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  • MWC 2010 : Interview with Albrecht Von der Recke, COO of fonYou

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we had the opportunity to talk to Albrecht Von der Recke COO of fonYou, a Spanish company that provides online telephony services.

    fonYou’s mission is to reinvent mobile telephony for the internet era, they have developed a service that allows you to have your phone on line.

    The service allows you to manage your contacts and mobile information on line like if it were an email account; it also allows you to record a specific message for your different contacts, so you can personalize your answering machine for when your mother, boss or friends call you.

    They were awarded the Audience Award at Barcelona in the Mobile Premier Awards in Innovation, be sure to keep an eye on this young company that aims to be a world leading pioneer.


  • MWC 2010: Interview with Toni Klinc from Mireo

    Mireo is a Croatian navigation company that was for the first time at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

    They were presenting their navigation solution “Don’t Panic”; it calculates a route of 3,000 km in less than 2 seconds and gives you directions according to landmarks which lessens the risk of getting lost and coming into a panic.

    They run on all known mobile platforms and also on PNDs, and are currently available on various countries in Easter Europe, South America, Middle East and Asia.

  • Frings Brings Video Calls to Nokia Symbian 9.3 Devices

    A few weeks ago Fring announced the release of the world’s first mobile internet video calls on Symbian S60 and iPhone/iPod touch.

    Yestarday the company said on its blog that also Nokia E72 & E75 (and all other Symbian 9.3) users can now video call with their friends on fring and Skype for free.

    Fring recommends that all Nokia S60 users download the latest version, as it contains some quality improvements, bug fixes and better connectivity in some specific scenarios.

    The new version for all Symbian S60 devices is available here.

    According to Fring, video calls now account for about 60% of all VoIP traffic in Western Europe.

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  • MWC 2010: Interview with Jonathan Dalton of Trade Wings

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we interviewed Jonathan Dalton, VP of Enterprise Sales at Trade Wings, the U.S.-based company with offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

    Trade Wings is a global reuse optimization technology, consulting and outsourcing partner to the world’s largest telecom OEMs and carriers. They transform cost centers into profit centers through a combination of market intelligence and visibility that extends the lifecycle and utilization of network assets across multi-vendor environments.

    At the Congress they announced the global availability of Trade Wings Re:, a sophisticated solution enabling Telecom executives to implement profitable reuse strategies that extend the lifecycle and utilization of excess and end-of-life network assets.


  • International Roaming for Free? Interview with Arif Reza, Director of WorldSIM

    At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Arif Reza, Director of WorldSIM, the company that was showcasing their Multi IMSI global roaming sim card.

    This revolutionery card enables travellers to use their mobile phone in over 200 countries worldwide and receive incoming calls for free in over 80 countries including the USA, all of Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

    In addition, it works in all unlocked GSM handsets and currently comes with 2 mobile phone numbers on the same sim card – a UK(+44) and a US(+1) mobile number allowing travellers to be contactable on either number wherever they are.

    The card is currently sold at all major UK airports and seaports as well as over 1,000 other travel and mobile retailers and travel ports globally.

    Arif claims that WorldSIM can save travellers up to 95% on their mobile phone bill. He says more local country numbers will be available soon as more international operators join hands with WorldSIM.


  • MVNO in a Box: Interview with Han Beukers, Senior Account Manager at COMSYS

    Comsys and I-New where together at the Mobile World Congress in their stand which represented a box, a reflection of the new product they have launched, a complete MVNO in a Box solution. The solution contains everything that a company needs to start its own MVNO or MVNE.

    It is a unique solution, highly flexible and designed according to the new Telco 2.0 definition. They are targeting operators or carriers and currently practically cover the whole world, Comsys through their European offices and I-New through their Africa, Middle East and Asia expansion.

  • WellDoc: Healthcare and Technology

    VIDEO INTERVIEW. WellDoc was a pleasant surprise at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, they are a US based Health Technology company that have developed mobile phone support for chronic diseases.

    They started in the area of diabetes and have developed expertise in other diseases, what they offer is a mobile phone interactive log that contains the patients medical history and a medical information that the patient updates regularly. The system contains tips on health care and coaches the patient on how best to proceed.

    For example if a diabetic decides to have a late breakfast, they can input their current sugar level into the phone, who in turn has a history of the patient in its system and can indicate which would be the best meal to have, 15 minutes latter it will remind the patient to have another check on blood sugar level.

    They have just finished a clinical trial at the University of Maryland, results will be published in summer 2010, and they are currently talking with various countries in order to adapt their technology to local needs.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Gil Regev of Fring

    Smartphone.Biz-News.com had a chat with Gil Regev, Marketing Communications Manager for Fring.

    Gil gave us a live demonstration connecting from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with the Fring Headquarters, the application works on all smartphones and is currently growing by half a million users every month.

    Since the video calling has been so successful they announced that they will be expanding it to 9.2 and 9.3 Symbian platforms. This year they will look to increase their deals with industry partners and work on making Fring even better and more exciting for users.

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  • Where Sport Meets Technology: Interview with Mette Lykke, Founder of Endomondo

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we bumped on to a young Danish company filled with energy and sportive spirits, Endomondo has developed a sports tracking application.

    The application works on phones with GPS and tracks your speed and distance covered in 20 different sports, from running and skiing, to hiking and cycling.

    It works on Symbian, Windows Mobile, Andriod and iPhone platforms and currently has 70,000 users mainly in the US, UK and Denmark.

    Mette Lykke one of the Co-Founders of Endomondo told us that they aim to have half a million users by the end of 2010, let the race begin!

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Gareth Mee of Myphonehas

    Your shopping experience goes social; this is the objective of this young company myphonehas a content and application store that has connected the world of retail with the world of social networks.

    Users can now share the items that they like or buy with their friends through social networks; it is a powerful recommendation tool which makes your shopping experience double the fun.

    We spoke with Gareth Mee at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, watch the interview to get a feel for how this young company may revolutionize your shopping experience.