A leading group of mobile operators today unveiled a new initiative
to create a blueprint and roadmap for opening up mobile functionality
to encourage the development of exciting mobile applications without
compromising customer security. The new initiative will be known as
BONDI.
Supported by the OMTP members including 3 Group, AT&T, T-Mobile,
Telenor, Telefónica, 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 harmonize 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.