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  • MWC 2010: Interview with Arif Shahab of Jabil

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Jabil, one of the world’s largest EMS companies, has provided snapshot of the future with breakthrough camera modules: Compact 5MP Autofocus Camera Module and the World’s First 2MP Reflowable Wafer-Level Camera.

    Smartphone.Biz.News.com spoke to Arif Shahab, Business Unit Director for Jabil, who gave us a short overview of the company and talked more about these two important breakthroughs in system-on-chip embedded camera technology.

    He also showed us other latest production of Jabil – the smallest (6mm hight) inventive projector engine for cellphones.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Ashis Sharma, VP of Marketing at Alvarion

    At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Ashis Sharma, VP of Marketing at Alvarion, the world’s leading provider of 4G WiMAX solutions that has more than 3.5 million wireless devices deployed around the globe

    Alvarion has showcased a broad range of 4G WiMAX end user devices (embedded WiMAX laptops, netbooks, a variety of USB dongles, MIDs, UMPCs and Mobile Hot Spots), end-to-end network solutions and innovative wireless applications, highlighting the collaboration with open network of partners.

    Through its OPEN WiMAX strategy, superior IP and OFDMA know-how, and ability to deploy full turnkey WiMAX projects, the company is shaping the new wireless broadband experience.


  • Volantis Enables Mobile Internet Access on More than 7,000 Devices

    Volantis announced that it has passed the milestone of 7,000 handsets for its mobile device information library, making it the most comprehensive device library available on the market.

    The HTC Legend, Samsung Wave and Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro are some of the most recently announced devices that have already been added to the Volantis device repository.

    The number of supported attributes and characteristics variables has also increased, from 650 up to 750 per device.

    Recent figures from the Volantis Mobile Internet Attitudes Report 2010 reveal that more than one in ten adults in the UK and the US are now accessing the mobile internet more than once a day, with another one in five accessing it at least monthly.

    With this level of adoption set only to increase, the appetite for mobile internet services that can react and adapt to the changing device landscape will result in significant opportunities for mobile operators in both the established and emerging markets.

    The Volantis mobile device information library is used by operators, systems integrators and developers to offer mobile internet and application experiences to consumers around the world, regardless of their handset or mobile device.

    According to the company, with the Volantis platform, developers can target a “next-generation user experience for high-end mobile devices,” whilst maintaining “best-fit experiences for lower tier and legacy devices without compromise.”

    For operators, this reduces exposure to commoditizing voice and SMS revenues by increasing data plan adoption from consumers across any device in their portfolio.

    "The mobile handset market has been greatly impacted by the recent surge in popularity of smartphones," commented Mark Watson, CEO of Volantis.

    "As a result, operators and content providers have to adapt and future-proof their service offerings for subscribers and keep pace with the speed with which these high-end, increasingly complex devices are launched," he added.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Christian Nyborg from MasMovil

    At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we met with Christian Nyborg from MasMovil, a low cost Spanish mobile operator currently working with 100,000 clients.

    They came into the market two years ago, competing with big operators like Movistar, Orange or Vodafone but charging half the price.

    Christian tells us how the European Commission has said that Spain has the highest tariffs for mobile telephony services in the world, with the financial crisis consumers have shifted their spending habits and are now looking for ways to save money and maintain their quality standards.

    The company is indeed seeing a shift in Spanish consumer trends and hopes to be seeing a major change in the Spanish mobile market in the next years.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Jordi Serra, Director for Ubiqua

    The Spanish pavilion at the Mobile World Congress held some of the most innovative companies of the country, in this case we met with Jordi Serra, Director for Ubiqua a Barcelona based company. They are a mobile marketing agency and a tools developer specialist.

    At the congress they showed us their latest tool that has been licensing since last year, an online mobile web developer; a very easy to use tool which allows users to create their own mobile web in a question of minutes.


  • MWC 2010: Interview with Colin Shave, Head of Sales for Alert Me

    The UK Trade & Investment office had a stand that hosted eight very innovative companies at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week.

    We had the chance to talk to Colin Shave, Head of Sales for Alert Me a three year old company based in Cambridge. They provide smart energy solutions which help you monitor your energy consumption at home, therefore helping consumers reduce their bills and their carbon footprint.

    Their technology allows consumers to monitor their home energy consumption and control it from anywhere in the world, all they need is a smart device with web browsing capability. They have been awarded numerous awards for their innovative and pro environment technology.


  • GSMA Announced Winners of the 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards

    The GSMA announced the winners of the coveted Global Mobile Awards at the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

    This year the new two-part format comprised an afternoon awards presentation hosted by writer, actor and self-confessed technophile Stephen Fry, followed by an evening celebration party where winners were entertained with a showcase set from Duran Duran.

