The GSMA announced the winners of the coveted Global Mobile Awards at the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
“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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Smartphone.Biz-News.com spoke to Christophe Colas, Product Marketing Director at Trusted Logic, a provider of open software for smart cards, terminals & consumer devices.
Christophe talks about the company’s flagship product – Trusted NFC that was designed for OEMs and value-added service providers. It can be used on various NFC controllers, mobile devices, (U)SIM cards, and Secure Elements.
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In the French pavilion at the Mobile World Congress we found AVE!Comics, a company that specializes in developing comics for smartphones.
Watch the video interview with Matthieu Kopp, Director of Aquafadas to get a brief demonstration of how you can view comics on your smartphone and to find out why Matthieu is so excited about the arrival of the iPad.
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Smartphone.Biz-News.com team was very busy at the Mobile World Congress today. One of the companies we met was StreamWIDE, a French firm that develops next generation Value-Added Services and telecom solutions for fixed and mobile operators.
Karim Chaari, Sales Manager at StreamWIDE gave as an overview of the company and talked about the innovative solutions they provide to the market.
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We have met the very friendly team from Velti at the Mobile World Congress, they specialize on mobile marketing and mobile advertising technologies.
Basically they make it simple for marketers, advertisers, publishers and mobile operators to fulfil all of their mobile marketing and advertising needs through a simple, convenient platform.
View the video interview to have a one to one insight into this great company you must watch out for.
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VIDEO INTERVIEW The Smartphone.Biz-News.com team has been today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the most exciting mobile event of the year!
We have met with F-Secure, a company focused on protecting the irreplaceable.
VIDEO INTERVIEW. At Mobile World Congress Smartphone.biz-news.com interviewed Jean-Paul Deschamps, President & CEO of 3Roam, the provider of IP and MPLS microwave backhaul solutions.
He gave us a brief introduction to the company and talked about the MicrowaveRouter – the company’s star product.
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