The document summarizes the mobile ecosystem as having "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." The Good includes the mass adoption of smartphones and mobile internet access. The Bad involves issues like special interest groups blaming mobile providers for misuse. The Ugly consists of threats to privacy from data retention laws and government surveillance overreach. The document advocates focusing on enabling The Good while addressing The Bad and Ugly challenges through policy reform.

1. Brief view of “the mobile ecosystem”
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
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2. idea: as the mobile device becomes an increasingly
important internet device we also face some of the
challenges the internet is facing...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
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3. The Good
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4. The Good,
From Internet device for early adopters
to mass market device...
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5. The Good,
Within weeks after Trådløse Trondheim
(“almost” city wide wifi) launched in
September 2006, iPhone users made
30% of the connections to the wifi
network.
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6. The Good,
By the end of Q1 2009 there’s more
than 300.000 mobile broadband
subscribers in Norway
(6 out of 10 are non-business)
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7. The Good,
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8. The Good,
blogging
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9. The Good,
Facebook
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10. The Good,
Twitter
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11. The Good,
Evernote
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12. The Good,
the mobile device the = bringing the
cloud to mass market?
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13. the Bad
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14. the Bad
The Digital Dividend, it might actually
be wasted on (HD)TV!
(The Digital Dividend is a necessity for nationwide high speed mobile broadband)
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15. the Bad
Special interest groups pointing at
operators and solution providers as
responsible for users potential misuse.
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16. the Bad
“Spinning Jenny” & “The Red Flag Act”
(all over again...? the fear is of new technology is still alive & kicking...)
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17. and the Ugly
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18. and the Ugly
The Internet under attack = the mobile
ecosystem is under attack
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19. and the Ugly
France: HADOPI & LOPPSI2
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20. and the Ugly
FRA-Lagen, Sweden is dipping in to all
cross border traffic
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21. and the Ugly
Data Retention Directive
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22. and the Ugly
there’s hope, ugly can be cured...
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23. and the Ugly
Norwegian judge says live reporting
tools to efficient to be used from the
court room...
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24. and the Ugly
today: the ruling
is over ruled
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http://dt.no/article/20090622/NYHET/838965803/1063/NYHET

25. and the Ugly
A Norwegian law firm has a permit to do
private surveillance online.
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26. and the Ugly
today: the permit
is not renewed
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http://www.tu.no/it/article214828.ece

27. Be aware of “the Bad” and “the Ugly” while focusing on “the Good”
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28. We’re working on curing “the Bad” and “the Ugly” so you
can focus on creating “the Good”!
http://ikt-norge.no / torgeir.waterhouse@ikt-norge.no
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