The Relationship Between Mobile and Stationary eGovernment Applications and Environments: A Review

Working Paper #17 by Norm Archer, August 2006.

• Mobile government applications spread as wireless networks expanded.
• The paper compared stationary and mobile applications in government.
• Its model emphasized the transition to eGovernment.
• It described four functionalities: G2E, G2C, G2G and G2B.
• mGovernment characteristics and issues were outlined in detail.
• No real pattern emerged in suitability for mobile adaptation.
• Mobile solutions most likely benefit G2E and G2C the most.

Keywords: mobile eGovernment, maturity models, eGovernment functionalities, eGovernment transformation, mGovernment applications.