18/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Brett Stevens, CTO of NetComm

NetComm is a developer of broadband internet products and services. They offer a diverse broadband product portfolio addressing business, consumer, industrial and specialized vertical industries.

18/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Lukas Koukl of Jablocom

At the Mobile World Congress we met with Lukas Koukl, Sales Manager at Jablocom, a Czech company that develops, produces and delivers GSM communication solutions.

16/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Anton Porter of ClearWire

Clearwire was present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona; they are a mobile internet company. They currently work in 29 US cities and are looking to expand to by the end of the year reaching a third of the US population.

16/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Jeremy Lau of Real Networks

Real is a world leading digital entertainment provider, they specialize on ring tones, ring back tones as well as video and music on demand. They are the only company in the world that offers all these services.

16/03/2010 - MWC 2010: The World’s Slimmest Mobile Phone

Umeox had a very important announcement to make at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona; they were launching the world’s slimmest mobile phone.

16/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Federico Rossi of Upstream

Upstream is a mobile marketing company, they are world market leaders in their field. We met with Federico Rossi at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

16/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Bruce Webber of Anadigics

Anadigics designs and manufactures radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) solutions for the broadband and wireless communications markets. They work with various manufacturers; their products are designed to be high power and high efficiency, leaving a very small footprint.

16/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Vassili Philippov, COO at SPB Software

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we met with Vassili Philippov from SPB Software. They specialize on mobile software and work with all major device manufacturers. Their software works in practically all available platforms.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Adewumi Mogaji, CEO of Oxydo mms

Oxydo mms, a mobile technology and marketing solutions provider, was present at the 2010 Mobile World Congress. Their products are dedicated to connecting commercial and business clients with their traditional audiences and beyond.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Adam Schlegel of GestureTek

At the Mobile World Congress we spoke with Adam Schlegel, Lead Algorithm Designer at GestureTek, inventor and patent-holder in video-gesture-control software for interactive displays and devices.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Ahmad Borghol of MobiNetS

MobiNetS provides planning, optimisation, engineering and added value services for mobile networks. They supply NPT, an end-to-end software suite. Their VAS offering includes Mobile Payment Server (MPS), cell broadcast and dynamic load balancing platform, customisation & system integration.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Romeo Xue Zhong of Vtion

Vtion is one of the three leading providers of wireless data card solutions for mobile computing over wide area networks in China.

At the Mobile World Congress we spoke to Romeo Xue Zhong, Regional Sales Director at the company, who believes Vtion is one of only a few suppliers of wireless data cards in China that has the capability to produce wireless data cards for all 3G industry standards.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Scott Papenfuss of Aplix

At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Scott Papenfuss, Director of Business Development at Aplix, a Tokyo-based company that deploys Java technology in mobile phones and other consumer electronics devices.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Blayne Jackson of rapIDscan

The rapIDscan solution for mobile operators allows anyone with a suitably configured handset to collect subscriber's ID data through an automated process combining Text and Facial Recognition and using the handsets advanced camera function.

Watch the interview with Blayne Jackson to find out more about the company and the product.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Min Huang of Celcite

Celcite’s core business is Wireless Engineering and Optimisation products such as COPS (Customised Optimization & Self Performing Solutions). COPS employs Automatic Intelligence Correlation in the form of Embedded Subject Matter Expertise (emulating an Engineer’s critical thinking) and provides automatic fault analysis with executable solutions.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Tomas Torok of ITWare

ITWare was at the stand of Hungarian companies at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, they specialize on mobile application development. They announced the launch of their new mobile TV application at the MWC.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with David Holland of DivX

DivX is a digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across all types of devices.

Their digital video technologies cover PCs, television and mobile devices.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Ciaran Mcgovern of Critical Path

Critical Path is a mobile applications provider; it works on white label custom solutions for some of the largest operators in the world. They enable millions of users to communicate, connect, share and organize while providing industry-leading safety and assurance.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Dirk Dorre, CEO of O3SIS

O3SIS which was recently acquired by Gemalto, is a provider of solutions that brings together data from social networks, pc’s and handsets. All sources used over the internet are being put together in one central place and they communicate with each other.

15/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with David Neumann of PCTel

PCTel works with antennas and high speed scanner receivers for wireless operators. The scanners help plan, deploy and optimize networks, especially handy for LTE which currently does not have too many devices to test the system on.

