can be easily extended to support other locations and sharing services (e.g. car-sharing).
- Jogg-O-Mat – Christian Fuhrhop, Germany - Jogg-O-Mat can be used when jogging around laps.It determines when a lap has been completed and shows (for subsequent laps) whether the jogger is faster or slower than on the best, the last and an average lap.
- Geosurfer – Luka Schmidt, Germany - How far is it to the next surfing beach? How do I get there?
- Golf Buddy - Mark Colley, UK - This Widget uses a BONDI enabled handset to measure the distance of a golf shot.
- Combo Widget – Ravindra Dudda – India - A widget that uses many BONDI APIs such as messaging, calendar, contacts etc. to provide a basic phone user interface
- Zhiing - Michael Ayles – USA - zhiing Chat is a send-to-mobile / send-to-email widget. It enables the user to send their location to a phone or email address and have an IM-like conversation with existing zhiing users.
- Quiz - Richard Wilson - UK - Help Sir Quizalot rescue the fair maiden by answering the trivia questions correctly!
Winning widgets will be demoed by the OMTP during this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. If you would like to view some of the winning widgets or would like further information, please contact sarah@mustardpr.com to arrange a meeting or visit the BONDI website.
About OMTP
OMTP is a forum funded by companies from across the mobile handset value chain. Formed and backed by many of the largest global mobile operators, it was created with the aim of simplifying the customer experience of mobile data services through mobile terminal requirement recommendations. In 2008, OMTP developed and launched BONDI. BONDI provides a consistent and secure web services interface that can be used by all web developers across multiple device platforms. With BONDI reference implementations already in place, BONDI is encouraging the development of exciting mobile web applications and widgets without compromising customer security.
For further media information please visit:
http://www.omtp.org
http://bondi.omtp.org/
http://blog.omtpbondi.org
or contact: Sarah Bedwell/Andrew Durkin
MUSTARD PR
Tel. +44 1628 502601
E-mail: sarah@mustardpr.com/andrew@mustardpr.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/OMTP_BONDI
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| OMTP announces latest BONDI release 1.1 and new cross platform widgets |
London, UK, & MWC, Barcelona, 11 February 2010: OMTP is proud to announce the newest release of its BONDI terminal initiative which is gaining increasing industry support. Version 1.1 comes at a significant time in the evolution of BONDI with new announcements and demonstrations of implementations and applications across a range of platforms during Mobile World Congress 2010. BONDI device API specifications are designed to be used in conjunction with its security framework by any current and future application ecosystem.
In less than two years, BONDI has emerged as the application runtime for mobile devices. BONDI is supported by key operators and vendors around the world. It provides the opportunity for a real cross platform environment for the deployment of web based applications. Developers will benefit from attractive features and consistent terminal implementations, truly driving the development of web applications.
The final release of version 1.1 cements over six months of industry feedback on the previous version 1.01 and significantly improves the specifications to enable commercial implementations of BONDI to prosper during 2010. A key feature of the 1.1 release is its compliance to the W3C Widgets: Packaging and Compliance specification. The new version also improves the usability of the BONDI security mechanisms and provides enhancements to a range of the BONDI APIs. As a W3C member and sponsor of its Mobile Web initiative, OMTP has already submitted preliminary versions of BONDI into W3C.
Work within OMTP is already commencing on version 1.5 of BONDI which will introduce access to a new set of features to the online web development community. Developers in the future will have access to functions such as smartcard features, phone functionalities, sensors and Bluetooth connectivity. Version 1.5 is expected to have its candidate release in spring 2010.
“OMTP is delighted to be releasing version 1.1 of BONDI at this important time. This new release has taken much industry feedback to produce specifications and a reference implementation which become the new baseline for BONDI implementations.” said Tim Raby, Managing Director, OMTP. “We are constantly working on ways to develop the specification so that developers can truly benefit from further enhanced features and consistent environments, driving the creation and uptake of exciting mobile services.”
“With BONDI 1.1, OMTP has delivered consolidated pillars upon which mobile innovation can take place. We continue our commitment to promote pervasive advanced mobile services backed by open standards and collaborative initiatives thought the industry. In 2010 we invite more participants to join BONDI and to contribute to this mobile industry evolution” says Lucy Lombardi, Vice President International Groups and Standard at Telecom Italia.
