At the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, 12-15 February 2007, 18 of Ireland’s leading telecommunications companies will be showcasing the best of Irish mobile innovation at the Enterprise Ireland pavilion, Hall 1, Stand 1F17.
Ireland is officially one of Europe’s heaviest users of mobile phones with the highest ARPU in Europe of €47.06, compared to the European average of €32.24. The Irish also have the highest voice minutes usage per month in Europe at 237 minutes per month.
Ireland is widely recognised as a centre of excellence for the development of mobile and wireless technologies. The exhibiting companies are all at the forefront of their respective industry sectors, in areas ranging from mobile blogging and advanced personalization to dual-mode handsets and multi-party SMS.
As a result of the ‘Celtic Tiger’ economic boom, Ireland now has over 70 mobile/wireless technology companies. Supported by the Irish government and government funded research institutions, Irish telecoms companies continue to win substantial deals with tier-one fixed and wireless operators, regional players and cable companies throughout the US, EMEA and Asia-Pac markets.
Enterprise Ireland, will be hosting the following companies at 3GSM 2007:
• ACCURIS NETWORKS – offer seamless subscriber roaming between existing cellular networks and IP based networks.
(www.accuris-networks.com)
• ALATTO TECHNOLOGIES – provide value added service solutions for mobile operators including TRIBES, a powerful Google-type facility compatible with all mobile phones.
(www.alatto.com)
• ANAM – produce innovative messaging solutions to mobile operators which enable the extension of existing revenue streams and the creation of new business models.
(www.anam.com)
• ARANTECH – supply Customer Experience Management (CEM) systems to communications service providers. Arantech solutions help them to improve revenue, service quality and brand.
(www.arantech.com)
• ASAVIE TECHNOLOGIES – the developers of AccessMyLan, a hosted VPN service which enables mobile and fixed-line operators to deliver value-added secure remote access solutions to their subscribers.
(www.asavie.com)
• CAPE Technologies – offer software solutions and advisory services for the global telecommunications and content industries. Its domain expertise is focused on managing the revenue chain in telecom networks.
(www.capetechnologies.com)
• CHANGINGWORLDS – a provider of intelligent wireless portals and personalization solutions.
(www.changingworlds.com)
• CICERO NETWORKS – produce voice over wireless IP (wVoIP) solutions which enable service providers to deliver fixed and mobile convergence services to their enterprise and residential customers.
(www.ciceronetworks.com)
• MACALLA – arrange top-up, bill pay, banking, remittance and other services including cross-border transactions.
(www.macalla.com)
• MOBILEAWARE – specialise in Mobile Service Infrastructure (MSI), a unified technology framework for creating, delivering and managing mobile business solutions.
(www.mobileaware.com)
• NEWBAY SOFTWARE – produce products and services which create dynamic communities based on new mobile media technologies.
(www.newbay.com)
• OPENMIND NETWORKS – develops, deploys, and supports Message – OS, a telco grade messaging platform which provides a unified management, access and control layer for SMS and MMS services in a telecom network.
(www.openmindnetworks.com)
• SILICON & SOFTWARE SYSTEMS – catering for mobile DTV software solutions. S3’s onHandTV client software manages the reception of TV and data services over broadcast and unicast bearers, delivered to multiple mobile devices.
(www.s3group.com)
• TANGO TELECOM – supply real-time convergent charging and intelligent messaging software to the global telecommunications market.
(www.tango.ie)
• TRUST5 – a provider of market-leading mobile portal and content solutions. The company delivers a range of proven and scalable download, entertainment, community and information services.
(www.trust5.com)
• VALISTA’s market offering targets the growth of digital commerce by offering comprehensive merchandising, payments and settlement solutions and managed services.
(www.valista.com)
• VIMIO – supply media distribution and content solutions to major Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). Vimio offers mobile operators and content providers an end-to-end solution for live TV and multimedia content distribution on one platform over CDMA, GPRS, EDGE and 3G networks.
(www.vimio.com)
• XIAM TECHNOLOGIES – enables operators to individually market targeted mobile content to subscribers and capitalise on cross-and up-selling opportunities.
(www.xiam.com)
Enterprise Ireland, the Irish government trade and technology board, focuses on developing world-class Irish companies. All the companies exhibiting at the stand are at the forefront of their respective industry sectors, in areas ranging from advanced personalization, TV to mobile and Voice over Wireless IP.