The Wall Street Journal visits the Ireland Stand at Mobile World Congress (MWC)

Walt Mossberg and Katie Boehret of the Wall Street Journal were at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week where they met Enterprise Ireland's David Smith for a live (and unexpected!) interview.

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Openet Speakers BBWF Unwired and Light Reading Live Event

Irish firmOpenetwill have representatives at BBWF Unwired and the Light Reading Live Event, with both events co-locating with this years CTIA show.

On Wednesday, April 1, Apollo Guy, Openet's VP of Business and Market Development, is a panelist at the BBWF Unwired "Building Gateways for the Mobile Internet" session. Click here for more details.

Openet's Senior Product Manager, Gary Rieschick is a panelist at the Light Reading Live Event on Thursday, April 2. The panel will discuss the question "Do Mobile Network Operators Really Need Policy & DPI Tools?" Click here for more details.

AT&T Developer Program Fast Pitch for CTIA

This is an event for any Wireless company conducting business in the United States with a data or messaging application service.

The attached provides an overview of the AT&T DevCentral program and a link to the Fast-Pitch site.

If a company wants to participate they need to:

1) Follow the links below to register for the event and accept terms/conditions

2) Be prepared to show your application/service in a 5 minute Demo to a Judging Panel at CTIA.

The winner receives a nice award and the potential for a broader relationship with AT&T.

The deadline is March 10.

Click here for fast-Pitch submission site.

For further information on Enterprise Ireland's participation at CTIA visit our website- www.ctiaireland.com

Success Mobile World Congress paves way for CTIA

Attendance was down at GSMA Mobile World Congress(MWC) this year but it didn't stop the Irish companies that participated from getting the best from the show. Declan Collins, from Enterprise Ireland's Dublin office commented from the Ireland stand at MWC that he was pleasantly surprised with the positive response for the 19 participating companies. "There were fewer people attending the event than in previous years but, the key individuals who are responsible for making decisions on purchasing and so on, attended and the result is that our companies have been able to spend more time with the key people than, they would have in previous years. That's been very positive," he commented. Collins believes that Enterprise Ireland's participating companies are close to the number of key meetings they had last year and it may even be higher. In the past few years, Ireland has gained a reputation as a country for upcoming, innovative technology and that reputation gave Enterprise Ireland an edge at the show. "We had a reception on the stand on Tuesday evening and we were mobbed. It was incredible the number of people that came. We were complimented on the caliber of the companies and got some great publicity." We've been attending MWC for ten years now and the word is out that we have a reputation as a country with very very good mobile technology!" It all paves the way for a promising future for Irish telecoms companies and for CTIA in Las Vegas this April.

Irish company Movidia highlighted at MWC

Irish company Movidia has been featured in Reuters. The company,armed with $14 million of venture capital funding, has built a processor that allows users to do sophisticated video post-production on their phones, which it will soon release to phone makers for testing.

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Irish company Newbay recieves Mobile World Congress Accolade

NewBay, the leader in digital lifestyle solutions for operators, today announced that its LifeCache Social Networking solution has been named 'Best Technology' at the Global Mobile Awards, at Mobile World Congress 2009, in Barcelona, Spain.

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Mobile World Congress Report from Barcelona

The Mobile World Congress, the largest mobile-themed event in the world, kicked off on Monday. Mobile companies of all different shapes and sizes descend on Barcelona every year for the event, from which handset releases and strategy announcements inevitably emanate. So far, there have been a series of handset releases from big players like Samsung, which unveiled a model called Blue Earth, made from recycled plastic with a solar panel on the back for charging; Sony Ericsson, which launched a new Walkman phone, the W995, along with a 'concept phone' called Idou -- to be available in 2010 -- which boasts a 12 megapixel camera; and Nokia, which announced two new business handsets -- the E55 and the E75. Nokia claims the E55 is the world's thinnest smartphone. Elsewhere, Caribbean mobile operator Digicel unveiled a low-cost solar-powered mobile handset -- the Coral-200-Solar -- which it will launch in selected markets in June. Meanwhile, inspired by the success of Apple's AppStore, Nokia, China Mobile and Microsoft all announced online software stores at the Congress. Nokia said it would open an online store for software and media under its Ovi brand in nine countries in May, while Microsoft announced a revamped online store. China Mobile said it plans to launch a mobile market applications store within the year. In an announcement that amounts to something of a truce after years of fighting each other in the courts, Nokia and Qualcomm have outlined their plans to work together (yes, together) on a range of high-end phones. Nokia will use Qualcomm chips for the devices, which they expect to release in the middle of next year. The Congress also plays host to the prestigious Global Mobile Awards.

Irish mobile services firm NewBay was awarded the 'Best Technology' prize at the event, which took place on Tuesday night. The Irish firm's LifeCache Social Networking solution was lauded as "an impressive product" by the judges.

Irish firm DotMobi offers quickstart mobile website tool

The Irish firm dotMobi launched a new tool which gives small businesses the ability to instantly create mobile-ready sites.

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