"It is great to see that through the successful cooperation of operators, terminal vendors, application developers and industry organizations, BONDI version 1.1 has been released and already various vendors are working on implementations. We will remain highly committed as BONDI moves forward and welcome others to participate as well" states Arnd Gallmann, Senior Vice President Terminal Technology, at Deutsche Telekom.
“BONDI version 1.1 is enabling developers to create mass-market web applications that are device and platform agnostic. For consumers, this in turn means access to more content and services worldwide, in a secure manner, regardless of their device. BONDI has the potential to drive a consistent experience across multiple devices, including mobile phone and other computing devices.” said Kristin Rinne, Senior Vice-President, AT&T
“With the final release of BONDI 1.1, the mass market of mobile applications and services can be facilitated in a consistent and secure manner and draw increased operators attention and participation. KT is currently working on the development of a web platform based upon BONDI 1.1, which is expected to lead to an explosion in mobile data.” said Kyeong-Soo Lee, Executive Vice President of Convergence Wibro BU, KT.
-ENDS- About OMTP OMTP is a forum funded by companies from across the mobile phone value chain, set up with the aim of simplifying the customer experience of mobile data services. OMTP is the organization behind the successful BONDI initiative and is backed by many of the largest mobile operators, manufacturers and software providers. OMTP deliverables assist the whole mobile ecosystem to develop open and compatible mobile devices. For more information, visit www.omtp.org. For further information regarding the OMTP, please contact: Sarah Bedwell MUSTARD PR Tel. +44 1628 502601 E-mail: sarah@mustardpr.com | | |
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| Industry Recommendations Body, OMTP Announces New Affiliate Member Category |
London, 25 January 2010: The OMTP today announced the successful launch of its new Affiliate category with the signing of IT services company, Tieto, silicon company, SST and mobile application testing company, DeviceAnywhere. The new category enables affiliates to be a part of the recommendations body and to stay in close contact with its activities, including BONDI. The cost of affiliate membership is €600 per annum.
Tieto, SST, DeviceAnywhere and future affiliate members will be kept in regular contact with the activities of OMTP and will have their logos and details displayed on the OMTP website. They will also be able to use the OMTP and BONDI logos to help with their own marketing and promotions. In addition, affiliates will receive discounts to OMTP endorsed industry events, regular newsletters about the progress of OMTP activities and an invitation to a twice yearly OMTP affiliate conference via webinar.
Tim Raby, Managing Director, OMTP said, “OMTP have created our new affiliate level to encourage a new set of companies to be connected with the work we are doing and to give more opportunities to be involved. 2010 will be an exciting year for OMTP with BONDI going from strength to strength. We’re delighted to have signed up Tieto, SST and DeviceAnywhere and look forward to many more affiliates in the coming months and building up increased networking opportunities for those companies”
“We are proud to join OMTP as an affiliate because we recognize the importance of addressing the challenges of fragmentation and fully support the BONDI initiative. We hope that our expertise in mobile application testing will bring some additional insight and support to the organization,” said Faraz Syed, CEO and Co-founder of DeviceAnywhere."
"SST is proud to join OMTP as an affiliate to show our support for the BONDI initiative," said Jason Feinsmith, a Vice President at Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. "We have also been impressed with the BONDI team's execution of this project. While mobile browser User Interfaces are advancing extremely rapidly, the BONDI initiative will make web browser and widget based applications even better by complementing the UI with consistent and secure access to important native resources. BONDI is a secure, ubiquitous, and remarkably powerful platform which benefits the entire mobile industry, including the exciting activities of the GSMA Smart SIM project."
“As an industry leader, Tieto is committed to open standards in the mobile industry. With our deep experience and expertise in the mobile domain and end-to-end services, Tieto is well placed to help our customers and community developers innovate without sacrificing time-to-market. We see OMTP as an ideal forum for such innovation without further creating fragmentation.” said Mika Yletyinen, Head of Mobile Devices, Tieto
If you’d like any further information about the new affiliate category, please visit the OMTP website or email omtp@mustardpr.com
The OMTP will be attending the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Feb 14th - 17th) if you would like to arrange a media meeting, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
About OMTP
OMTP is a forum funded by companies from across the mobile phone value chain, set up with the aim of simplifying the customer experience of mobile data services. OMTP is backed by many of the largest mobile operators and serves the needs of every link in the mobile phone value chain by gathering and driving mobile terminal requirements. The group defines requirements that enable mobile devices to have a standardized application interface and consistent user experience across multiple devices. OMTP recommendations benefit carriers, content providers, middleware vendors and handset manufacturers to develop open and compatible mobile devices. For more information, visit http://www.omtp.org.