12/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Colin Abrey of Zinwave

Zinwave provides in-building coverage through its Active Wideband Distributed Antenna System (DAS) technology. A fascinating product that is worth learning more about, hear what Colin Abrey, VP of Marketing & Sales has to say about the company and their service.

12/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Paul Erickson of fSona

fSona sells optical wireless communication equipment, providing high speed connectivity through air.

At the Mobile World Congress Paul Erickson showed us their latest launch the SonaBeam Series E Series.

12/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Christian Lanzani of RadioComp

Radiocomp is a provider of modular RF systems and components for existing and next generation mobile and wireless infrastructure networks. We met with Christian Lanzani at the Mobile World Congress who told us about the company and their star product.

12/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Asger Petersen of Telebilling

Telebilling offer a billing platform for operators, it allows operators to get in touch with their end costumers, send them invoices and manage their accounts.

We met Asger Petersen at the Mobile World Congress and he told us about the future expectations of the company.

12/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Andreas Froland of BluePosition

BluePosition offers a “One phone - One number” solution, allowing employees to use only one device as opposed to a personal and work mobile phone. They target mobile network operators who in turn offer the service to their business clients.

12/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Peter Knudsen, CEO of BLIP Systems

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we met Peter Knudsen, CEO of BLIP Systems. The company offers solutions for Bluetooth Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Proximity Marketing and Location Based Services worldwide.

12/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Nicolai Palmquist of Telogic

Telogic is a premier solutions enabler for the telecommunications industry. They assist carriers and service providers in improving the efficiency of their networks, enhancing profitability and increasing customer satisfaction.

11/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Jacob Andersen of AM3D

We met with Jacob Andersen from AM3D at the Mobile World Congress. A Danish company that specializes on Audio Enhancement for mobile devices including navigation, phones and TV. They have software based solutions and Jacob gave us a demonstration of a 3D audio engine, which is great for games.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Gilberto Brizzi of Teko Telecom

Teko Telekom is an Italian leading manufacturer of high-tech mobile coverage systems for in-building, metros, tunnels and outdoor applications, expressly designed for long-term reliable operations.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Gregory Dunn of SYBASE

We visited the Sybase 365 booth at the Mobile World Congress they are a division of Sybase, and are the messaging arm for the company. They deliver more than 1.4 billion message a day.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Darren Madonick of DeviceAnywhere

We met with Darren Madonick from DeviceAnywhere at the Mobile World Congress; he gave us a full explanation on what the company does and also gave us a live demonstration. He demonstrated how they can help testers and developers interact with mobile devices remotely or locally.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Mendy Ouzillou of Telegent Systems

Telegent Systems provides high-performance, single-chip solutions enabling worldwide live, free-to-air broadcast TV reception in mobile handsets, laptops and netbooks, and other portable devices.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Ivan Cheng of Coiler

Coiler is a leading supplier of RF indoor repeaters that provide reliable access, quality voice and high-speed data transmission via cellular networks throughout any facility. We met Ivan Cheng at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Jorge Garcia of Kvaleberg

Jorge Garcia is the Principal Software Engineer at Kvaleberg, a Norwegian company specialized in mobile software. One of their software is Mimiria a state of the art complete applications suite for mobile handsets.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Sven Freudenfeld of Kontron

Sven Freudenfeld, in charge of Business Development at Kontron told us about the company’s open communications platforms. Sven commented on the sectors tendencies and how the company is responding to its clients needs.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Mark Bingham of Kathrein

We were with Kathrein, the world market leader in base station antenna technology. The company is renowned for its quality, high technology and wide offer.

10/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Gianluca Aleotti of Eurotek Italia

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we met with Eurotek, and Italian company that manufactures mobile phone cases and accessories. They presented their new Dolce Vita branded products, an iPhone case with an integrated battery which you can use to recharge your iPhone when your battery runs out.

09/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Sisco Sapena, CEO of Lleida.net

At the Mobile World Congress we spoke with Sisco Sapena, CEO of Lleida.net, a Catalonia-based SMS operator. It has agreements with more than 1.000 carriers worldwide and has developed an international communication network via SMS reaching 200 countries.

09/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Alessandro Marcenaro, Co-Founder of Mobyt

At the Mobile World Congress we met with Alesandro Marcenaro, Co-Founder & Sales Director at Mobyt, a company that claims to be a key player in the European market of mobile messaging services (sms/mms) and two-way messaging applications.

