Presentation at W3C TPAC

1. GSMA IN W3C
& WEB AND MOBILE INTEREST GROUP
Natasha Rooney / @thisNatasha
Web Technologist / Web and Mobile Interest Group Co-chair

2. GSMA & W3C
OVERVIEW OF GSMA
Telecoms Association
Members
Technical Projects
Events: Mobile World Congress
Mobile Asia Expo, NFCMMS

3. GSMA & W3C
OVERVIEW OF GSMA:
TECHNICAL PROJECTS
Connected Living (Web of Things)
mCommerce
Future Communications
mIdentity
Security and Privacy

4. GSMA & W3C
OVERVIEW OF GSMA: STANDARDS
Billing
Fraud
Roaming
Interoperability

5. GSMA & W3C
OVERVIEW OF GSMA: PR STATEMENT
The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators
worldwide. Spanning more than 220 countries, the GSMA unites
nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators with 250 companies
in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device
makers, software companies, equipment providers and Internet
companies, as well as organisations in industry sectors such as
financial services, healthcare, media, transport and utilities. The
GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as Mobile
World Congress and Mobile Asia Expo.

6. GSMA & W3C
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
1. New 'Communication' APIs
2. New Cross Layer Technologies
3. Web as The Open Platform

7. GSMA & W3C
WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE
TOGETHER
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Highlight needs across industries
Support the work in W3C
Flag the impact to / impact on the Mobile Network
Open Ecosystem for Innovation and Business

8. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
HISTORY: COREMOB
Evolution of the Core Mobile Web Platform Community
Group
"...accelerate the adoption of the Mobile Web
as a compelling platform for the
development of modern mobile web
applications."

9. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
COREMOB GOALS
Agree on core features developers can depend on
Compile related conformance test suites
Provide use cases, scenarios, and other input

10. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
COREMOB REPORT

11. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
WEBMOB: GOALS
"...to accelerate the development of Web
technology so that it becomes a compelling
platform for mobile applications and the
obvious choice for cross platform
development."

12. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
WEBMOB: HOW
Helping other groups with their work on mobile
Continue to build the
Core Mobile Web Platform document
Contribute to Testing
Reviews of existing specifications
Identification of new features
Use cases and requirements

13. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
WEBMOB WORK: EXISTING REPORTS
Coremob Report
Closing the Gap
Web Standards Roadmap

14. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
WEBMOB: FOCUS TOPICS
Offline
Push
Scrolling
API Gap
UI Primitives
Payments
Home Screen Bookmarking
Permissions
Security
Developer tools
Diagnostics
Debugging

15. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
WEBMOB: CHAIRS
Natasha Rooney (GSMA)
Marcos Caceres (Mozilla)
Jo Rabin (Coremob Chair)

16. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
WEBMOB: PARTICIPANTS
Browser Vendors
Operators
Equipment Manufacturers
Universities
Research Institutions
Visit our homepage to find out how to participate:
http://www.w3.org/Mobile/IG/

17. WEB AND MOBILE
INTEREST GROUP
TPAC: FIRST MEETING
Date: Thur 14th & Friday 15th
Agenda: http://www.w3.org/wiki/Mobile/TPAC_Faceto-Face
Focus: Reports and Focus Topics
IRC: #webmob
Observers: Welcome

18. THANK-YOU
Please come see me with questions and comments about GSMA in W3C and Webmob.
@thisNatasha / GSMA.com / w3.org/Mobile/IG/