Estimating business profitability of Semantic Web Services for Mobile Users

Abstract. This paper addresses the business of semantic based service delivery of advanced services for the mobile user, using roaming of location information as an example. Telecom networks provide voice and data connectivity in other countries, but advanced service roaming as e.g. location is not yet in place. This paper highlights the complexity of location services, indicating both technical and sociological challenges for this type of service, and proposes WSMO based semantic annotations as a possible way of overcoming existing limitations. The paper shows how our proposal is applied to a real use case seamless access to the Orange and Telenor location services. Based on the expe-riences gained the authors provide business expectations of semantic web services for the mobile user. 1