09/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Tolga Kislal of Hobim

Smart cards manufacturer and information processing company, Hobim, was present at 2010 Mobile World Congress. They produce any kind of simcard for GSM industry, scratch cards for pre-paid services and chip-embedded cards for PSTN telecom operators.

09/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Denis Pagnac of Mobiclip

At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Denis Pagnac, Senior VP of Marketing & Sales at Mobiclip. They build branded mobile TV application for smartphones including Symbian phones, Windows phones and iPhone.

08/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Jabra’s Stereo Headsets

At the Mobile World Congress Jabra, headset giant, unveiled new mobile music product and showcased its extensive range of stylish Bluetooth headsets.

We spoke with Steven Doan Schmidt, Sales Director for Northern Markets at GN Netcom (the owner of Jabra brand). He showed us recently announced Jabra Clipper headset that comes with amazing functionality and sleek Scandinavian design.

08/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Eric Mariette of RFS

On the occasion of the 2010 Mobile World Congress RFS was highlighting its technology and market leadership in in-tunnel wireless coverage. Watch the interview with Eric Mariette, VP Global Marketing and Strategy at RFS to find out more about this arguably one of the world’s most challenging environments from a radio frequency perspective.

08/03/2010 - MWC 2010: 2D Barcode Reader in Action

At the Mobile World Congress we spoke to Avi Marinstrauss, VP Global Sales at 3GVision, the company that is the global pioneer and leader in mobile barcode reading. Their star product i-nigma offers comprehensive 1D/2D mobile barcode solution incorporating a code-creation, campaign management and advanced metrics reporting platform.

08/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Guy Levit, CEO of TeleMessage

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we interviewed Guy Levit, CEO of TeleMessage. They offered converged messaging products and services that send, receive, and manage SMS, MMS, voice, fax and e-mail and video messages from the internet, e-mail clients, fixed or mobile phones and APIs.

08/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Paulo Glórias of WIT Software

At Mobile World Congress we met with Paulo Glórias, Business Development & Marketing Manager at WIT Software who told us more about the WIT Communications Suite, a software solution that enables the convergence of telephony services with the PC, Internet, Game Consoles and IPTV.

05/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Connecting Voice Calls with Web Applications

Ditech Networks, a company that delivers advanced voice processing services that drive service provider revenue and retention, was present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Smartphone.Biz-News.com spoke to Karl Brown, Vice President of Marketing at Ditech, who told us more about the company’s PhoneTag.

05/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Alon Rotem of Electronics Line 3000

At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Alon Rotem, Technical Support Engineer at Electronics Line 3000, a provider of advanced security and control solutions, with remote management applications, for the residential and SoHo markets.

05/03/2010 - Pomeranian Science and Technology Park at MWC 2010

The Pomeranian Science and Technology Park based in Gdynia a Polish city in the north of the country, was present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Their aim was to promote the innovation in their city and region, and present to the market two products that have been developed by two of the 80 companies that the Park holds.

05/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Jose Maria Horta of Knock

Knock is a Spanish company that manufactures solutions for the infrastructure of telecommunications deployment. At the Mobile World Congress Jose Maria Horta, Commercial Director of Knock spoke to us about their latest solution the Tiger Series.

05/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Sudip Nandy, CEO of Aricent

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we met with Sudip Nandy, CEO of Aricent. They are a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on communications.

05/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Hisham Isa of BuzzCity

BuzzCity a Singapore based company that works globally and were present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. They specialize on mobile advertising, delivering ads to mobile phones as they surf the internet.

05/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Albert Riera of BioAccez

BioAccez was present at the Mobile World Congress with their 3G surveillance cameras; they have developed a very simple hardware that revolutionizes the use we have given surveillance cameras to date.

04/03/2010 - MWC 2010: OnMobile Squeezes Music into Your Phone

At the Mobile World Congress we spoke to Mouli Raman, Co-Founder & CTO of OnMobile, who gave us a short introduction to this interesting Indian company. Kiran Anandampillai then showed us OnMobile’s latest creation – the Squeeze device that "squeezes fresh music” from internet into the mobile phone.

03/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Miguel Silva, CCO of Rubberduck

Smartphone.Biz-News.com spoke to Miguel Angel Silva, Chief Commercial Officer at Rubberduck that was one of the first companies in Europe to launch commercial off-deck mobile TV and mobile radio services.

