M-government

Mobile government, or mGovernment refers to collection of services as the strategic use of government services and applications which are only possible using cellular/mobile telephones, laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and wireless internet infrastructure. Mobile government, or mGovernment refers to collection of services as the strategic use of government services and applications which are only possible using cellular/mobile telephones, laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and wireless internet infrastructure. The world's first mGovernment work initiated by Professor Ibrahim Kushchu in Japan at the mGovLab - now grown into Mobile Government Consortium Int (mGCI) - offering services for the transformation to mGovernment. Proponents of mGovernment services argue it can help make public information and government services available 'anytime, anywhere' and that the ubiquity of these devices mandates their employment in government functions. An example of such beneficial use of mobile technologies would be the sending of a mass alert to registered citizens via short message service, or SMS, in the event of an emergency.