WIP Members with Service Provider / Carrier Solutions include:

TATARA'S mobile services convergence platform makes it possible to deliver a rich and consistent set of services and content over multiple IP access networks more

UNITY WIRELESS is developer of infrastructure solutions for OEM and operators of wireless networks including Coverage Enhancement Solutions (CES) and custom designed amplifier sub components more

MOBIDIA'S wave software solution enables carriers to quickly deploy new, highly differentiated multimedia services, significantly shortening typical multi-year investment cycles. more

WHITENOISE secures the world's information at rest and in transmission. more

IN MOTION TECHNOLOGY is a leading supplier of LAN mobilization systems, a new paradigm for the delivery of mobile broadband. more

RX NETWORKS is a mobile positioning technology and services company. more

CONTEC INNOVATIONS is a leading provider of service delivery solutions to operators and service providers with great traction in China more

INFOZECH specializes in providing convergent billing, mediation and rating, interconnect solutions for packet-based communications. more

Upcoming Themes:
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.

WIRELESS INNOVATION CONTEST
This month Partner WINBC features WIC '07, the 4th Annual Wireless Innovation Contest. Featuring an esteemed panel of judges, a mentor panel and an awards ceremony at CTIA, this March in Orlando.

Open to companies and students in Canada and the US.
Deadline for Registration:
January 29, 20007

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OTTAWA WIRELESS CLUSTER features TINYVIEW.
Tinyview is a Mobile LBS technology developer based in Ottawa. Its SVGT based MLBS platform easily integrate with any location relevant contents quickly and deliver graphics rich contents to mobile device in the most efficient way as compare to other offerings in the market.

Its beta version of iMapia mobile mapping service demonstrates many of the flexibility and benefits. It enables you to get maps, driving directions and local points of interest such as banking, restaurants, shopping centers etc., directly from your cell phone, Treo, Blackberry or other Java enabled mobile devices. Powered by its MLBS platform, iMapia uses as little as 3-4 KB of wireless data per map download compared to 30-40KB for gif or jpg image maps, integrates with real time restaurants guide. One other great feature is that once a map is downloaded, iMapia allows unlimited local interaction such as panning and zooming without the need to wait and download another map. This feature reduces the amount of redundant data traffic by more than 90%. Maps can be pre-downloaded for use out of cellular carrier range.

WNL protects media and content distribution, with innovative identity-preserving features and functions including unprecedented circumvention-detection capabilities

WIP partners with wireless organizations and associations around the world - see them featured on the website. Every month we feature the associations, their events or activities and their members online and in the newsletter. Ask your organization to partner with WIP today!

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Wireless Association Dinner during 3GSM
Sunday, February 11, 2007, Barcelona
Contact us to ensure your association attends.

Mobile Social Networking: A Growing Phenomenon

It's no secret that online social networking communities have reached a near-legendary level of success over the past few years, with sites like MySpace, FaceBook, and Orkut attracting memberships in the tens of millions.

Like it or not, the broadband-connected PC has become one of chief communication platforms of modern times, as countless friendships, love affairs, and lucrative business connections are created each and every day on the world wide web.

The world wide web, however, no longer exists solely on conventional computers, and is becoming accessible from virtually anywhere, even on the smallest of wireless devices. It seems inevitable, therefore, that social networking, with its emphasis on instant, long distance communication, will become a primarily mobile phenomenon in the years to come.

This important paradigm shift seems to have started in earnest over the past year, 2006, in which America's largest wireless carriers all jumped on the social networking bandwagon, rolling-out a variety of specialized mobile communication services. The largest U.S. carrier, Cingular Wireless, has embodied an especially determined attitude to this important new market.

Several months ago, the company's executive directory of segment marketing and sponsorships, David Garver, was quoted as saying that Cingular will host as many social communities as possible in the future. ?Will social network applications be some of the biggest applications Cingular sells? Yes,? Garver insisted.

Since then, Cingular has worked hard to promote Rabble, a $3/month mobile communication and information-sharing platform launched in partnership with San Diego-based Intercasting Corp. More recently, the carrier has also launched a fully functional version of MySpace for wireless devices.

This hot new service will soon be extended to work on 90% of Cingular handset models, allowing users to read and respond to their MySpace email messages, write blog entries, and upload photos onto their personal homepages, at a cost of just $2.95 per month.

In terms of revenue potential, $2.95 per user might not seem like much for the industry to get excited about, but Cingular and other wireless carriers have come up with a number of ways to turn these services into cash.

First and foremost, the availability of advanced wireless communication features will increase the mobile data bandwidth used by subscribers, creating additional revenue for carriers, and ultimately encouraging users to sign up for unlimited data plans.

Mobile search and banner advertising are also expected to be important revenue generators for businesses involved in the roll-out of mobile social networking, as big name advertisers begin to realize the value of promoting via the third screen.

Overall, it seems that strong all-round revenue will be a natural long-term consequence for whatever companies are best able to ride the growing wave of wireless social networking. Let the race continue... .

Jeremy Maddock is a successful freelance writer, webmaster, and Internet entrepreneur from Victoria, Canada. Click here for more information.