03/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Michael Sandager, CSO of Mobiletech

At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Michael Buch Sandager, CSO of Mobiletech, who revealed that the company has been chosen by Voice of America as the technology supplier of the mobile solution to the famous international broadcaster.

02/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Jorge Branco, Account Manager at eLeader

eLeader is a banking software developer for all smartphone platforms in the market. Jorge Branco, Account Manager, showed us their mobile banking solution that allows you to do practically everything with your bank account from your mobile phone; account information, transfers, credit card information, stock market ect.

See the video for a demonstration of how this software works.

02/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Pete Cunningham, Senior Analyst at Canalys

On the last day of the Mobile World Congress we met with Pete Cunningham, Senior Analyst at Canalys, he gave us a review on what his impressions had been at the congress. Watch the video to get his expert opinions on the devices and apps which impressed him most at the Congress.

02/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Polystar Presents Test Solutions for Networks

We spoke with Niklas Thorin, CEO of Polystar at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. They have a test system for networks that tests on various types of possible situations during network development and whilst they are live. All major manufacturers use their systems in their labs; Ericson, Nokia and Alcatel.

02/03/2010 - MWC 2010 : Interview with Peter Rosenbeck, CEO of IDENT Technology

At the Mobile World Congress we met with Peter Rosenbeck a most charming man who promised to show us magic, he is the CEO of IDENT Technology which is an IP company that works in the field of gesture recognition. Peter gave us a complete demonstration on how their technology works.

02/03/2010 - MWC 2010 : Interview with Albrecht Von der Recke, COO of fonYou

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we had the opportunity to talk to Albrecht Von der Recke COO of fonYou, a Spanish company that provides online telephony services. fonYou’s mission is to reinvent mobile telephony for the internet era, they have developed a service that allows you to have your phone on line.

02/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Toni Klinc from Mireo

Mireo is a Croatian navigation company that was for the first time at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. They were presenting their navigation solution “Don’t Panic”; it calculates a route of 3,000 km in less than 2 seconds and gives you directions according to landmarks which lessens the risk of getting lost and coming into a panic.

01/03/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Jonathan Dalton of Trade Wings

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we interviewed Jonathan Dalton, VP of Enterprise Sales at Trade Wings, the U.S.-based company with offices in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Trade Wings is a global reuse optimization technology, consulting and outsourcing partner to the world’s largest telecom OEMs and carriers.

01/03/2010 - International Roaming for Free? Interview with Arif Reza, Director of WorldSIM

At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Arif Reza, Director of WorldSIM, the company that was showcasing their Multi IMSI global roaming sim card.

This revolutionery card enables travellers to use their mobile phone in over 200 countries worldwide and receive incoming calls for free in over 80 countries including the USA, all of Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

01/03/2010 - MVNO in a Box: Interview with Han Beukers, Senior Account Manager at COMSYS

Comsys and I-New where together at the Mobile World Congress in their stand which represented a box, a reflection of the new product they have launched, a complete MVNO in a Box solution. The solution contains everything that a company needs to start its own MVNO or MVNE.

01/03/2010 - WellDoc: Healthcare and Technology

VIDEO INTERVIEW. WellDoc was a pleasant surprise at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, they are a US based Health Technology company that have developed mobile phone support for chronic diseases.

The system contains tips on health care and coaches the patient on how best to proceed.

01/03/2010 - Where Sport Meets Technology: Interview with Mette Lykke, Founder of Endomondo

Endomondo works on phones with GPS and tracks your speed and distance covered in 20 different sports, from running and skiing, to hiking and cycling.

Mette Lykke one of the Co-Founders of Endomondo told us that they aim to have half a million users by the end of 2010, let the race begin!

25/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Gareth Mee of Myphonehas

Your shopping experience goes social; this is the objective of this young company myphonehas a content and application store that has connected the world of retail with the world of social networks.

We spoke with Gareth Mee at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, watch the interview to get a feel for how this young company may revolutionize your shopping experience.

25/02/2010 - Mobile Spam Protection: Interview with Sharon Kiernan, CEO of Sentry

Sharon Kiernan, CEO for SENTRY Wireless told us about their new anti spam software for mobile phones.

