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Weve and PayPal among the 150+ Mobile Payments experts to meet in London, 23-24 April, 2013

editor@biz-news.com ( ) — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:20:00 +0100

Weve and PayPal are among the top speakers confirmed for Mobile Payments and Value Added Services, Europe’s biggest mobile payments event, taking place 23-24 April, London. This event looks to unite attendees from major banks, MNOs, payment providers and retailers, in order to debate and discuss how the evolution of mobile technology can be used to cash in on the payments sector.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 08/04/2013

Facebook phone: Ovum comments ahead of Facebook's announcement

editor@iwith.org ( ) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:25:00 +0100

Ahead of Facebook’s announcement today, Adam Leach, principal device analyst at Ovum provides his perspective on how Facebook should move forward.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 04/04/2013

Mobile World Congress 2013: The End of Apple Dominance Is Near

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:17:00 +0100

The annual meeting Mobile World Congress, ongoing this week in Barcelona, seems to mark more than any other event the end of Apple dominance in the global market for smartphones and tablets and the rise of some rivals with more open operating systems.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 28/02/2013

GSMA Announces Winners Of The 2013 Global Mobile Awards

editor@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:52:00 +0100

The GSMA today announced the winners of the 18th Annual Global Mobile awards, held at the Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona. The winners were honoured in an afternoon ceremony hosted by writer, actor and comedian, David Walliams.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 26/02/2013

Apple Launches iOS 6.1: Short List of Improvements

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:33:00 +0100

Apple has released an update package for the 6.1 version of its iOS software platform, bringing only few improvements. iOS 6.1 is a minor update designed to improve the LTE compatibility and to repair a series of vulnerabilities.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 31/01/2013

Ericsson Mobility Report – Number of Mobile Subscribers, LTE Coverage and Trends

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:07:00 +0100

Now at the third edition, Ericsson Mobility Analysis Report, created by one of the greatest players in the telecom market, highlights some interesting aspects of the market in the quarter ended and makes a series of forecasts for the next six years.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 27/11/2012

New Rumors About The Upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:27:00 +0100

Samsung Galaxy S3 is still one of the most impressive smartphones released this year, so it is not surprising at all that rumors about the next step to be taken by the South Koreans have already appeared.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 23/11/2012

The Automotive Aftermarket X-Factor: Telematics Tech Wins Over the Consumer

editor@iwith.org ( ) — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:11:00 +0100

By 2014, 70% of consumer devices will be connected to the internet, extending the digital lifestyle into vehicles. So one key questions stands out - how will automotive and consumer electronics technologies optimize the customer experience? Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Honda and six other leading automotive OEMs will take the stage in Las Vegas on Jan 7, 2013 in order to discuss how to satisfy consumer demands for a smooth, seamless In-Vehicle Infotainment and HMI solution in the vehicle at the Consumer Telematics Show, one day before the International CES.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/11/2012

Telecom Service Providers Waking Up to Global Wi-Fi Roaming

editor@iwith.org ( ) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:55:00 +0100

15 disruptive service providers around the world with nearly a billion mobile subscribers have partnered with the largest global Wi-Fi roaming network, iPass.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 08/11/2012

Sample Attendee list just announced for NFC Payments – PayPal, Raley’s, Best Buy, Bank of ...

editor@biz-news.com ( ) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:21:00 +0100

M for Mobile have released the latest sample of the biggest industry experts to attend this year’s NFC Payments USA (Oct 29-30, Boston) event, taking place in just 2 weeks’ time.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 18/10/2012

FBI Warns Android Users of Malware Risk

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:06:00 +0100

The news arrived from the FBI via the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) division, warn the owners of Android smartphones about the appearance of new malware targeting this category of devices.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 17/10/2012

Facebook and HTC to Launch New Smartphone

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:34:00 +0100

Facebook is working with HTC to build a smartphone, which will be released mid next year. According to sources quoted by Bloomberg, initially, the two companies wanted to have the smartphone released until the end of 2012, but HTC asked for more time because it had to work on other products too.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 02/08/2012

HTC Releases First Details on Its Windows Phone 8 Smartphones

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:40:00 +0100

Besides Nokia, HTC is one of the leading supporters of the mobile platform from Microsoft and this does not seem to change with the new version of the platform – Windows Phone 8.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 22/06/2012

Blackberry Maker Says It Plans to Release New Model First Before Disclosing Financial Figures

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:31:00 +0100

RIM, the maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone today said it was postponing its earlier scheduled disclosure of the latest company financial figures, preferring to go ahead first with the release of its awaited new BlackBerry 10 models.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 05/04/2012

Apple iPhone, Partly Built By 13-Year-Olders for 70 Cents per Hour

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:40:00 +0100

Not many people know that the popular iPhone and iPad are made in unbelievable working conditions. According to a report conducted by NPR, some of those working in production are 12, 13 or 14 years old.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 19/01/2012

iPhone 4S Could Be Banned in Europe

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:30:00 +0100

iPhone 4S, Apple’s latest smartphone, could be banned in Europe along with all Apple devices that have GPRS connectivity and run iOS, following a lawsuit filed in Germany by Motorola.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 13/12/2011

