On Thursday, April 2 please join Enterprise Ireland at the “Best Connected- Networking Reception” which will be held “Nine Fine Irishmen” Bar in the New York, New York Hotel.
Just hop on the CTIA bus from the Convention Center to the New York- New York Hotel, for the short ride across town for the networking event that begins at 5.30 pm.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Enterprise Ireland’s Wireless Advisory Group Attending CTIA Talks about the Challenges and Opportunities for the Year Ahead.
In the lead up to CTIA, the Wireless Advisory Group, from Enterprise Ireland’s Global Panel of Advisors talked to us about what they predict for market in the year ahead.
Stuart Bishop, Quantum Business Consulting, Inc. sees that the trend for rich media will dominate 2009 with wired, wireless media and entertainment going 100% rich media. He commented: “No longer are we looking at legacy static pictures or textual content. On-demand streamed video and audio will replace this. Core to on-demand streaming will be the removal of digital rights management, due to the inherent nature of streamed content never being locally stored. End users will use any mobile device with a browser to get the rich content, no large media storage cards will be required. 3/4G networks allow a higher bandwidth across the mobile spectrum - now the applications are starting to leverage it, and offer the consumer a true media model for their mobile devices.”
Tim Danford, Storm Ventures predicts that 2009 will be an incredibly difficult year for the entire ecosystem because large companies will dramatically cut budgets and small companies will have an incredibly hard time finding revenue. But, in the face of this he sees a bright side. He says, “ Despite the downturn, now is the time to invest in early stage innovation, many later startups will run out of money and not be viable when the market turns. When the large companies sort through their balance sheets and begin to see opportunity, they will need to acquire to expand into new markets or increase their market share.
The bright spot in the ecosystem will be the uptake of smartphones. We should look to the ripple effect this will have on network traffic, applications, content and advertising. The next battleground will be the collision of smartphones and netbooks in developed and developing economies. Device, OS, application, content and service innovation will meet robust demand for the next two years and beyond. On these more intelligent, highly networked and open devices new winners and losers will be defined.
On a personal note, I’m interested in exploring innovative ideas that will enable the next one billion consumers to experience the Internet; their experience with the Internet will likely only be through a wireless device. I’m enamored with the Kindle model, a highly capable connected device, with the complexities and expense of wireless networking ‘buried’ in the cost of the device and the content.
The future of LTE looks bright, but I believe at least a decade away before we see wide spread deployment, so we’ll all have to live with 3G for a while. On the leading edge of the curve, I continue to think about the uses of millimeter wave technologies beyond point-to-point high capacity links.”
So, what should companies concentrate on? Tim says “the enterprise is going to have to figure out mobile, mobility, what that means to their business and most importantly where do they go from here?”
Stuart Bishop, Quantum Business Consulting, Inc. sees that the trend for rich media will dominate 2009 with wired, wireless media and entertainment going 100% rich media. He commented: “No longer are we looking at legacy static pictures or textual content. On-demand streamed video and audio will replace this. Core to on-demand streaming will be the removal of digital rights management, due to the inherent nature of streamed content never being locally stored. End users will use any mobile device with a browser to get the rich content, no large media storage cards will be required. 3/4G networks allow a higher bandwidth across the mobile spectrum - now the applications are starting to leverage it, and offer the consumer a true media model for their mobile devices.”
Tim Danford, Storm Ventures predicts that 2009 will be an incredibly difficult year for the entire ecosystem because large companies will dramatically cut budgets and small companies will have an incredibly hard time finding revenue. But, in the face of this he sees a bright side. He says, “ Despite the downturn, now is the time to invest in early stage innovation, many later startups will run out of money and not be viable when the market turns. When the large companies sort through their balance sheets and begin to see opportunity, they will need to acquire to expand into new markets or increase their market share.
The bright spot in the ecosystem will be the uptake of smartphones. We should look to the ripple effect this will have on network traffic, applications, content and advertising. The next battleground will be the collision of smartphones and netbooks in developed and developing economies. Device, OS, application, content and service innovation will meet robust demand for the next two years and beyond. On these more intelligent, highly networked and open devices new winners and losers will be defined.
On a personal note, I’m interested in exploring innovative ideas that will enable the next one billion consumers to experience the Internet; their experience with the Internet will likely only be through a wireless device. I’m enamored with the Kindle model, a highly capable connected device, with the complexities and expense of wireless networking ‘buried’ in the cost of the device and the content.
The future of LTE looks bright, but I believe at least a decade away before we see wide spread deployment, so we’ll all have to live with 3G for a while. On the leading edge of the curve, I continue to think about the uses of millimeter wave technologies beyond point-to-point high capacity links.”
So, what should companies concentrate on? Tim says “the enterprise is going to have to figure out mobile, mobility, what that means to their business and most importantly where do they go from here?”
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
FeedHenry Recognized by CTIA's Emerging Technology Award for Outstanding Innovation in Mobile Applications & Widgets
CTIA has just released its shortlist of entries for the emerging Technology Award and congratulations are due to Feed Henry, the IMS widget content and service platform provider. The company has been listed as one of the final entries in the Mobile Applications & Widgets category for Mobile Marketing and Mobile Advertising. FeedHenry's widget service platform enables telco's deliver complex IMS services such as voice, presence and location services and also interactive advertising to customers in a way that is easily downloaded and customized for distribution across mobile, desktop, TV or locations such as Facebook or iGoogle. The company offers a new way for companies to advertise with an interactive advertising model that reaches from the Web to mobile, desktop and through to social and viral distribution. Congratulations to Feed Henry! To read more visit: http://www.feedhenry.com/press.