For further information regarding the OMTP, please contact:
Sarah Bedwell/Andrew Durkin
MUSTARD PR
Tel. +44 1628 502601
E-mail: sarah@mustardpr.com/andrew@mustardpr.com | | |
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| Launch of OMTP BONDI widget competition - First Prize $5000 |
OMTP are really pleased to announce that the BONDI widget competition is now open. You can find out exactly what to do by clicking here. We have a top prize of $5000 kindly donated by Qualcomm as the top prize and a number of handsets as alternative prizes.
The aim of the competition is simple. Create a widget using the tools, tutorials and examples on the BONDI website and upload it to the Competition widget gallery. We will have a panel of judges from across the industry who will meet in the week before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and choose the best widgets. These will then be demoed in all their glory on a number of great handsets at the event.
So, why would you want to enter and how can you justify your time?
- There are some good prizes to be won - not just the $5000!
- Winning widgets will be demonstrated on several key stands at the Mobile World Congress on a number of BONDI devices.
- Your logo can be widely seen by the vistors at the event.
- Winning widgets (with the developers name, logo and bio) will be promoted on the BONDI website.
- You get good publicity for yourself and your company.
There will be support provided if you get into difficulties.
So, get your thinking caps on and develop some great widgets. The competition closes on February 8th! | | |
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| Open Source BONDI Initiative Rides Wave into 2010 | Operators and Handset Manufacturers Work On Implementations For Release Early 2010
London, 16 December 2009: Following a hugely successful 2009 in which its BONDI initiative has made substantial progress, OMTP is set to enter 2010 with continuing innovation in its BONDI objectives, a new release 1.1 and the promise of commercial implementations being available throughout the year. In addition to this, the developer communities are already getting access to the SDKs and tools necessary to drive the creation of innovative BONDI widgets.
Following its recent public consultation, BONDI release 1.1 will be released in advance of Mobile World Congress 2010. With its strong compliance framework to avoid incompatibility problems, BONDI provides a complete open source solution for manufacturers wishing to include consistent and secure access to their device features.
Development of BONDI does not stop with the release of version 1.1. During 2010, BONDI will continue to evolve with the specification of new APIs addressing new trends such as sensors and security enablers that can enable m-payments.
Not only are the commercial implementations becoming available, but a host of support software is also emerging, with SDKs and other tools available to support the developer community in its drive to create BONDI widgets. The BONDI website (http://bondi.omtp.org) has recently been updated to include more help for new developers and a BONDI blog (http://blog.omtpbondi.org) has also been established to enable the community to stay updated on activities. During January 2010, OMTP will be holding a competition supported by many of its membership to get innovative widgets developed for demonstration at Mobile World Congress 2010.
The open nature of BONDI means that any vendor or service provider can include the proven specifications in their own implementations. During the 6th BONDI codefest event, developers from inside and outside the OMTP community came together with the aim of ensuring that the BONDI Reference Implementation maintains its high quality credentials. It is the first implementation to be fully compliant with the 165 mandatory tests available for the W3C Widgets 1.0: Packaging and Configuration specification.
“BONDI is not just a specification. BONDI is all about enabling new services on mobile devices. The complete package announced here of specification, implementations, compliance and developer tools will ensure that BONDI meets the needs of the whole community including end users and developers” said Tim Raby, MD of OMTP
"ACCESS has been a strong supporter of the BONDI initiative through our technical participation and by working to ensure that the overall BONDI model is architecturally consistent and easily usable by all players in the widget ecosystem," said Marcin Hanclik, director of engineering, ACCESS Systems Germany GmbH.
Ryu Koriyama, CEO of Aplix Corporation says "We are strongly supportive of the BONDI effort to create an industry standard, with openness and security as core architectural principles. Having been instrumental in the creation of the specification and RI, we look forward to successful deployment of commercial BONDI products in 2010, and the new generation of services that will be enabled as a result".
