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Greetings!
Over the last couple of months I?ve met with over a
dozen different developer programs; attended several
events in 5 different countries to meet new
companies, investors and others; and connected
with industry associations around the globe to find
out how we can work together to provide support to
and information on our stable of thousands of
companies.
Here?s what I?ve learned:
- There continues to be a huge gap in the industry
between the emerging companies and the big
players, and both need each other.
WIP is going to continue to position itself as the
channel to get information to the emerging
companies and their influencers; and create a global
community of developers by aggregating the
information and the connections.
Some upcoming events for WIP:
- December 4, Cambridge, UK, I'm speaking at
Informa's Developer Conference on Partnerships
- December 11, Glasgow, Scotland, I'm speaking at
the MXAlliance's 'Power Breakfast'
- February 11, Barcelona during GSM World
Congress, WIP is also organizing a dinner and meeting
for wireless/mobile trade associations, additional
information will be sent directly this week.
Some new happenings at WIP:
- The WIPConnector Business and Partnership
Directory has had an upgrade making it easier to
define your profile and to narrow-cast your search
for customers, technologies and investments.
Check it out! You
can always log in as a guest, with limited
functionality, so best to become a member and get
your own profile.
- We welcome the Torino Wireless Cluster of
Italy to
the Partnership!
Best wishes for the holidays!
Caroline Lewko
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Given the Xmas and holiday season, this month we
feature Consumer
Applications. There's pretty much something for
everyone on your list!
Some WIP Members with Consumer Applications
include:
- Stock-Archive (Ottawa, Canada)
Content creation & licensing for business, mobile
and online initiatives link
- GPS Industries (Vancouver, Canada)
GPS and Wi-Fi business solutions for the Golf
industry link
- Cognima / Shozu (London, UK) ShoZu:
the easiest, smartest way to get videos and photos
from your mobile phone to the web and content from
the web to your mob link
- Your World Games (Florida, US)
Publisher of location based mobile gaming content
link
- Astraware (Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK)
Developer, publisher and distributor for smart mobile
games. link
- Magmic Games (Ottawa, Canada) A
leading studio and worldwide publisher of wireless
games. link
- Search Quest (Atwater, CA, US) Mobile
2.0 Map Mashup Location-Based GPS Search link
- Get My Data (Ottawa, Canada) Enabling
wireless access to personal data via any web-
enabled device
link
- mPulse Media (San Francisco, US) We
grow communities on Mobile phones -- including our
own, m.wapTags.com -- to increase revenue from
mobile stores, games lobbies link
- EQO ( Vancouver,Canada) a
revolutionary mobile service that keeps people
connected to their online communities and instant
messaging networks. link
- Talkster (Toronto,Canada) Innovative
provider of IM- and Cell-VoIP services and
technologies link
Upcoming Themes
January - Service Provider / Carrier
Solutions
February - Companies that provide services
to our
members
Every month, WIP chooses a theme - a
technology, vertical market or a combination of
both. WIP members who reflect that theme are
featured, (based on key words they have chosen
for their WIPConnector
profile.
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Welcome Torino Wireless
Torino Wireless District is a model of local
development based on the strong integration of
Research, Enterprises and Venture Capital aimed at
accelerating the ICT impact on Gross Regional
Product.
The Foundation, that coordinates the District
activities, is formed on a wide public-private
partnership bringing together national and local
government bodies, research centers, enterprises,
banks.
The Foundation fosters the District development by
supporting the most promising companies with high
level business coaching, contacts with R&D facilities,
access to Venture Capital and public funding,
international business networks.
Torino Wireless also launched a cluster (80
companies) on Intelligent Transport Systems and
promotes European
Mobility Forum, an international event on
ITS.Torino Wireless is also hosting
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WIP
partners with wireless organizations and
associations around
the
world - see them featured on the
website. Every month we feature one of their
members online and in the newsletter. Ask your
organization
to partner with WIP today!
Featured Partner Members for
December:
MX
Alliance features MOBIQA
Mobiqa are the world leaders in mobile ticketing and
mobile coupon solutions based on the creation,
delivery and redemption of barcodes to mobile
phones. Mobiqa?s headquarters are in Edinburgh with
remote offices in New York and Hong Kong. Their
award winning, patent pending technology is
currently operating in over 30 countries around the
world.
WINBC
features WHITE
NOISE.
A 2006 WCSF Emerging Technology Award Finalist!
WNL protects media and content distribution, with
innovative identity-preserving features and functions
including unprecedented circumvention-detection
capabilities.
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| WIP PRESENTING AT EVENTS IN THE UK |
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Caroline Lewko will be presenting at a couple of
different events in the UK during December.
The Wireless Developer Forum UK is a unique
forum
aimed at the developer community and takes place in
Cambridge on the 4th and 5th of December. Caroline
will be presenting on Monday morning on the Value of
Partnerships. The
presentation The 5% Solution - Helping the Small
Guys reach the Top Quartile discusses some of
the challenges facing emerging wireless
companies.
