JuliannaLate last month the dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) signed an Industry Alliance Memorandum – a fancy term for agreement – to support one another’s initiatives.
Why is this significant? By signing, the CWTA – Canada’s authority on wireless issues, trends and developments – has agreed to promote the development of mobile Internet services using .mobi domain names, as well as related dotMobi ‘best practices’ for mobile browsing, content, email, commerce and advertising.
Since September last year, almost 600,000 .mobi domain names have been registered worldwide and Canada continues to be among the top ten countries developing sites for .mobi domains.
As representatives of Canada’s wireless community, including cellular and personal communication service providers, messaging, mobile radio, fixed wireless and mobile satellite carriers, as well as companies that develop products and services for mobile use, it will be interesting to see if the CWTA’s support leads to an increase in the use and development of dotMobi compliant websites.
More Information
Read the press release: dotMobi Advisory Group and Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association Form Mobile Internet Alliance
View recent examples of .mobi compliant websites
Facts and Figures about Wireless Use in Canada
- At the end of 2006, Canadian wireless phone subscribers numbered 18.5 million, representing a national wireless penetration rate of approximately 58%. Wireless subscribers in major urban centres has exceeded 70%, with some Canadian metropolitan areas approaching the 80%
- Two-thirds of Canadian households have access to a wireless phone
- Canadians send more than 18 million text messages daily
- 47% of all phone connections in Canada are wireless
Source: http://cwta.ca/