“BONDI version 1.1 is enabling developers to create mass-market web applications that are device and platform agnostic. For consumers, this in turn means access to more content and services worldwide, in a secure manner, regardless of their device. BONDI has the potential to drive a consistent experience across multiple devices, including mobile phone and other computing devices.” said Kristin Rinne, Senior Vice-President, AT&T
"It is great to see that through the successful cooperation of operators, terminal vendors, application developers and industry organizations, BONDI version 1.1 will be released soon and already various vendors are working on implementations. We will remain highly committed as BONDI moves forward and welcome others to participate as well" states Arnd Gallmann, Senior Vice President Terminal Technology, at Deutsche Telekom.
“Obigo Korea Co., supports the BONDI APIs in its commercialized developer tools and products. We look forward to the expansion of BONDI compliant commercial devices during 2010 and the strong growth in the development and market places of mobile widget.” said Hanchul Kim, VP, Global Marketing at Obigo Korea Co.
"Orange is pleased to support the OMTP BONDI initiative and welcomes the release of the BONDI 1.1 specifications", said Philippe Lucas, VP International standards and Industry Relationship; "As the number of richer mobile multimedia applications and services increase, it is only through industry collaboration that we can ensure our customers can enjoy these new experiences, securely and on a wide range of devices. Alignment between the different industry initiatives on this area such as W3C, OMTP BONDI is essential to the collective success of the industry".
“The OMTP's BONDI program promises to ease phone application development across terminal platforms. Now, BONDI v1.1's release provides Smart a clear implementation path for this strategy. We encourage other operators to embrace BONDI and collectively enable a global marketplace for phone services & applications” said Orlando B. Vea, Chief Wireless Adviser, Smart Communications
“With BONDI 1.1, OMTP has delivered consolidated pillars upon which mobile innovation can take place. We continue our commitment to promote pervasive advanced mobile services backed by open standards and collaborative initiatives thought the industry. In 2010 we invite more participants to join BONDI and to contribute to this mobile industry evolution” says Lucy Lombardi, Vice President International Groups and Standard at Telecom Italia.
Mats Svärdh, Director Terminals Products and Technology at Vodafone said: "We support the innovative element of the BONDI initiative. It is important for the mobile industry to provide early guidance to those who bring mobile widgets and web runtimes to market".
About OMTP
OMTP is a forum funded by companies from across the mobile phone value chain, set up with the aim of simplifying the customer experience of mobile data services. OMTP is backed by many of the largest mobile operators and serves the needs of every link in the mobile phone value chain by gathering and driving mobile terminal requirements. The group defines requirements that enable mobile devices to have a standardized application interface and consistent user experience across multiple devices. OMTP recommendations benefit carriers, content providers, middleware vendors and handset manufacturers to develop open and compatible mobile devices. For more information, visit http://www.omtp.org.
For further information regarding the OMTP, please contact:
Sarah Bedwell/Andrew Durkin
MUSTARD PR
Tel. +44 1628 502601
E-mail: sarah@mustardpr.com/andrew@mustardpr.com
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| BONDI 1.1 Candidate Release now available for public comment |
The 1.1 Candidate Release of OMTP’s BONDI project is now available for public comment. This release is available for 30 days (closes on 2/12/09), and comment is invited from any interested party. All comments will be considered by the working groups in the final phases before the Approved release is formally distributed. The Release may be accessed from http://bondi.omtp.org and comments may be made directly from links on that site
The BONDI project exists to accelerate the convergence of web and widget application technology onto a single standard. The core capabilities being developed within BONDI are a comprehensive set of JavaScript APIs that expose useful device capability to application developers, supported by a powerful security policy designed to protect user from application abuse. The BONDI definition is supported by and implemented by and Open Source reference implementation which is separately accessible. OMTP as an organisation actively participates in the relevant W3C working groups relevant to these areas.
Please contact Nick Allott from OMTP if you have any questions. | | |
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| OMTP announces the release of BONDI 1.01 |
London: 30th July 2009 - OMTP today announced release 1.01 of BONDI. This new release is a maintenance version of the Approved Release 1.0 which was announced at the beginning of June 2009.
