Focus brought together three experts in the field to find out where mobile is going now. The on-line and mobile work forces are converging and this is affecting all business and all marketplaces. The fact that the internet is the platform is irrelevant. It s merely a delivery medium. The opportunity involves making information available to those people who have mobility in a convenient, customized form.
Mobile internet is more than just accessing internet via a mobile phone.
One of the potential benefits that mobile internet brings is that services can be pushed. For example, a message can be automatically dispatched to the relevant person if inventory falls below a certain level. Or McDonald s can dispatch an advertising message if they know you re within 200 meters of a restaurant. Furthermore, with a banking portal behind it, as sophistication increases, more services can be added to the foundation. Tomorrow we will have GPRS, 3G and multimedia terminals.