The software allows users to report spam to their mobile operator, who in turn will ensure they do not receive any more messages from that sender and will also help the operator build a profile on spam senders.

25/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Paulo Ramalheira of PT Inovação

In a modern booth of PT Inovação at the Mobile World Congress we talked to Paulo Ramalheira, Sales, Marketing and Communications Director of this Portuguese company.

Inovação is a technology company of Portugal Telecom Group with competences in all the different areas in telecommunications, but with focus on Intelligent Networks, Access Networks and VAS Platforms for fix and mobile operators.

24/02/2010 - Widget on Demand: Interview with Thomas Landspurg, CTO of Webwag

At the Mobile World Congress we met with Thomas Landspurg, CTO and Co-Founder of Webwag, the company that publishes mobile and web widget convergent solutions.

They had a big announcement in Barcelona – they announced that they had become a developer of AFP’s LIVE SPORT NEWS app for the recently unveiled PUMA PHONE.

24/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Marco Monsurrò, General Manager at Coelmo

At the Mobile World Congress we interviewed Marco Monsurrò, General Manager at Coelmo, an Italian company that manufactures generating sets since 1946(!) and supplies major European operators.

In Barcelona Coelmo was presenting its special unit that is meant for the telecom industry and provides energy for GSM antennas.

24/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with David Golding of CelleBrite

CelleBrite was present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, they had on show their star product the UME-36. David Golding, Director of International Sales told us all about the device which provides an amazing service to mobile users.

24/02/2010 - Mobile Speech Recognition: Interview with Oddmund Braaten of SVOX

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we met with Oddmund Braaten, Head of Marketing & Business Development for SVOX. They are a speech technology company that specializes in computerized speech and voice recognition.

Watch the vide interview that also contains a demonstration of their technology to get a feel of what we can expect from this company in the near future.

23/02/2010 - Simplify how you charge: Interview with George McGhee, Director at Powermat

Powermat had an impressive stand at the Mobile World Congress, it was their first time at the show and they definitely had something worth showing off about. George McGhee, Director at Powermat took us through this revolutionary wireless charger.

23/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Gauthier Chastan, Marketing Manager at Stantum

Stantum has been the pioneering company in multi-touch technology since 2002, and in 2005 was the first company to market commercial products using a truly reliable multi-touch user interface.

We didn’t miss the opportunity to try their 4,3” and 12” demonstration units, which have been showcased by the Stantum team at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

23/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Arif Shahab of Jabil

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Jabil, one of the world’s largest EMS companies, has provided snapshot of the future with breakthrough camera modules: Compact 5MP Autofocus Camera Module and the World’s First 2MP Reflowable Wafer-Level Camera.

Smartphone.Biz.News.com spoke to Arif Shahab, Business Unit Director for Jabil.

22/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Ashis Sharma, VP of Marketing at Alvarion

At the Mobile World Congress we talked to Ashis Sharma, VP of Marketing at Alvarion, the world’s leading provider of 4G WiMAX solutions that has more than 3.5 million wireless devices deployed around the globe

22/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Christian Nyborg from MasMovil

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona we met with Christian Nyborg from MasMovil, a low cost Spanish mobile operator currently working with 100,000 clients.

They came into the market two years ago, competing with big operators like Movistar, Orange or Vodafone but charging half the price.

22/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Jordi Serra, Director for Ubiqua

The Spanish pavilion at the Mobile World Congress held some of the most innovative companies of the country, in this case we met with Jordi Serra, Director for Ubiqua a Barcelona based company. They are a mobile marketing agency and a tools developer specialist.

22/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Colin Shave, Head of Sales for Alert Me

We had the chance to talk to Colin Shave, Head of Sales for Alert Me a three year old company based in Cambridge. They provide smart energy solutions which help you monitor your energy consumption at home, therefore helping consumers reduce their bills and their carbon footprint.

19/02/2010 - GSMA Announced Winners of the 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards

The GSMA announced the winners of the coveted Global Mobile Awards at the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

“A remarkable 500 entries from across the global mobile ecosystem were submitted this year, all of an extremely high calibre, and the winners should be incredibly proud of their achievements,” said Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board, GSMA.

19/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Rajiv Mehrotra, CEO of VNL

Among the winners of the 15th Annual Global Mobile Awards is VNL, an India-based company that won Green Mobile Award for Best Green Programme Product or Initiative.

