Mobile Innovation and the Caribbean Internet Forum

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Mobile Innovation and the Caribbean Internet
Forum
Sixth Annual Caribbean Internet Forum The Mobile
Internet for Development Port of Spain October
29 31, 2008
Kim I. Mallalieu, PhD Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering The University of the
West Indies
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CIF 2008 Collaboration
CIF 2008 is a collaborative of its hosts
whose representatives (Kim Mallalieu of The MRP
(Telecommunications) programme of The University
of the West Indies Donnie De Freitas of the
Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority
and Nigel Cassimire of the Caribbean
Telecommunications Union) along with Derek Browne
of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery,
CRNM Diana Anius of the egovernment Unit of the
Ministry of St. Lucia and Courtney Jackson of the
CIF Forum comprise the CIF 2008 Organizing
Committee.
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CIF 2008 Collaborative

• CIF 2008 Working Groups have been exploring
  matters which will influence the implementation,
  uptake and impact of the Mobile Internet for
  Caribbean development
• Working Group themes are
• Innovations for the Mobile Internet
• Community Wireless Networks
• The Enabling Environment

• The Organizing Committee of CIF 2008 invites
  broad participation on continued work in these
  areas

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Mobile Innovation

• Global Interest
• Direct Returns
• Competitions
• Research

• Return
• Productivity
• Economic
• Social

• Opportunity
• Business innovations
• Application areas
• Development platforms and tools

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Enabling Environment
Returns
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Thank You