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Mobile World Congress 2008 - a Review by Strand Consult [Sat Mar 1, 09:06AM]

The Mobile World Congress is over and once again a whole industry and over 55.000 people flocked to Barcelona. It all started 18 years ago in Rome where the first GSM Congress attracted 650 participants.

From 1995 the Congress developed and grew in Cannes to become the annual event where everything and everyone now converges on Barcelona and where around 50% of the industry’s annual announcements and news is presented. If you are a mobile freak, then the MWC is the place to be to meet like-minded people from all over the world.... read on
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SIDSA and ABERTIS TELECOM to provide DVB-H mobile TV coverage to MWC [Sat Feb 9, 01:07PM]

SIDSA and ABERTIS TELECOM will jointly demonstrate DVB-H services at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 11th to 14th February. SIDSA is showcasing its complete solution for DVB-H broadcast, introducing its state-of-the-art open loop stat multiplexing headend, allowing for a higher number of channels keeping an extraordinary picture quality and achieving one of the best zapping times in the market.

SIDSA will also introduce during the MWC its new solution for Portable and Mobile TV reception, Enter TV, targeted to DVB-H device manufacturers. The receiving modules will be shown plugged into consumer PDAs and will be distributed in different booths, among them abertis telecom.... read on

Tango Telecom announces new product launches at MWC [Fri Feb 8, 08:00PM]

Barcelona, Spain, 11th February 2008. Tango Telecom, a leading provider of real-time convergent charging and advanced messaging solutions, announced today that it will officially launch two new products, iAXT SMS WiMAX and iAXT SMS MAX, at Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona this week.

iAXT SMS Max is a revolutionary new Services Platform for SMS which enables the deployment of a limitless list of real-time supplementary services for SMS, including screening, forwarding, auto-reply, logging, charging, parental control and SPAM filtering. ... read on

Sweet Relief at the Mobile World Congress with MizPee [Fri Feb 8, 09:01AM]

MizPee is a multi-platform mobile service available online at www.mizpee.eu and via web-enabled mobile devices that delivers location-specific details about toilets in Barcelona, London, Paris, and Rome. How are toilet locations added to MizPee? People add reviews after visiting a facility and having an experience that inspires them to tell others how clean – or filthy – the toilets are.

Along with location and cleanliness information, MizPee tells users if toilets are accessible to those with special needs, whether or not diaper-changing stations are available for parents of young children, and if the toilet is designated for public use or restricted to customers only. It also presents entertaining content to help pass the time.... read on

NAVTEQ Highlights at Mobile World Congress [Fri Feb 8, 08:16AM]

NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT), a leading global provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, announces its participation in the upcoming Mobile World Congress taking place in Barcelona from the 11th to the 14th of February.

With more than 50.000 visitors the Mobile World Congress (formerly the 3GSM World Congress) brings together the pre-eminent leaders and personalities from mobile operators and equipment vendors, as well as those from the Internet and the world of entertainment and is considered the mobile industry's biggest annual event.

With a broader presence this year, located at Hall 1 booth 1G45, NAVTEQ will host more than 10 partners and will launch and showcase its latest map data, rich content and developer programs including:... read on

ZLANGO TO SHOWCASE A HEAVENLY NEW RANGE OF DEVELOPMENTS [Fri Feb 8, 06:50AM]

Attendees of Mobile World Congress 2008 might get the feeling that a powerful presence is looking upon them from ….a twenty foot God statue to be specific! Seek out the guy with the big white beard and wrap-around shades in Hall 2 and you’ll find Zlango – the unique icon-based messaging platform that is revolutionising the world of SMS and web-based messaging by using icons instead of words.

There you’ll be able to speak to a host of friendly people who will tell you just how ZMS's (Zlango messages) have changed the rules of communication for over one million users across the world. The team will be on hand to demonstrate how Zlango can open up a whole new world of communication and expression to everyone, and what benefits they hold for both partners and mobile operators.... read on

Ralph Simon Leading Panel at Mobile World Congress [Thu Feb 7, 10:13PM]

Renowned entertainment industry pundit Ralph Simon, who is widely regarded as one of the founders of the mobile entertainment and ringtone industry and who now consults worldwide on the business of entertainment, will chair the much-awaited discussion event at next week’s Mobile World Congress here.

Simon, founder and president of the Mobile Entertainment Forum of the Americas, will be one of the mobile leaders at “Mobile Backstage,” a joint production by the Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter for the Mobile World Congress.... read on

Smaato's mobile advertising solution now included in leading Java toolkit [Thu Feb 7, 08:09PM]

Barcelona, Spain, February 7, 2008 — Smaato Inc. and Enough Software have joined forces to bring new revenue streams to mobile developers by embedding advertisements into mobile applications.

