I think I might have found the reason for the lack of killer applications in the communications industry. It is the lack of female staff in the industry. There you go. Bingo :)

I have never had problems with women talking Internet Protocol. In fact I have hardly ever felt the difference when being briefed by a female on technology aspects. And I am sure you boys and girls have no issues either. However the fact is that there is only about 10 to 15% female staff working at tech companies. There is a serious dearth of female talent in this industry.

What that means is that technology itself is lacking a critical input. You cannot hope to build the solutions and applications for all of us without having active input from nearly half of us.

If content providers cover more and more stuff that women do in communications industry, that might attract more female talent towards this important sector that is changing the way we live. We at iLocus are making a start today. We start the crusade with interviews with two ladies, living continents apart. Both CEOs, both founders and both enabling a similar revolutionary service: mobile VoIP. Christine is CEO and Co-Founder of Challenger Mobile and Rapelang is CEO of Yeigo. Rapelang’s interview will appear on the site tomorrow.