We spoke to Rajiv Mehrotra, Founder, Chairman & CEO of VNL just before the Awards have been announced.

He talked about VNL’s zero-opex solar-powered WorldGSM base station developed specifically for use in rural areas where people have less than US$2 a month to spend on their phone bills.

19/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Bobby Cha, Managing Director for Inbrics

During the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona we met with Bobby Cha, Managing Director for Inbrics, a Korean based company that is opening up to the world this year.

CIS was their introduction to the US market and the MWC to the European market. They have come strong with two star products the Mobile Internet Device (MID) and the SOIP Home Station.

19/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Sami Niemi, CTO of Scalado

Sami Niemi, Co-Founder and CTO of Scalado has taken time from his busy Mobile World Congress schedule to give us an amazing demonstration of their technology.

Scalado specializes in mobile imaging and works on software and applications that allow for an improved imaging experience for your mobile camera.

18/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Christophe Colas of Trusted Logic

Smartphone.Biz-News.com spoke to Christophe Colas, Product Marketing Director at Trusted Logic, a provider of open software for smart cards, terminals & consumer devices.

Christophe talks about the company’s flagship product - Trusted NFC that was designed for OEMs and value-added service providers. It can be used on various NFC controllers, mobile devices, (U)SIM cards, and Secure Elements.

18/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Matthieu Kopp, Director of Aquafadas

In the French pavilion at the Mobile World Congress we found AVE!Comics, a company that specializes in developing comics for smartphones.

Watch the video interview with Matthieu Kopp, Director of Aquafadas to get a brief demonstration of how you can view comics on your smartphone and to find out why Matthieu is so excited about the arrival of the iPad.

18/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Karim Chaari, Sales Manager at StreamWIDE

Smartphone.Biz-News.com team was very busy at the Mobile World Congress today. One of the companies we met was StreamWIDE, a French firm that develops next generation Value-Added Services and telecom solutions for fixed and mobile operators.

Karim Chaari, Sales Manager at StreamWIDE gave as an overview of the company and talked about the innovative solutions they provide to the market.

16/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Alexandros Moukas, CEO of Velti

 We have met the very friendly team from Velti at the Mobile World Congress, they specialize on mobile marketing and mobile advertising technologies.
Basically they make it simple for marketers, advertisers, publishers and mobile operators to fulfil all of their mobile marketing and advertising needs through a simple, convenient platform.

View the video interview to have a one to one insight into this great company you must watch out for.

16/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Mikko Hypponen, CRO of F-Secure

VIDEO INTERVIEW  The Smartphone.Biz-News.com team has been today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the most exciting mobile event of the year!
We have met with F-Secure, a company focused on protecting the irreplaceable.

16/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Jean-Paul Deschamps, CEO of 3Roam

VIDEO INTERVIEW. At Mobile World Congress Smartphone.biz-news.com interviewed Jean-Paul Deschamps, President & CEO of 3Roam, the provider of IP and MPLS microwave backhaul solutions.

He gave us a brief introduction to the company and talked about the MicrowaveRouter – the company’s star product.

15/02/2010 - MWC 2010: Interview with Chris Cox, Product Line Manager at ip.access

VIDEO INTERVIEW. The first day of the Mobile World Congress was full of interesting conversations for the Smartphone.Biz-news.com reporters. One of them was the interview we did with Chris Cox, Product Line Manager at ip.access.

03/03/2009 - TuneWiki Adds Lyrics To Mobile Streaming Radio

TuneWiki is taking the idea of giving listeners lyrics to go with their mobile music a stage further by extending it to streaming radio.
The social media player already offers audio and video while displaying synchronized or translated lyrics.
Smartphone-biz.news spoke to Chad Kouse, VP of R&D and CIO of the US-based developers, at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

24/02/2009 - Growing Appeal of Memory Card Movies For Mobiles

Watching movies on smartphones has in the past had its drawbacks - picture quality, screen size and memory limitations among the most obvious.
Those are fading rapidly but it seems that delivering video content to mobiles is occupying a lot of people's attention.

24/02/2009 - 7 Start-ups To Watch From Mobile World Congress 2009

The big names of the mobile world occupied vast stands at MWC in Barcelona - but some of the most interesting and innovative products, applications and technologies came from start-ups.
Smartphone.biz-news has pulled together some of the enterprising newbies that are likely to make a big impact in the future, including video interviews and photos.

