Government services through mobile phones (m- government services)

Kurzfassung

Estonian company is offering mobile services to public sector & non-profit organizations. These services include cost-effective mobile notification solutions in healthcare and an application that enables teachers to go online and send a group SMS to the parents very fast. They are interested in joint further development of m- government services. This co-operation can be in the form of the adaption of existing solutions to local needs or new developments of services that do not exist yet.

Details

Leading mobile services provider in the Baltic region is looking for the co-operation partners in the field of m- government services.

M-government allows to extend the reach of e-government and to provide government services in mobile phones. In most countries, mobile penetration exceeds Internet penetration, which enables government services to be reached by more people.

Estonian company is offering mobile services to local & central governments and other public sector & non-profit organizations. These services include cost-effective mobile notification solutions in healthcare and an application that enables teachers to go online and send a group SMS to the parents very fast.

They are interested in joint further development of m- government services. This co-operation can be in the form of the adaption of existing solutions to local needs or new developments of services that do not exist yet.

Innovative Aspects:
M-government services include both m-democracy services, which enhance the citizen participation in government, and m-administration services, which improve the efficiency of government agencies and quality of information provision to the citizens:

• Possibility to request information from government databases while on the move
• Use mobile devices for access to government portals
• Giving ideas and feedback to authorities through a mobile device
• Mobile voting and opinion polling
• Use of mobile applications by government officials working in the field
• Location-sensitive emergency and other time-critical public information to citizens via mobile phones
• Provision or request of traffic information and police information about runaway criminals and stolen cars
• Using mobile devices for communication in education and in health-care
• Mobile reminders about payment of fees and possibility to pay the fees with the mobile payment system