Message from the dotMobi Advisory Group Team

So far, June has been a great month for the dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG), its members and the dotMobi company. Highlights include:

• Library of Congress (www.loc.gov) joins MAG as Foundation Sponsor
• MAG and Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Industry Alliance announced to support common set of mobile advertising, mobile search and mobile commerce best practices
• MAG endorses recently published MMA Mobile Advertising Guidelines: (www.mmaglobal.com/mobileadvertising.pdf)
• MAG Mobile Email Task Force submits final recommendations to dotMobi for forthcoming dotMobi Email Style Guide
• Jostein Algroy joins MAG Executive Team as Business Development Manager

For the balance of June we will be advancing our task force initiatives and continue to recruit new members and industry alliances. Join the MAG today. Collaborate with our members, alliances and dotMobi to shape the future of the global mobile Internet economy.

Best regards,

Michael J. O’Farrell Chair and Interim Executive Director dotMobi Advisory Group

Wendy Holloway Association Manager dotMobi Advisory Group

http://advisorygroup.mobi

MAG Member News

dotMobi Advisory Group and Mobile Marketing Association Form Global Industry Alliance

Sold to the highest bidder…By mobile phone. Now you can participate in GoDaddy.com’s domain name auctions via cell phones

Mobile website builder, mobiSiteGalore launches version 2.0 with a slew of features

UK mobile content market set for boom

dotMobi News

Excitement over iPhone debut draws attention to .mobi domains

Bringing the web to cellphones – dotMobi CEO Neil Edwards talks to WSJ’s Jessica Vascellaro

dotMobi supports MMA’s Mobile Advertising Guidelines

A new first for Italy: Buongiorno launches mobile web site plus new corporate site

Amtrak launches .mobi site to provide even greater online access for passengers

Special Offer! Discount on the dotMobi Web Developer Certification Programme

25% discount for newsletter recipients!

50% discount for MAG Members!

As part of their commitment to providing education and tools to advance the mobile web community, dotMobi recently launched the world's first and only open source based mobile web developer certification. The programme provides professional web developers an opportunity to demonstrate their expertise and differentiate themselves in this emerging technology. The certification exam is based in part on the best practices of the W3C's Mobile Web Initiative, and is offered at Prometric testing centres around the world.

dotMobi is extending a special invitation to newsletter recipients. To receive a voucher code for a 25% discount to use during registration (current price is USD $195), simply email certification@mtld.mobi and mention the "MAG Newsletter" offer.  Please note that MAG member organisations are eligible for a 50% discount (please mention you are a MAG member). To learn more about the many benefits of dotMobi Mobile Web Developer Certification, please click here. Get started today; dotMobi uses their directory of certified developers to match client referrals! 

To take advantage of this offer, you must register with your voucher code no later than July 31, 2007.

.mobi Sites Live

There are now over 550,000+ .mobi domains registered world wide. Each week more .mobi domains go live with useful content. Grab your mobile phone, launch your browser and check out a few of the interesting sites featured on the dotMobi Showcase site.

http://alice.mobi

http://barclays.mobi

http://hilton.mobi

http://hivaidsinfo.mobi

http://helsinki.mobi

http://zinadoo.mobi

If you have a .mobi site you think might be of interest to our Member network, please email us at info@advisorygroup.mobi and let us know.

If you would like to submit your site to dotMobi for consideration as “Site of the Week” go to http://showcase.mtld.mobi/siteform/ and submit the details. All sites submitted for posting must be dotMobi-compliant and score 5 out of 5 on the Mobi Ready Report at http://ready.mobi.

Events

Visit the MAG Website for a complete and up-to-date list of MAG, dotMobi and Industry related events.

The next key industry event for the Domain Industry is the ICANN Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico at the end of June. The MAG will be in attendance and will host mini-sessions during the meeting. Visit our website for more information on MAG and dotMobi events at ICANN.

Upcoming events include:

ICANN 29^th International Public Meeting, San Juan Puerto Rico, 25-29 June 2007

Hear dotMobi VP of Technology James Pearce discuss “How Can we Most Effectively Use the Browser to Achieve Web 2.0-like Experiences and Services on Mobile?” at MAPOS USA, San Francisco – 26-27 June 2007

dotMobi Advisory Group Mobile Browsing Task Force Meeting and Educational Session – 11 July 2007 (Members only event)

Join the MAG

For more information on how to join the MAG, download the Membership Prospectus from the MAG website. There are four membership categories ranging from Foundation Sponsor to Observer member. To discuss your membership options, please contact MAG Association Manager, Wendy Holloway at wendy.holloway@advisorygroup.mobi who will be happy to provide you with more information on the MAG, current work being undertaken by MAG members and MAG membership.

Quote of the Month

“For Nubiq, the .mobi domain signifies a real shift in how the world views the mobile Internet. We are finally setting some standards and guidelines around how we develop for this space and how we can make it a better experience for the end user. Nubiq’s Zinadoo provides user’s with a free mobile website that is fully .mobi compliant and easy to use. We also give user’s a free .mobi domain name so they can become part of the .mobi community. It looks like this is the era for the mobile Internet and we are starting to see an open mobile Internet with lots of interesting and useful content."

Hélène Haughney Chief Executive Officer Nubiq Limited Web: www.nubiq.com Mobile Web: www.nubiq.mobi

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