- the network of excellence on mobile business -

Objectives

The objective of the MB-net project was to investigate the business and commercial prospects of mobile applications and services with a view to formulating strategic roadmaps on a 5-year horizon (2003-2007). MB-net brings the leading academic and industry experts in mBusiness together in a collaborative forum, representing three inter-related dimensions of mobile applications and services: Technology Push, Market Pull, and Know-How Development.

The network aimed at:

• Systematically investigating the future of mBusiness by identifying research challenges, formulating policy recommendations, and providing strategic roadmaps on a 5-year horizon (2003-2007).
• Achieving the widest possible representation of stakeholders that will influence the future of mBusiness applications and services.
• Bringing industry and academia leaders in mBusiness from as many different countries as possible together in a collaborative environment to provide their individual expertise and excellence in a multidisciplinary and multinational setting.
• Providing feedback to industry, academia, and public policy bodies in order to structure the process of future mBusiness developments.

Results of the MB-net project are:

• The ‘mBusiness Application and Services Roadmap’ White Paper, which includes the identification of research challenges and actors, roadmaps on a five-year horizon, and associated implementation models.
• Extension of The Mobiforum collaborative platform, which is a renowned mBusiness portal that brings together experts from industry and academia, effectively presenting and disseminating the outcomes of the network.
• The establishment of a self-sustained network that will become a global point of reference for all research, strategic, and commercial aspects of mBusiness in the coming years.