As a founder and promoter of the Mobile Government field, mGCI has an impact on majority of mobile government developments in the world. Some particular examples may include the followings:
- Japan and Japanese mobile telecom providers commissioned mGCI to offer services in understanding impact of mobile technologies on citizens and how Japanese government can develop mobile government applicatio
ns and services that can run on mobile phones and that can use authentication. This constitutes 4 different projects that run for 5 years. The outcome of this project shaped the strategies of telecom operators and shed light on how Japanese government may use mobile phones to offer secure services to its citizens.
- Via significant interaction with Ministry of Transport and Communications and conferences on mobile government in Turkey, TURKSAT, a government agency, was able to launch mobile government portal in addition to eGovernment portal in a very short time and effectively.
- Singapore, Estonia and Korea as world leaders in mGov and others such as UK, Malaysia, Austria, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Rwanda, Germany, Spain (and many others) follow developments disseminated by mGCI via conferences and reports. mGCI has been initiating and supporting developments internationally through its activities and interactions.
- Particularly in mobile technologies and development but in general ICT and development field, mGCI is having an impact on how lives of citizens can be improved via access to information through projects supported by Bill and Melinda Gates foundation in 24 different developing countries where mGCI takes the lead for Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey by offering advisory services and research. mGCI can offer effective mGovernment strategy building services as it has been influential in mGovernment practice by supporting generation of mGovernment strategies, developing programs for policy and implementation in various countries, which offer leading mGov services to citizens in countries such as Japan, Estonia, Canada, UK and Turkey. mGCI also has a significant knowledge of how ICT can be used in general for development, gained by projects conducted in collaborations with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 24 developing countries primarily including Malaysia, Indonesia, and Turkey.
