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  • MWC 2010: Interview with Chris Labonne of Dialogic

    At the Mobile World Congress we spoke with Chris Labonne, Field Applications Engineer at Dialogic.

    They are pioneers in enabling interactive mobile video and provide video-enabled engines that support direct IP streaming as well as connectivity to existing and new mobile devices.

    In Barcelona they were presenting a wide variety of applications enabled by Dialogic technology, including Click-to-Video-Call, IVVR, Video Advertising, Gaming, Messaging, and VCCV, Video Conferencing, Video LBS, Video Portal, and VRT, Video SDP VAS with HD Voice.

    In addition, they were also showcasing the latest software for QoE video analytics developed by Dialogic Media Labs.


  • MWC 2010: Interview with Olga Toprover, Sales Director at Forte IT

    In Barcelona we talked to Olga Toprover, Sales Director at Forte IT, a Russian IT company specialized in call center, IVR and IVVR software development that has been chosen as a hardware platform of Dialogic – recognized leader and developer of industry standards in computer telephony.

    At the Mobile World Congress Forte-IT was demonstrating its latest development: IntelleScript Video solution. With the help of IntelleScript Video it is possible to create various services in 3G networks, including Information (Video IVR, Video Portals, Online Surveillance), Social Network Services (Video Help Desk, Video Banking), Video Call center (Video Help Desk, Video Banking), Security Services (surveillance cameras broadcast) and Video TV.

  • MWC 2010: OnMobile Squeezes Music into Your Phone

    At the Mobile World Congress we spoke to Mouli Raman, Co-Founder & CTO of OnMobile, who gave us a short introduction to this interesting Indian company. Kiran Anandampillai then showed us OnMobile’s latest creation – the Squeeze device that "squeezes fresh music” from internet into the mobile phone. In other words, it enables consumers from countries with low internet penetration to download music through the retailers without being connected to internet.

    OnMobile is white labeled Data and Value Added Services [VAS] company for mobile, landline and media service providers. They target mobile subscribers who focus on leveraging the convergence between wireless and wireline telecommunication services, media, internet, mobile marketing and content.

    They develop services, such as; Voice Portals, Ring Back Tones, Music Search, Mobile Search, Social Address Book, Phone Back up.

  • Winner of the Biz-News.com "Product of the Year Award 2009” Announced

    Our polls for the Biz-News.com “Product of the Year Award 2009” closed on the 15th of February. The winner is a result of the amount of votes they were awarded by readers, all readers where invited to vote for their favourite products or service in the Smartphone, HDTV, Storage and VoIP categories.

    This is the second year that Biz-News.com runs this Award, prized with a company profile and interview with our Editor.

    In 2008 the winners were MyGlobalTalk by i2Telecom and IPsmarx in the VoIP category, Restore Point by Tadasoft in the Storage category and AmAze in the Smartphone category.

    This year the participation has been amazing and we want to thank readers for their support and interest in this Award. Without your participation it would not have been possible to announce this year’s reader’s choice awards.

    Without further delay we will below list the absolute winners for 2009.

    Winners for the Biz-News.com “Product of the Year Award 2009”

    Smartphone Category
    Privus Mobile

    HDTV Category
    HD-PVR by Hauppauge Computer Works

    VoIP Category
    IPsmarx SIP Based Calling Card Platform by IPsmarx Technology

    Storage Category
    Compellent Storage Center by Compellent

    It is also worth mentioning other strong candidates like Fonolo and Free Switch for the VoIP Category, and Data Robotics, Pivot3, Starwind Software and Xiotech for the Storage Category.

    We congratulate our winners and thank our readers for expressing their opinion and voting for their favourites.

  • Winner of the Biz-News.com "Product of the Year Award 2009” Announced

    Our polls for the Biz-News.com “Product of the Year Award 2009” closed on the 15th of February. The winner is a result of the amount of votes they were awarded by readers, all readers where invited to vote for their favourite products or service in the Smartphone, HDTV, Storage and VoIP categories.

    This is the second year that Biz-News.com runs this Award, prized with a company profile and interview with our Editor.

    In 2008 the winners were MyGlobalTalk by i2Telecom and IPsmarx in the VoIP category, Restore Point by Tadasoft in the Storage category and AmAze in the Smartphone category.

    This year the participation has been amazing and we want to thank readers for their support and interest in this Award. Without your participation it would not have been possible to announce this year’s reader’s choice awards.

    Without further delay we will below list the absolute winners for 2009.

    Winners for the Biz-News.com “Product of the Year Award 2009”

    Smartphone Category
    Privus Mobile

    HDTV Category
    HD-PVR by Hauppauge Computer Works

    VoIP Category
    IPsmarx SIP Based Calling Card Platform by IPsmarx Technology

    Storage Category
    Compellent Storage Center by Compellent

    It is also worth mentioning other strong candidates like Fonolo and Free Switch for the VoIP Category, and Data Robotics, Pivot3, Starwind Software and Xiotech for the Storage Category.

    We congratulate our winners and thank our readers for expressing their opinion and voting for their favourites.