18/02/2009 - Can MEEPASS's Mobile Tag Replace Credit Cards and ID?

French software developer MTag has just launched its cutting edge mobile identification solution MEEPASS at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
The secure ID tag works on any mobile phone and uses a 2D barcode that verifies a user's identity without the need for the handset to be network connected.

17/02/2009 - Location Sharing Start-up Wizi Sees Google Latitude As Challenge

For a start-up like Wizi having Google launch a competing product might seem like the kiss of death. Not so with the Lisbon, Portugal-based developers who have welcomed the launch of Google's Latitude as a way of bringing attention to their instant location sharing application. The free mobile application allows you to share your location instantly by e-mail or SMS.

17/02/2009 - ART's Breakthrough Technology Promises Uninterrupted High-speed Mobile Broadband

Advanced Receiver Technologies (ART) has launched interference cancellation technology which has the potential to dramatically improve 3G call connectivity and mobile broadband download rates.
Crucially, the Texas-based company says the solution doesn't require additional network investment but will allow twice as many users to connect in the same 3G coverage area.
It can do all this while maintaining broadband connectivity throughout the entire cell - including tripling data transfer speeds at cell edge.

17/02/2009 - Dial2Do Making Hands-free Mobile Tasks Simple

Irish start-up Dial2Do are creating quite a stir at this year's Mobile World Congress.
The Dublin-based company lets you do various tasks on your mobile simply by calling a number and speaking.
So you can send email or text messages, record reminders, post updates to Twitter or Jaiku stream or even listen to internet content - all while driving your car.

17/02/2009 - Intivation Launches World's First Solar-powered Mobile Phone

Intivation today launched the world's first low-cost solar-powered mobile phone.
The Dutch company uses an innovative converter that takes 0.5v from a solar cell and steps it up to the 3.7v needed for any lithium ion mobile phone battery.

17/02/2009 - Nokia, Vodafone and Adobe Help Kick-off Mobile World Congress 2009

This year's Mobile World Congress is now underway and already there has been a flurry of announcements and launches from some of the big names lining up in Barcelona.
Vodafone has unveiled a raft of new mobiles, including its first own-branded consumer GPS phone - the Vodafone 835.

16/02/2009 - Emoze Aiming To Be "Skype of the Push Email World"

It was interesting to hear Eitan Linker, CEO of emoze, talk about his company's efforts to introduce the mass market to mobile push email at the Showstopper event on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2009.
Emoze's free software enables users to configure multiple mobile email accounts - and send and receive emails from corporate, personal and family accounts all on the same mobile.

16/02/2009 - Bitstream Launches "Fastest Mobile Browser"

Bitstream is launching its new BOLT mobile browser today with the claim that it is the fastest on the market.
Sampo Kaasila, VP of R&D at Bitstream told smartphone.biz-news, that the new browser was "25-50 per cent faster" than competitor Opera.
Speaking at Showstoppers on the eve of Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona he said this was backed up by tests carried out in India.

16/02/2009 - Can Vuzix Transform Video Glasses From Geek To Chic?

Ever fancied a pair of those video glasses but felt you'd look a bit silly? Well Vuzix has come up with a set that would easily pass for wrap-around sunglasses.
The US company claims its Wrap 920AV is the most advanced video eyewear yet produced - offering the viewing equivalent of a 62-inch screen seen from 3m away. Video interview in main story.

14/02/2009 - Barcelona Mobile World Congress Live Coverage

Smartphone.biz-news is covering the Mobile World Congress 2009 from Barcelona. We will be publishing photos, interviews and company profiles. Follow the event via Twitter, FriendFeed, Flickr, RSS and here on the web.

Here you have the details.

06/02/2009 - Smartphone.biz-news Covering Big Names and Rising Stars At Mobile World Congress 2009

Smartphone.biz-news is providing extensive coverage from this year's Mobile World Congress being held in Barcelona between 16-19 February.
We will be posting regular updates on product announcements and press conferences from big industry names like Samsung, Toshiba and Microsoft as they happen.

28/01/2009 - Acer Smartphone(s) To Be Unveiled in Barcelona

Acer is to announce its entrance into the mobile phone market with the launch of at least one smartphone at next month's Mobile World Congress expo in Barcelona.
The company confirmed the move through press invitation that announced a "smartphones launch" - suggesting there could be more than one device released.