tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48716644857277442122024-03-13T04:03:36.443+01:00Mobile Stockholm @ World Mobile Congress 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-64778804639089039572010-02-17T22:16:00.003+01:002010-02-17T22:24:52.780+01:00Hasta la vista, hasta luegoSo, yours truly is on the airport, soon embarking on the three hour flight back to Stockholm. Four days of intense business and meetings, getting to know the mobile industry a bit more and with a couple of hundred of business cards in our bags, we can summarize this year's event as nothing less than a success.<br /><br />It is very obvious, when we talk with the entrepreneurs, that the GSMA is an important event. It is about being represented in the right context, and meeting the right people. But it is also about pride of the industry, and the sense of being connected.<br /><br />Thank you for following us. If you want to read more about what is going on in Stockholm and in Kista, follow us on <a href="http://www.stockholmbusinessregion.com/">Stockholm- the Capital of Scandinavia</a>, or <a href="http://kistasciencecity.blogspot.com/">KistaScienceCity blog</a>.<br /><br />Hasta luego - see you soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-61547066641981388962010-02-17T22:04:00.004+01:002010-02-17T22:16:11.753+01:00The winners of the Living Labs Global Showcase Awards - the short versionThere was a <a href="http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/kista_science_city/pressrelease/view/nine-global-cities-announce-winning-solutions-to-help-millions-of-citizens-372100">pressrelease</a> sent out to the media on Sunday night, about the winners of the Living Labs Global Showcase Awards, handed out in Barcelona nearby city of Sant Cugat del Valles. We would like to present a short version of the event, and the winners.<br /><br />The cities of Barcelona, Caceres, Chicago, Eindhoven, La Selva, Oeiras, Sant Cugat, <a href="http://www.stockholm.se/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stockholm </span></a>and Taipei, were cathegory patners in selecting mobile and internet solutions that address (and solves) major societal challenges. Many entries: 317 from 28 countries and 140 cities around the world to be exact. There are 11 winners, and they get to implement their solutions in the participating cities.<br /><br />The Stockholm jury, chaird by Anette Scheibe, CEO at the Electrum Foundation/<a href="http://www.kista.com">KSCAB</a> (to the right in the picture) elected the <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.greenmap.org/">Open Green Map</a> (to the left) to be the winner. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3xbpItnpqI/AAAAAAAAAD8/hPcH2em5cTQ/s1600-h/anete_greenmap.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 170px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3xbpItnpqI/AAAAAAAAAD8/hPcH2em5cTQ/s200/anete_greenmap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439323212228306594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />All the winners city by city:<br />Barcelona: Autonomous Sensors to Monitor Garbage Capacity in Urban Dumpsters<br />Caceres: Energy Saving through Smart Applications<br />Chicago: Sustainable Food<br />Eindhoven: Local Innovation Plan<br />Oeiras: Central intelligent irrigation controller<br />La Selva: Sustainable Food, Wikiloc Active Routes<br />Sant Cugat: Real-time parking management in a city.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102); font-weight: bold;">Stockholm: <a href="http://www.greenmap.org/">Open Green Map</a></span><br />Taipei: Wikiloc Active Routes, Taxi2<br /><br />More about the award is found on <a href="http://www.livinglabs-global.com/award-about-showcase.asp">http://www.livinglabs-global.com/award-about-showcase.asp</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-23647811700011733652010-02-16T13:15:00.007+01:002010-02-17T21:57:11.659+01:00At the "fira" - Ericsson and Swedish Trade<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3qOnZgLloI/AAAAAAAAAD0/muMSS8RouuQ/s1600-h/barca2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 153px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3qOnZgLloI/AAAAAAAAAD0/muMSS8RouuQ/s200/barca2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438816307515201154" border="0" /></a><br />We are at Ericsson's huge complex on the very end of Monjuic at the "fira", or fair. Hundreds upon hundreds of business men (and women) are having business meet ups, lunch and enjying demos in the magnificent location. Ericsson has (heard word by mouth) also launched their new and enhanced "fair"brand, in light blue and red. Tonight the big release party will be inaugurated by the new Ericsson CEO mr Hans Vestberg, and the LTE service will be the talk of the town for sure.