The Power of M in billions of hands across South Asia: Enabling Mobile Innovations for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development R Chandrashekhar Mobile phones are surpassing all other media in terms of penetration in the region: television, radio, Internet, newspapers, magazines and landlines. Mobile platforms are becoming the natural choice for extending essential and innovative digital services…
Promoting excellence in mobile for masses Osama Manzar The mobile revolution has triumphed in South Asia, and now needs regular industry-driven peer-acknowledged awards to highlight the best successes and point the way towards even more benefits, thus the mBillionth Award. The mBillionth Award acknowledges South Asia as a key hub of the world’s mobile market…
The Power of M in billions of hands across South Asia: Osama Manzar As one would argue, putting together in shape a mobile expo which is as diversified and wider from this very first edition of the mBillionth Awards is a credibility issue. But with the valuable exhibitors and partners coming together to share innovations,…
ORGANISERS Digital Empowerment Foundation: www.defindia.net Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) is a Delhi based not-for-profit organization which attempts to find solutions for bridging the digital divide. It endeavours to offer and facilitate ICT and digital solutions to diverse groups in India’s rural areas. It aims to sensitize and provide knowledge inroads to government and corporates which…
Being part of the jury is a very interesting experience and because of which we are getting exposure to a lot of innovative applications and services, see what all is going on around South Asia. The awards ceremony is required to be focused on what is being done for digital divide inclusion, and what is…
Digital Zakat, a joint venture of Dhiraagu, a telecommunications provider in the Maldives and the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, facilitates the payment of zakat through a mobile phone. Zakat is the practice of charitable giving by Muslims based on accumulated wealth. It is very convenient even for someone who does not understand English since the…
The main objective of this ICT application conceptualized by the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department is to develop a system which aids in the organized monitoring of forests and wildlife, along with providing a repository for the collection, aggregation and storage of MIS and geo – spatial data through a computer based communication network. It is…
Aarogyam, a project begun in the state of Uttar Pradesh, is India's first end to end community based digital health mapping. Through this the citizens anywhere in India on any existing telecom network can access information with respect to their health profile. It is definitely a unique technological innovation aimed at improving the health of…
Students Health Information Tracking System was developed to fill in the gap witnessed in dissemination of information concerning students’ health. Aimed at providing better monitoring mechanism of the health of the school children, in increasing transparency and reviewing of the hygiene environment maintained at these residential institutes. The application is developed keeping in view of…
Jaroka tele-healthcare is an effort to provide healthcare to the underprivileged in the far flung areas of Pakistan. Using the service a community health worker can register a patient, report his/her symptoms, acquire diagnosis and even get trained. It is an SMS-based service and can be used in any place where mobile network is available.…