Global focus on local mobile search and advertising

Copenhagen, London – mobilePeople, the world leading local mobile search company, has today received $8million USD investment from Nordic based venture capitalist firm Via Venture Partners. The funding means that mobilePeople has the ability to expand its international reach and concentrate on affirming its leadership position within the global mobile search and advertising space.

Via Venture Partners is a multi stage venture fund investing in exceptional companies in the Nordic region. The company invests in internet, communication software and ICT growth companies.

Read more: mobilePeople plans for global growth following $8million USD investment from Via Venture Partners

Integration agreements already signed with VEX (Brazil) and Y5Zone (Hong Kong)

October 1, 2008 – Quiconnect today announces that it has been selected by DeFi Mobile to establish pervasive wireless broadband interconnection agreements with international telecoms and network operators so that users of DeFi’s new voice over Wi-Fi service, DeFi Global Access™, can roam seamlessly and get connected at public hotspot infrastructure as they travel worldwide.

A global IP mobile carrier headquartered in California, DeFi Mobile has invested in creating a carrier grade IP platform able to scale to 20 million users to deliver next generation feature-rich voice, mobile applications and services.  DeFi is offering an unique solution whereby consumers pay a flat fee of £25 per month to make and receive unlimited long distance calls, have unrestricted data and browser access, all using one mobile device on one robust network.

Read more: Enterprise-class voice over Wi-Fi carrier, DeFi Mobile, selects Quiconnect to energise global...

Cambridge UK, October 1st, 2008 - Liquavista (UK) Ltd. today announced a three-year £12m cooperative research program to develop next generation flexible electronic displays that support full colour and video.

The project will use Liquavista's electrowetting technology to create screens capable of displaying bright, colourful images, which show video content with very low power consumption, as well as being thin, flexible and light. The project is part funded by the government-funded Technology Strategy Board.

Mark Gostick, Liquavista CEO, “Colour and video capability will broaden the application of electronic paper displays to all types of content and device.

Read more: Liquavista participates in £12 million project to create next generation flexible, full colour,...

Managed service de-risks mobile email roll-out

As more and more organisations are mobilising their workforces with sophisticated mobile devices, Vodafone has identified the need for a simple but effective way to manage and protect these mobile workers and their devices. Vodafone Enhanced Services for Windows Mobile Email provides IT managers with a managed service that ensures mobile devices do not become the weak link in enterprise management & security.

Today’s Window’s Mobile devices are extremely sophisticated and capable of supporting a range of mobile applications, but managing this fleet of devices across a dispersed, or even global, workforce can be a challenge. 

Read more: Vodafone UK Launches Solution to Manage and Protect Windows Mobile Email Users

Award recognises QuickPlay Media’s innovative OpenVideo media management platform for mobile TV and video services

London, 30th September 2008: QuickPlay Media, the premier solutions provider for mobile TV and video services, was named the winner of the Best Video Service Provider category for its OpenVideoTM media management platform at Mobile Entertainment (ME) magazine’s third annual ME Awards.  Winners were recognised in a ceremony held late last week in London.

Over the last few years, the ME Awards have firmly established themselves as the biggest mobile content awards in Europe, celebrating success and innovation in the thriving mobile content sector.

Read more: QuickPlay Media named Best Video Service Provider at ME Awards