Nokia Sells Luxury Division Vertu

editor@biz-news.com (Laurentiu Stan) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:51:00 +0100

Nokia wants to sell the luxury phone line Vertu as part of restructuring the company. Given the problems faced by the Finnish phone manufacturer and the quite difficult adoption of the Microsoft’s operating system for its phones, Nokia has done a pretty natural step in thinking about selling the luxury division Vertu.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 12/12/2011

MWC 2011: Digital Watermarking from Digimarc

tomek@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:24:00 +0100

Digimarc is a provider of enabling technologies that create digital identities for all forms of media and many everyday objects. The embedded digital IDs are imperceptible to humans, but not to computers, networks and devices like mobile phones. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we talked to Bruce Davis, Chairman and CEO of Digimarc

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 04/03/2011

MWC 2011: Nano-Coating Technology from P2i

tomek@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:22:00 +0100

At Mobile World Congres in Barcelona we spoke to Dr Stephen Coulson, Chief Technical Officer at P2i, the world leader in liquid-repellent nano-coating technology. The company announced at the show that Aridion, its nano-coating technology for consumer electronics, will soon be available to high-volume mobile handset manufacturers with the launch of the first high-capacity Aridion processing machine.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 03/03/2011

Businesses Must Get Smart with Mobile

tomek@biz-news.com (Richard Baker) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:20:00 +0100

Smartphone adoption in leading European markets, including the UK, has now topped 60 million, and predictions forcast that by 2013 smartphones will overtake PCs as the dominant web access service. This burgeoning market presents huge opportunities for businesses to maintain contact with consumers 24/7 and influence purchase decisions in ways never before thought possible.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 03/12/2010

Mobile Technology for Social Change: Interview with Katrin Verclas, Co-Founder of MobileActive.org

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:49:00 +0100

Smartphone.Biz-news.com spoke with Katrin Verclas, co-founder and editor of MobileActive.org, a global network of people using mobile technology for social impact.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 17/06/2010

No More Phone Numbers: Interview with Micha Benoliel, CEO of Digitrad

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:13:00 +0100

“This is the future, this is the next big thing: save money on international calls and merging online social places with voice on your cell phone. You will never use your cell phone the same way!,” says Micha Benoliel, CEO of Digitrad, when asked by Smartphone.Biz-News.com about CallbyName, the company’s flagship product.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 03/05/2010

Symbio: Providing Software Services Globally

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:49:00 +0100

Symbio designs and develops feature-rich products for companies. We met Konsta Hansoon at the Mobile World Congress and he told us about the company and their future plans.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 21/04/2010

Motion Portrait: Converting Photos Into 3D Animated Models

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:41:00 +0100

Casually at the Avenue of the Mobile World Congress we met Daichi from Motion Portrait. They are a Japanese company that has created a most fun application, you can take the photo of any person and animate the image, have it talk and even dress it up with the simple touch of your finger.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 21/04/2010

ooVoo: Taking Video Chatting Further

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:31:00 +0100

ooVoo is a video communication service focused on delivering first class video communications through the internet, delivered anywhere and at anytime with up to 6 people simultaneously. We met with Marty Walker who told us about the company and how their system works.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 21/04/2010

InternetQ: Mobile Marketing Solutions

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:19:00 +0100

InternetQ specializes on mega mobile promotions; they are a one-stop-shop for socializing, e-shopping, gaming on web and mobile. We met George Kontos at the Mobile World Congress who told us about the company and its future plans.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 21/04/2010

DOQO Battery Charger at MWC 2010

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:40:00 +0100

At the Mobile World Congress we met with Jan Hoffmann, CEO of Mobil Power Europe, the sole, worldwide representative of the DOQO battery charger. It allows you to recharge the battery of your mobile phone or digital camera in a wink.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 19/04/2010

MWC 2010: Interview with Li Wei of SIM Technology

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:01:00 +0100

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we talked to Li Wei, Deputy General manager at SIM Technology Group, a leading mobile handset and wireless communications module developer in China.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 19/04/2010

RealVNC: The Original Cross-Platform Remote Control Solution

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:54:00 +0100

At the Mobile World Congress we spoke to James Weatherall, Chief Scientist at RealVNC, a company that provides remote control software which lets you see and interact with desktop applications across any network.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 19/04/2010

DxO Makes Mobile Cameras Smaller and Cheaper

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:28:00 +0100

At the Mobile World Congress we met Rémi Lacombe, VP of Business Development at DxO Labs, a company whose business model is based on developing and licensing intellectual property of optics and silicon architectures. They are focusing on making cameras for smartphones smaller and cheaper.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 16/04/2010

Simply Phone with hagenuk

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:35:00 +0100

At the Mobile World Congress we spoke with Ralph Kimmig, General Manager of ITM Einkaufs, an internationally operating manufacturer and marketer of telecommunication and electronic devices located near Karlsruhe/Germany.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 16/04/2010

Moovade: Ideas on the Move

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:11:00 +0100

Moovade is a startup that was created to further develop iNTERACT - the award winning mobile platform that enables a new level of interaction between mobile phones and kiosks.