    “A remarkable 500 entries from across the global mobile ecosystem were submitted this year, all of an extremely high calibre, and the winners should be incredibly proud of their achievements,” said Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board, GSMA.

    “The demand for new ways to use mobile technology continues to evolve and accelerate at a breathtaking speed, and it is genuinely inspiring to see such inventive thinking and exciting ideas showcased at Mobile World Congress.”

    THE 2010 GLOBAL MOBILE AWARD WINNERS:

    Best Mobile Game
    Winner: Iricom – The Last City – Fight For Your Life!

    Best Mobile Music Service
    Winner: Odyssey Music Group – Deezer

    Best Mobile Advertising or Marketing
    Winner: CLANMO GmbH and OgilvyOne – The IKEA PS Mobile Interior Planning Tool

    Best Mobile TV Service
    Winner: CBS Mobile – TV.COM

    Best Mobile Location Based Advertising Campaign
    Winner: R/GA – Nokia viNe

    Best Mobile Enterprise Product or Service
    Winner: Research In Motion – BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5.0

    Best Mobile Internet Service
    Winner: adaffix Gmbh – YELLIX

    Best Mobile Money Service
    Winner: Safaricom – M-PESA (bulk payment & utility bill) extension to service

    Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development
    Winner: Grameen Foundation, MTN Uganda, and Google – The Grameen Foundation Application Laboratory (AppLab)

    Best Mobile Money for the Unbanked Service
    Winner: Zain Bahrain B.S.C – ZAP

    The Green Mobile Award for Best Green Programme, Product or Initiative
    Winner: VNL – VNL’s solar-powered GSM base station
    (watch our interview with Rajiv Mehrotra, VNL’s CEO)

    Green Network Award
    Winner: Mocambique Celular S.A.R.L (mcel) – Eco Naturalmente (Naturally Thinking Green)

    Best Network Technology Advance
    Winner: SkyCross Inc – SkyCross iMAT (isolated mode antenna technology) Antennas

    Best Service Delivery Platform
    Winner: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd – Huawei SDP solution

    Best Billing & Customer Care Solution
    Winner: Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) – You Individual Optimal Tariff Plan

    Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough
    Winner: Orange – Mobile High Definition (HD) Voice

    Best Mobile Handset or Device
    Winner: HTC – HTC Hero

    Best Mobile Connected Device (non-handsets)
    Winner: Novatel Wireless Inc. – MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot

    Government Leadership Award
    Winner: Kenya

    GSMA Chairman’s Award
    Winner: Carl-Henric Svanberg, Former CEO of Ericsson and currently Chairman BP

    Mobile Industry Personality of the Year as Voted for by the Media
    Winner: Steve Jobs, Co-Founder and CEO Apple

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Rajiv Mehrotra, CEO of VNL

    Among the winners of the 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards is VNL, an India-based company that won Green Mobile Award for Best Green Programme Product or Initiative.

    The judges stated that selection was made based on the sheer number of people who’s lives could be changed through deployment of VNL’s technology.

    “This is a real breakthrough, with potential, huge impact for billions of people in rural villages. It could have significant impact in allowing rural communities to have access to affordable mobile communications,” they said.

    We spoke to Rajiv Mehrotra, Founder, Chairman & CEO of VNL just before the Awards have been announced.

    He talked about VNL’s zero-opex solar-powered WorldGSM base station developed specifically for use in rural areas where people have less than US$2 a month to spend on their phone bills.

    Watch the interview with the CEO of VNL that is the first and only company to have found a way of building sustainable telephone networks for the three billion people (half the world’s population) who live in rural areas not covered by a mobile network.

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  • MWC 2010: Interview with Bobby Cha, Managing Director for Inbrics

    During the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona we met with Bobby Cha, Managing Director for Inbrics, a Korean based company that is opening up to the world this year.

    CIS was their introduction to the US market and the MWC to the European market. They have come strong with two star products the Mobile Internet Device (MID) and the SOIP Home Station, both very exciting products that carriers and operators cannot wait to get their hands on.

    We shall be seeing them in the market latter on this year, watch this video interview to get a feeling of how this small Korean company is swiftly and firmly placing a foot on either side of the Atlantic.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Sami Niemi, CTO of Scalado

    Sami Niemi, Co-Founder and CTO of Scalado has taken time from his busy Mobile World Congress schedule to give us an amazing demonstration of their technology.

    Scalado specializes in mobile imaging and works on software and applications that allow for an improved imaging experience for your mobile camera.

    Do have a look at the quality and amazing technology this company provides, what this Swedish company does with images has to be seen, in this case it is true that an image is worth more than a thousand words.