Mobile can change the way!!!

The mobile revolution is happening at a rapid speed. Different Mobile products change how people communicate and access Information; use it for entertainment and for services. In order to encourage and bring out the talents of new innovations in the mobile sector m-Billionth Award is a good opportunity. This is only for the South Asian Region and the Jury had the opportunity to view and experiment very innovative applications developed by the people in the region. It varied from individuals to big companies. The product quality was very impressive. This made it a difficult task to select few best from a category because lots of applications were so good.

The marvel of the mobile is that it is available with almost all the people not like a PC and people are now matured to handle it. Citizen services provided by the mobile phone in some countries are marvelous. the health sector, education sector, ecommerce & business sector and many other sectors has developed so many valuable applications that people can easily access via the mobile. Children can access information on their studies, rural women can easily learn and the mode of learning is fun that makes them grasp this technology. In the health sector also i experienced large number of innovative applications on the information, medication and care for the mother/child and on several illnesses. Since people now use the mobile to access the web and download applications mobile has become “the” most common form of communication media.

I value the South Asian mBillionth Award and hope that the most outstanding applications will be used in their respective countries (some are already in use for some years) and will make life easier for the citizens in the region.

I take this opportunity to wish all the winners a successful journey ahead with their innovations and Good luck to mBillionth organizers.

Indumini Kodikara
Project Manager at ICT Agency of Sri Lanka