At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Frédéric Feytons, CEO & Co-Founder of the company.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 16/04/2010

Rennes Atalante Science Park at MWC 2010

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:54:00 +0100

Rennes Atalante, science park of Rennes - Saint-Malo (Western France), is part of the French Media & Networks cluster.

It gathers 178 companies (12,660 people) working on wireless technologies, telecommunication services, image technologies, digital and mobile TV, information system security.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 16/04/2010

Praxedo Offers SaaS Work Orders Management Platform

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:39:00 +0100

At the Mobile World Congress we spoke to Stéphane Groud, Business Developement Manager at Praxedo, a France-based dynamic and innovative software developer.

Their flagship product, Praxedo Mobile, is a SaaS work orders management platform connecting dispatchers and field staff through their mobile devices.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 16/04/2010

Gypsii: Another Way to Stay Connected

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:24:00 +0100

Gypsii is a location based social media platform, they connect people, places and communities across networks and devices. At the Mobile World Congress we met with Tom Schuyler who told us about the company and gave us a demo of how their platform works.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

Genera Interactive: Apps for Mobiles

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:14:00 +0100

Genera Interactive specializes on mobile content, it does applications for mobiles. Anna Abraham told us about a sports application that they recently launched.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

mxData: Interactive City Transport Maps

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:05:00 +0100

mxData develops cross platform mobile applications for the transport and travel sector. Gordon Anderson gave us a demonstration of how their technology works with the Barcelona tube system.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

N4D: 3D Screen on Your Phone and No Glasses Needed

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:49:00 +0100

N4D is involved in 3D software creation and also manufactures 3D screens which don’t require special glasses. They have adapted this technology to mobile phones and can do so for any hand held device.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

Vringo: Video Ring Tones

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:33:00 +0100

Jonathan Medved, CEO of Vringo tells us that they are trying to make smartphones smarter.

The company works on video ring tones, watch our video interview to get a demo of what this company provides.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

MobStudio Presents ChilliRoad

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:10:00 +0100

MobStudio was presenting Chilliroad at the Mobile World Congress; it is a platform that allows developers to create real time on-line applications for mobile phones. Matt told us all about the process.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

Net Mobile: The Future is Mobile

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:00:00 +0100

Net Mobile develops solutions for business customers that are available everywhere and at any time. Edgar Schnorpfeil told us about the company and the services they currently provide in this video interview.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

Yospace: Mobile Video Made Easy

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:53:00 +0100

Yospace is a mobile applications innovator and platform provider allowing digital publishers, mobile applications developers, and mobile operators to rapidly and affordably deliver mobile video services. At the Mobile World Congress we met with Tim Sewell, CEO of the company.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

Kreactive Technologies: Creating Apps

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:44:00 +0100

Kreactive Technologies is an IT company specializing on web and mobile applications. They create, design and develop applications for their customers and promote them through different means like social networks.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

On-line Micropaymets by Absolu Payment

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:24:00 +0100

Absolu Payment is a micropayment company, they offer a solution to pay online small amounts which can be of 2 o 3€. It is the first and only micropayment solution with no PIN required, and runs in a very user-friendly internet and mobile payment method.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

Mobil-Data: Field Service Solutions

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:16:00 +0100

Mobil-Data is an expert for field service solutions. Watch our video interview with Thomas Grueber, CEO of the company to get a feel for what this company is doing.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

Location Based Services by deCarta

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:00:00 +0100

deCarta is a leading company in location-based services. The company provides software and services that can add mapping, routing and local search functionality to its customers’ services. They have a reputation for scalability and performance.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

Solutions for Mobile Device Management by FancyFon

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:51:00 +0100

FancyFon provides solutions for the mobile device lifecycle management market, enabling any number of mobile phones or network devices using a variety of operating systems - including RIM, Symbian, Apple, Windows Mobile, Android and Java-based feature phones - to be centrally and remotely managed, over the internet.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

ControlCircle Talks to Smartphone.Biz-News.com

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:43:00 +0100

ControlCircle is a high availability Networking Company providing enterprise services to online businesses. Their solutions provide round the clock system security and monitoring services insuring that networks are resilient to failure and secure from attacks.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

Companies Go Mobile with ModoModo

maria@biz-news.com (Maria Fuster) — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:28:00 +0100

ModoModo is an Italian company that has developed an innovative solution that allows companies to bring their content to mobiles phones, their solutions works and all devices and all platforms.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 15/04/2010

MWC 2010: Interview with Thomas Bourgeois, CEO of Dhatim

tomek@biz-news.com (Tomasz Czech) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:39:00 +0100

At the Mobile World Congress we met with Thomas Bourgeois, Co-Founder and CEO of Dhatim, a supplier of data communication solutions, in white brand and hosted mode, for mobile operators.

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Originally appeared on Smartphone Biz-news.com on 14/04/2010