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Low ranking of countries in this recent report is mainly due to the cost that is very
expensive to deploy an infrastructure that is robust. It can also be the fact that e-
Government policies have not been successfully implemented as argued by the UN
(Nation, 2010a). Figure 2:4 show the e-Readiness level of Vanuatu since 2003.
Figure 2:4 Vanuatu e-Readiness scores from 2003 – 2010 (Nation, 2010a).
If Vanuatu is compared to the rest of the Oceania countries, it does not really show a
good picture as it was at an average position and if compared to New Zealand and
Australia there is a huge margin in the e-Readiness scores.
M-Readiness can be defined as the extent to which m-Services can be deployed. In fact,
this study is to investigate further the m-Readiness by using appropriate tools that
already exist. The tool used in this study was compiled using various sources such as
the study undertaken by Goldstuck (2003), and du Preez (2009). This will be explained
in detail in Sections 3.2 of m-Readiness.
We have now covered the concept of e-Government and the related e-readiness
assessment. The next section discusses m-Government aspects.
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