The OMTP BONDI initiative is addressing the problem that an application written for one phone must be rewritten again and again if it is to work on all phones. This is the mobile platform fragmentation problem. The cost to the mobile industry of this inefficiency is huge. It slows down time to market, limits market size and increases customer confusion; hence impedes uptake of services.
OMTP seeks to remedy this problem by helping to address the way in which the existing web 2.0 environment is moved onto mobile devices. Mobile devices offer new capabilities to web service developers which make them very desirable, but present new security issues. OMTP is defining the key interfaces that enable the mobile web platform to access sensitive functions on the mobile device. OMTP is defining appropriate security that will enable new services and create user trust.
By delivering high level requirements, draft specifications and a reference implementation, which will cement those requirements in a solid foundation, OMTP is seeking to provide a consistent, highly desirable, secure interface from web applications to billions of devices in the future.
Why BONDI? Because like the Australian beach, OMTP wants mobile customers to have the greatest surfing experience whilst making the experience as safe as possible. “It’s safe to surf”