  • Winner of the Biz-News.com "Product of the Year Award 2009” Announced

    Our polls for the Biz-News.com “Product of the Year Award 2009” closed on the 15th of February. The winner is a result of the amount of votes they were awarded by readers, all readers where invited to vote for their favourite products or service in the Smartphone, HDTV, Storage and VoIP categories.

    This is the second year that Biz-News.com runs this Award, prized with a company profile and interview with our Editor.

    In 2008 the winners were MyGlobalTalk by i2Telecom and IPsmarx in the VoIP category, Restore Point by Tadasoft in the Storage category and AmAze in the Smartphone category.

    This year the participation has been amazing and we want to thank readers for their support and interest in this Award. Without your participation it would not have been possible to announce this year’s reader’s choice awards.

    Without further delay we will below list the absolute winners for 2009.

    Winners for the Biz-News.com “Product of the Year Award 2009”

    Smartphone Category
    Privus Mobile

    HDTV Category
    HD-PVR by Hauppauge Computer Works

    VoIP Category
    IPsmarx SIP Based Calling Card Platform by IPsmarx Technology

    Storage Category
    Compellent Storage Center by Compellent

    It is also worth mentioning other strong candidates like Fonolo and Free Switch for the VoIP Category, and Data Robotics, Pivot3, Starwind Software and Xiotech for the Storage Category.

    We congratulate our winners and thank our readers for expressing their opinion and voting for their favourites.

  • Winner of the Biz-News.com "Product of the Year Award 2009” Announced

    Our polls for the Biz-News.com “Product of the Year Award 2009” closed on the 15th of February. The winner is a result of the amount of votes they were awarded by readers, all readers where invited to vote for their favourite products or service in the Smartphone, HDTV, Storage and VoIP categories.

    This is the second year that Biz-News.com runs this Award, prized with a company profile and interview with our Editor.

    In 2008 the winners were MyGlobalTalk by i2Telecom and IPsmarx in the VoIP category, Restore Point by Tadasoft in the Storage category and AmAze in the Smartphone category.

    This year the participation has been amazing and we want to thank readers for their support and interest in this Award. Without your participation it would not have been possible to announce this year’s reader’s choice awards.

    Without further delay we will below list the absolute winners for 2009.

    Winners for the Biz-News.com "Product of the Year Award 2009”

    Smartphone Category
    Privus Mobile

    HDTV Category
    HD-PVR by Hauppauge Computer Works

    VoIP Category
    IPsmarx SIP Based Calling Card Platform by IPsmarx Technology

    Storage Category
    Compellent Storage Center by Compellent

    It is also worth mentioning other strong candidates like Fonolo and Free Switch for the VoIP Category, and Data Robotics, Pivot3, Starwind Software and Xiotech for the Storage Category.

    We congratulate our winners and thank our readers for expressing their opinion and voting for their favourites.

  • Nokia Announces Skype for Symbian

    Skype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform.

    Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G).

    The application will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian ^1, the latest version of the Symbian platform. Skype said it will soon introduce this client to Symbian mobile devices from other manufacturers, including Sony Ericsson.

    "Skype, the king of Internet communications, running on Symbian, the world’s dominant smartphone platform, makes for an explosive combination," said Larry Berkin, Head of Global Alliances and GM USA, Symbian Foundation.

    "With Symbian’s global reach, Skype is that much closer to becoming the ubiquitous real-time communications platform for hundreds of millions of Symbian-based mobile users."

    According to Informa Telecoms and Media more than 200 million users of Symbian-powered devices now have Skype at their fingertips.

    Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President for Smartphones, Nokia, said, “We’re seeing around 1.5 million downloads a day on Ovi Store now and believe that the Skype client for Nokia smartphones will have wide appeal to Symbian users."

    Check out special Skype page for the full list of compatible handsets.

  • Skype Goes Symbian

    Skype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform.

    Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G).

    The application will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian ^1, the latest version of the Symbian platform. Skype said it will soon introduce this client to Symbian mobile devices from other manufacturers, including Sony Ericsson.

    "Skype, the king of Internet communications, running on Symbian, the world’s dominant smartphone platform, makes for an explosive combination," said Larry Berkin, Head of Global Alliances and GM USA, Symbian Foundation.

    "With Symbian’s global reach, Skype is that much closer to becoming the ubiquitous real-time communications platform for hundreds of millions of Symbian-based mobile users."

    According to Informa Telecoms and Media more than 200 million users of Symbian-powered devices now have Skype at their fingertips.

    Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President for Smartphones, Nokia, said, “We’re seeing around 1.5 million downloads a day on Ovi Store now and believe that the Skype client for Nokia smartphones will have wide appeal to Symbian users."

    Check out special Skype page for the full list of compatible handsets.

  • MWC 2010: Interview with Miguel Silva, CCO of Rubberduck

    Smartphone.Biz-News.com spoke to Miguel Angel Silva, Chief Commercial Officer at Rubberduck that was one of the first companies in Europe to launch commercial off-deck mobile TV and mobile radio services.

    Headquartered in the city of Oslo, Norway, Rubberduck serves broadcasters and operators with hosted and managed Mobile TV solutions that can be implemented around the world by the company’s Global Partner Managers.

    In Barcelona, they were focused on showcasing their Android and iPhone Live TV apps, as they found the best mobile TV viewership works over applications that provide more for home-type of TV setup experience.