At CTIA, FeedHenry will showcase its technology at the Oracle Booth, Central Hall, C3, Booth #6010
At CTIA, FeedHenry will showcase its technology at the Oracle Booth, Central Hall, C3, Booth #6010
Monday, March 23, 2009
Enterprise Ireland's Wireless Advisory Group attending CTIA Predicts the Hot Technologies for 2009
From Enterprise Ireland's Global Panel of Advisors, the Wireless Advisory Group attending CTIA give their views on what's hot for the telecom's market this year. The predictions bode well for Irish companies attending CTIA, who have many innovations and existing technologies for these markets.
Don O' Brien from Dontel Consulting predicts that in 2009, operators will focus on opportunities to grow new value-added services (VAS) revenues while reducing OPEX and service costs. He said; "new advertising services such search and display will launch with operators in North America. But I believe, that it will take time before the operators or the VAS partners will be able to monetize the service, create workable business models or realize any scale or scope."
Don also sees that forecasts for advertising revenues are very optimistic. "U.S. mobile advertising revenues for search and display will grow to $3.1 billion in 2013, from $160 million in 2008, this represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 81.2 percent, according to The Kelsey Group," he commented. "Similarly, Ovum, Yankee, Jupiter Research and eMarketer forecasts for US mobile advertising range from $1.3 to $4.7 billion by 2011. From my perspective, I expect that the revenues will take longer to materialize."
Seamus McAteer sees that the telecom market will be one of the healthiest sectors in 2009, but will still be impacted by the global economic downturn. Seamus commented: "Global mobile operators will continue to invest aggressively to capture growth in developing markets most notably Brazil, India and China. In the mature U.S. mobile market, prepaid and other contractless services will grow as cash strapped and credit challenged consumers trade down. Innovation in mobile services has now moved from the network to the client with the proliferation of handsets using open operating systems and built in GPS.
Added to this, a growing number of operators will decide to cede the role of media aggregator and rediscover the benefits of owning a quality dumb pipe. To succeed, companies will no longer seek to address billions of mobile subscribers and instead will position themselves to deliver compelling services to narrowly defined segments defined by factors such as handset technologies, operator or monthly spend."
Don O' Brien from Dontel Consulting predicts that in 2009, operators will focus on opportunities to grow new value-added services (VAS) revenues while reducing OPEX and service costs. He said; "new advertising services such search and display will launch with operators in North America. But I believe, that it will take time before the operators or the VAS partners will be able to monetize the service, create workable business models or realize any scale or scope."
Don also sees that forecasts for advertising revenues are very optimistic. "U.S. mobile advertising revenues for search and display will grow to $3.1 billion in 2013, from $160 million in 2008, this represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 81.2 percent, according to The Kelsey Group," he commented. "Similarly, Ovum, Yankee, Jupiter Research and eMarketer forecasts for US mobile advertising range from $1.3 to $4.7 billion by 2011. From my perspective, I expect that the revenues will take longer to materialize."
Seamus McAteer sees that the telecom market will be one of the healthiest sectors in 2009, but will still be impacted by the global economic downturn. Seamus commented: "Global mobile operators will continue to invest aggressively to capture growth in developing markets most notably Brazil, India and China. In the mature U.S. mobile market, prepaid and other contractless services will grow as cash strapped and credit challenged consumers trade down. Innovation in mobile services has now moved from the network to the client with the proliferation of handsets using open operating systems and built in GPS.
Added to this, a growing number of operators will decide to cede the role of media aggregator and rediscover the benefits of owning a quality dumb pipe. To succeed, companies will no longer seek to address billions of mobile subscribers and instead will position themselves to deliver compelling services to narrowly defined segments defined by factors such as handset technologies, operator or monthly spend."
Monday, March 16, 2009
Cast your vote for dotMobi and Arantech in CTIA's Emerging Technology Awards.
dotMobi and Arantech have both qualified for CTIA's 2009 Emerging Technology Awards. dotMobi has entered its Instant Mobilizer solution in the "Enterprise & Vertical - General Business Solution" category. Instant Mobilizer is an automated tool that takes any website and transforms it into an enhanced mobile site.
Arantech has entered its CustomerWorld solution also in the "Enterprise & Vertical - General Business Solution" category. CustomerWorld is a customer experience management solution that gives mobile operators the ability to proactively monitor and manage customers.
To find out more about these solutions and give them your wining vote, follow the links below and click on "Mark as favourite." The company with the most votes, from all the entries to CTIA's award, wins the "Best of Show" award at CTIA.
Click here to vote for dotMobi
Click here to vote for Arantech
Arantech has entered its CustomerWorld solution also in the "Enterprise & Vertical - General Business Solution" category. CustomerWorld is a customer experience management solution that gives mobile operators the ability to proactively monitor and manage customers.
To find out more about these solutions and give them your wining vote, follow the links below and click on "Mark as favourite." The company with the most votes, from all the entries to CTIA's award, wins the "Best of Show" award at CTIA.
Click here to vote for dotMobi
Click here to vote for Arantech
Friday, March 13, 2009
US world leaders in mobile web browsing.
The US is becoming the country to watch for mobile devices and networks. Smartphone market penetration continues to grow, from 120m units in 2007 to a target if 190m in 2009. By 2013 sales of 400 m units are predicted. The U.S. now leads the world in mobile web browsing, accounting for 29 percent of global traffic, according to new data issued by mobile web solutions provider Bango.
Click here to read article in full.
Click here to read article in full.
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