Smaato’s mobile advertising solution can be integrated into any mobile application and is now bundled with J2ME Polish – the mobile application development platform for JAVA by Enough Software. J2ME Polish is the de-facto standard for mobile JAVA developers worldwide.... read on

Scalado heralds the dawn of a "new age" for mobile imaging [Thu Feb 7, 06:05PM]

"User experience", not megapixels, will take centre stage as end-users look to create, view, and share their images more often and more easily

Scalado, the leader in mobile imaging software solutions, has chosen the Mobile World Congress (MWC) to unveil a suite of new mobile imaging applications that will change the way people look at images on camera phones - literally. The new product range, comprised of a number of different Application Plug-ins, will not only enhance the experience of mobile imaging for camera phone users, but will also include eye-catching graphics and unique features. ... read on

SIDSA opens the “EnterTV” DVB-H one-stop-shop for manufacturers of Portable and Mobile TV devices [Thu Feb 7, 04:02PM]

SIDSA opens the “EnterTV” DVB-H one-stop-shop for manufacturers of Portable and Mobile TV devices. The company integrates its own IC with the best-in-class third party solutions to provide Portable and Mobile TV device manufacturers with fast time to market.

Enter TV modules and reference designs include silicon tuners from Microtune and NXP as well as DVB-H Middleware and Applications from different companies such as the Player from Nextreaming, “We are proud to join forces with SIDSA in this leading solution, ensuring the best time-to-market and a high quality video experience”, said Carlos Lucas, General Manager Europe at Nextreaming.... read on

setcom unveils the S-CAT 6000 test platform for mobile multi-media applications and GAN certification [Thu Feb 7, 02:00PM]

The S-CAT 6000 series is a comprehensive, all-in-one solution for R&D and Conformance testing of both mobile multi-media applications and signalling protocols including UMA/GAN.

This new platform is now offered with internal RF capabilities as well as setcom’s enhanced test environment providing a complete standalone test solution. The S-CAT 6000 not only includes all the functionality of our highly successful S-CAT 5000 series, utilizing setcom’s widely accepted and highly acclaimed Operating SW and 1000+ Test Cases, but now includes further flexibility and support for a wider range of R&D functionality, delivering a true R&D testing environment as well as a proven Conformance testing platform.... read on

ENENSYS showcases 2nd generation equipment for Mobile TV broadcast networks [Thu Feb 7, 08:55AM]

This year at Mobile World Congress 2008, hold in Barcelona, ENENSYS is proud to unveil the product that takes ENENSYS DVB-H transmission system to new heights: TransCaster, a Mobile TV transcoder.

TransCaster receives IP or DVB-S/S2 satellite signal in input, and repurposes compressed video contents that originally target TV sets to have them fit on a mobile phone screen, fully interoperable with handsets on the market.

With a transcoding capability of one or more channels to H264 within the same unit, TransCaster is an extensively integrated product which revolutionary design makes it smooth to integrate in SNMP supervised redundancy systems.... read on

NDS: Protecting TV Content on Quantum Pocket TV PMP [Wed Feb 6, 10:11PM]

NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, and Quantum, the premier supplier of innovative mobile multimedia devices and software, today announced the integration of NDS’ VideoGuard Mobile™ content protection system for DVB-H with Quantum’s Pocket TV portable media player (PMP). The integrated system will be showcased on the NDS booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 11-14.
 
“The integration of VideoGuard Mobile with Quantum’s Pocket TV brings us significantly closer to the goal of providing high-quality broadcast TV to any device and viewable at any time,” said NDS Chief Marketing Officer Nigel Smith. “With the superior content protection and sophisticated business management features offered by VideoGuard Mobile, mobile TV operators will be able to offer a groundbreaking video experience to users of the Pocket TV.”... read on

NEC exhibits latest solutions and live demos at MWC [Wed Feb 6, 01:53PM]

NEC Corporation (NEC) announces that it will be showcasing its latest mobile and telecoms innovations spanning Access, Backhaul, Network Applications and Next Generation Networks (NGN) at stand 8A125 at Mobile World Congress 2008,Barcelona.

NEC representatives will be available to present NEC's strategies in areas LTE, WiMAX, femtocell and mobile backhaul. NEC's stand will also have live demonstrations of new solutions within LTE, WiMAX, femtocell, and next generation related products. In addition, Dr. Botaro Hirosaki, Executive Vice President of NEC, will participate in the congress "Convergence-The Real Story(CC-201)", at 11:30-12:50,Wednesday 13 Feb 2008.... read on

Intrinsyc Executive Joins Industry Leaders for Mobile Jam Session at MWC [Tue Feb 5, 11:50AM]

Intrinsyc Software International, Inc. (TSX: ICS), a global wireless software solutions provider, today announced that Souheil Gallouzi, Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Products and Development, will participate in an interactive Mobile Jam Session planned during the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona.

Joining representatives from companies such as Yahoo, Nokia, and Vodafone, Mr. Gallouzi will speak about the impact of software on current and next-generation devices; what drives consumers’ buying decisions; and whether application development is best served by standardized platforms or open platforms and tools. ... read on
 

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