The groundbreaking BONDI initiative from OMTP has succeeded in the past 12 months in generating a set of consistent web interfaces which can provide web applications and widgets with the ability to use features and capabilities on the mobile phone. The enabling of these features will greatly assist web developers in creating the innovative services of the future. As well as providing the developer with a consistent way of accessing these features, BONDI also provides the necessary security to protect users from abuse from malicious web based services.
With the release of version 1.01, OMTP has again demonstrated how rapidly it can update and improve the BONDI specifications. This new release makes minor corrections to the previous version and is a stepping stone in enabling real implementations on mobile devices towards the end of 2009. | | |
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| BONDI Approved Version 1.0 is released with commitment from operators and manufacturers |
London, UK, June 2nd 2009: Today’s announcement of the Approved Release 1.0 of BONDI from OMTP shows the continued evolution and maturity of the BONDI initiative. With a strong membership support for this new release, OMTP expects to see BONDI compliant devices in the market during 2010.
The BONDI initiative, which only started life in mid 2008, is driving a consistent set of web APIs with an underlying security model on mobile devices. This will enable web applications and widgets to access capabilities provided by the underlying platform and terminal (e.g. use of the camera, location or contact details) which will work across a wide range of different devices, platforms and operators. Developers will truly benefit from these enhanced features and consistent environments, driving availability of attractive applications which in turn will be of high value to consumers.
The BONDI 1.0 release comes at the same time as the approval of release 2.0 of the LiMo platform specification which includes support for the BONDI browser and runtime frameworks, meaning that LiMo R2 handsets with web runtimes will be able to support web applications and widgets that can be easily created with common web authoring tools.
“It is great to see that through the successful cooperation between operators, terminal vendors, application developers and industry organizations, BONDI 1.0 is now released and increasingly adopted. Providing more functionality for web applications as well as a security layer, and these consistently across platforms and devices, BONDI facilitates the whole value chain and will drive mobile usage. BONDI APIs are becoming an integral part of the T-Mobile Terminal Requirement Specifications and T-Mobile will remain committed as BONDI moves forward" states Arnd Gallmann, Senior Vice President Terminal Technology, at T-Mobile International.
“This is a first and extremely important step towards a world-wide common framework of mobile web 2.0 that will boost mobile innovation. Uncoupling the development of applications from the specifics of the devices will significantly boost innovation by enabling all customer segments to benefit from application innovation” – said Luca Tomassini, Telecom Italia’s Executive Vice President for Business Innovation - “The recent approval of BONDI 1.0 specification, that Telecom Italia has actively promoted and significantly contributed to, is a first and significant step in the direction of supporting the developing ecosystem”.
“Telefónica is excited that BONDI continues to make great progress towards commercial deployments, with the approval of BONDI Release 1.0 and its inclusion in Release 2.0 of the LiMo Platform” said Carlos Melendo, Director of Handsets and Smartcards at Telefónica Spain. “The work to deliver BONDI 1.0 has been a great example of how different companies can pull together to create something incredibly positive for our customers, for developers and for the industry as a whole”.
“The BONDI Approved Release 1.0 is the result of a large amount of effort by the OMTP Members and Participants together with the wider community through the use of an open source approach” said Tim Raby, Managing Director of OMTP. “This release provides a solid basis upon which we will see commercial implementations of BONDI on real devices in the coming year”.
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About OMTP
OMTP is a forum funded by companies from across the mobile phone value chain, set up with the aim of gathering and driving mobile terminal requirements to ensure consistent and secure implementations, thereby reducing fragmentation and simplifying the customer experience of mobile data services across mobile terminals. OMTP is backed by many of the largest mobile operators and has members from major hardware and software vendors. For more information, visit http://www.omtp.org and http://bondi.omtp.org.