Other presenters include: Symbian,
Forum Nokia, Ericsson,
ARM, Blackberry, The Khronos
Group and Cambridge Wireless, and
there is an additional Investor day presented by
VCR and Angel News.
More information can be found here
Save £100 through WIP - simply use the following
code when you book online: vowip
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Then on the Dec 11th, Caroline will present
her
Top
Ten Tips for New Wireless Companies at an
MX Alliance Networking breakfast event in
Glasgow.
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| MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS: The New Generation |
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Much has changed in the world of handset operating
systems since 2003. The mobile software market has
grown into a landscape of hundreds of vendors, where
understanding the roles, functionality, lines of
partnership and competition across software products
is a complex endeavor, even for a seasoned industry
observer.
This
free whitepaper from ARCChart presents the key
layers
of the handset operating system software stack
today;
and explains the importance of application execution
environments (AEEs) and UI frameworks, which
several
specialist vendors are producing as standalone
products.
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PTC '07 takes places January 14 -
17, 2006 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village® Beach
Resort & Spa, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
This 29th Annual conference PTC is the #1 Asia-
Pacific international conference for
telecommunications and ICT professionals. Hard-
hitting informative sessions will ensure that you are
prepared to leverage new partnerships and remain
competitive in an ever-changing marketplace.
PTC?s track record for attracting executive-level
participants will bring thousands of buyers and sellers
to Hawaii. link
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THIS MONTH'S FEATURED MOBILIST - Chetan Sharma |
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EV-DO vs WCDMA: Who?s ahead?
Broadband is in the air. It has been an evolving
year for wireless broadband in the US. It moved from
test-beds to real markets nationwide; both EV-DO
and
WCDMA have made progress, but which technology is
likely to be more pervasive in the coming years?
There are 3 critical things that matter the most in
the evolution cycle of any wireless technology,
namely - the network coverage, the device choices,
and the devices and the services cost to the
consumer.
In terms of network coverage, even though Cingular
(then AT&T Wireless) got a head start with its
ceremonial UMTS deployment in four markets, Verizon
and Sprint Nextel have jumped much further ahead in
terms of national coverage. While Cingular has only
covered 52 major markets in 28 states (just over 50%
market) thus far, both Verizon and Sprint are
nearing complete nation-wide coverage. T-Mobile
won?t get into the picture until well into 2007.
Alltel, the number 5 carrier in the US has been
spreading its EV-DO coverage as well.
In the critical area of handsets, EV-DO is ahead by
a mile. As of Sept 2006, there were 15 3G handsets
available in the market (representing approximately
20% of the available handsets from big four), 14
EV-DO (10 from Verizon, 4 from Sprint Nextel) vs. 1
UMTS/HSDPA handset from Cingular.
Average Selling Price (ASP) is approximately $130 on
the low-end phones and $250 on the high-end. To its
credit, Cingular?s LG CU 500 is available at
sub-$100 to make it attractive for mass-market;
however, it needs much better market coverage and
broad range of devices before it can start catching
up with its CDMA buddies. The pricing for
broadband-friendly services are still in a state of
flux but becoming attractive by the day. Starting
this Christmas season, we should expect the gap
between the two technologies start to narrow as
Cingular plays catch-up.
As of 2Q06, CDMA carriers had 93% of the 3G
subscribers in the US with Verizon leading the pack
with over 80% of the 3G subscribers. 2007 will see
the introduction of HSDPA/HSUPA and the evolution is
expected to continue with HSPA and LTE by 2009. On
the CDMA track, Sprint Nextel and Verizon are
already testing and introducing Rev A devices. EV-DO
Rev B and Rev C are likely to be introduced in 2008
and 2009 respectively.
So, what can we expect in the next few years? In a
way, this match of EV-DO vs. HSDPA in the US is akin
to GSM vs. CDMA tussle 5-6 years ago. By the time,
AT&T Wireless finally decided to abandon TDMA in
favor of the GSM evolution, CDMA 1x RTT was well
ahead of the game. EV-DO is clearly ahead in its 5
year maturation cycle in the US and will continue to
enjoy a dominant market-share till at least 2010
(though WCDMA will completely dominate EV-DO
worldwide). By that time, 3G penetration will reach
over 50%.
Chetan Sharma is a recognized industry expert in
strategyand implementation of wireless data and
pervasive computing solutions. He has a strong
background in developing and launching technologies,
products, and solutions for the wireless Industry,
including extensive experience in managing and
delivering all phases of the product development
cycle. Executives from leading wireless companies
around the world seek his accurate predictions,
independent insights, and actionable
recommendations.
He has served as an advisor to senior executive
management of several Fortune 100 companies in the
wireless space; and is an enthusiastic member of the
Wireless Industry Partnership. Click
here
for more information.
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