For further information regarding the OMTP, please contact: Sarah Bedwell, MUSTARD PR, Tel. +44 1628 502601, E-mail: sarah@mustardpr.com | | |
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| BONDI 1.0 Public consultation reminder |
The public consultation phase for BONDI 1.0 Candidate Release closes on 09/03/09. Please give your feedback before then. | | |
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| BONDI INITIATIVE CONTINUES TO GROW - BONDI V1.0 launched, Opera Software joins OMTP and LiMo Foundation announces endorsement |
London, UK, 9th February 2009: The OMTP ( www.omtp.org) today announced the release of Version 1.0 of BONDI. At the same time it also announced the endorsement of the LiMo Foundation for the BONDI specifications and Opera Software as the newest OMTP Participant. The BONDI initiative continues to gain momentum as 2009 progresses. Its intent is to ensure that web applications can access native functionality on mobile handsets consistently across platforms and with the appropriate security to protect the user from malware. Version 1.0 of BONDI provides a detailed set of terminal requirements and specifications. It includes web based development, collaboration and specification tools, and downloadable components and Software Development Kits to facilitate developers and other stakeholders in further development. Its open source Reference Implementation provides a technical proof and allows for the first time anyone to contribute to the evolution of BONDI. ( http://bondi.omtp.org). In addition to the launch, OMTP announced that Opera Software, a leader in browser development, has joined OMTP as an Advisor member. With the participation of Opera Software, the BONDI initiative gains additional expertise from a company with experience in both the fixed and mobile web. “Opera software is pleased to be joining the OMTP BONDI initiative at this important time as version 1.0 is released.” said Charles McCathieNevile, Chief Standards Officer at Opera. “The ability to extend Web applications to better integrate with devices is a very important advance in the state of the technology, and we look forward to working with the BONDI initiative to deliver this to developers as a standard they can use to enhance services available today.” In addition, LiMo Foundation has announced their endorsement of BONDI and stated that it expects future LiMo handsets that use a web runtime will support the BONDI specification. This significant endorsement by a major platform provider supports the work which has been undertaken in OMTP over the past year. “LiMo is pleased to endorse the BONDI specification as part of our broader strategy to enable a rich and fully-functional mobile internet for consumers and developers alike,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of LiMo Foundation. The increasing numbers of supporters from across the mobile and Internet industries shows the growing belief in BONDI and its collaborative working. OMTP strongly encourages others to join as well, in the interest of realising consistency and security across the mobile web; the key goal of the BONDI initiative. "3 is committed to making the internet truly mobile for our customers. The OMTP BONDI initiative and the support from LiMo is a positive step toward 3's vision of applications running on all handsets regardless of the mobile operating system." said Nigel Field, General Manager, Devices and Applications, 3 Group. “The launch of BONDI 1.0 and the BONDI Open Source developer community are milestones towards a solution for true cross platform web based services capable of bringing web 2.0 to all customer segments as well as a mark of OMTP’s new position. Telecom Italia will support the project web developers also within the broader scope of the NEXT innovation programme” said Luca Tomassini, Senior Vice President Business Innovation, Telecom Italia. “Telefónica is excited that BONDI is coming to life and delivering real demos at Mobile World Congress”, said Vicente San Miguel, Telefónica CTO. “The endorsement of BONDI by the LiMo Foundation is a big step forward, and gives us opportunities to provide a compelling Web-Application experience for our customers”. Dr. Rüdiger Köster, Senior Vice President, Product Development at T-Mobile International stated: "BONDI is set to limit application fragmentation while at the same time increasing functionality. BONDI will enable developers to target their web applications and content at numerous device platforms and devices and will facilitate mobile usage. Its security layer will help drive successful adoption. As such, T-Mobile are pleased with the achievements and continuing growth of this very important initiative and remain fully committed." Guido Arnone, Director Terminals Technology at Vodafone said: “We appreciate BONDI’s timely specification delivery which naturally complements the LiMo Foundation’s secure interfaces for web applications. This initiative will help to ensure that customers, across a range of platforms, have a selection of compelling web applications to choose from.” Demonstrations of web applications using the BONDI interfaces will be shown during the Mobile World Congress 2009 (contact bondi@omtp.org for more information). -ENDS- About OMTP OMTP is a forum funded by companies from across the mobile phone value chain, set up with the aim of gathering and driving mobile terminal requirements to ensure consistent and secure implementations, thereby reducing fragmentation and simplifying the customer experience of mobile data services across mobile terminals. OMTP is backed by many of the largest mobile operators and has members from hardware and software vendors across the value chain. For more information, visit www.omtp.org. For further information regarding the OMTP, please contact: Sarah Bedwell MUSTARD PR Tel. +44 1628 502601 E-mail: sarah@mustardpr.com | | |
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