<br /><br />In hall 2, the Swedish Trade Council has as usual made an attractive space for the Swedish entrepreneurs, and I must say that the business mingles and meet ups are as intense there as they are here at Ericsson. It is just another sector, and innovation is as present as ever among the entrepreneurs.<br /><br />- This is without a doubt the best place for Swedish SMEs and entrepreneurs to market themselves and the Swedish mobile industry internationally. By displaying themselves at the Swedish Pavillion, the SMEs benefit and contribute to the good brand that Sweden has abroad, being in the forefront of innovation in telecom, says Karin Hanning project manager for the Swedish presence in Bracelona through Swedish Trade in Spain..<br /><br />I couldn 't but just agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-4716576717510433272010-02-16T13:11:00.004+01:002010-02-17T22:01:06.331+01:00Presence of innovation<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mats Nilsson Wireless@KTH at GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona</span><br />We meet up with Mats Nilson Director at Wireless@KTH. He is here to represent one of his commercial projects that is somewhat secret - but instead he is more than happy to talk about some of the ground breaking wirelsess/telecom/Internet research that is carried out at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kista /Stockholm.</span><br /><br />The trends in research right now are among others - of course - efficient green technology, he explains. And green technology is not always what you would imagine. For example - green research could be about spectrums and frequencies, and how to use them more effectively. Th Internet is running out on IP numbers, so this is an important field to investigate. The research results could be a way to "expand" the Internet further. - This is an unexploited natural resource, Mats says. The frequescies are already there. This particular research is a necessity so we can continue to be connected in the future too, especially when the fourth genereation mobile systems already have been implemented and the demand just continues to increase. And he continues to point out that much ICT research is about thinking in unorthodox ways, not so much about laboratories and microscopes.<br /><br />He also emphasizes that the collaboration with the different stakeholders, the business community and the city are key to how the researchers get the insight of what to benchmark and analyse in the world around them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3qLkySP-1I/AAAAAAAAADs/a5YJnhBe7Jk/s1600-h/mats_nilsson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3qLkySP-1I/AAAAAAAAADs/a5YJnhBe7Jk/s200/mats_nilsson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438812964093164370" border="0" /></a>Partners in many of Wireless@KTH's projects are internationally strong brands:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ericsson, Telia Sonera, Huawei, PTS, FOI and the VINNOVA Industry Excellence Center</span> that financially supports the research. But also SMEs like Mic Nordic that builds networks. The project also uses the LTE 4G net in Kista and Stockholm as its innovation "test bed" for new services.<br /><br />Mats Nilsson points out that research is all about breaking new grounds. <span style="font-style: italic;">"Somebody has to make the foot prints in the snow, create the track. Then the rest will surely follow"<br /><br /></span><span>Mobile Stockholm agrees.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-18488805815381718672010-02-15T17:16:00.006+01:002010-02-17T22:02:21.625+01:00Barcelonas finest<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3l5kL_0oII/AAAAAAAAADk/niPIRNx6ASQ/s1600-h/martin_schlingmann.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 188px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3l5kL_0oII/AAAAAAAAADk/niPIRNx6ASQ/s200/martin_schlingmann.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438511687629316226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barcelona is cold. And rainy. But inside the fair it's warm and cosy. The Swedish Trade Pavillion is already full of startups, entrepreneurs and their guests and curious visitors. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">( Martin Schlingman in the picture)</span><br /><br />Mobile Stockholm had the chance to talk to Martin Schlingmann, co-founder and CTO at <a href="http://www.theinstitution.se/">The Institution</a>, a Stockholm based company that are showcasing their product REVIVAL Mobile <span style="font-size:100%;">Management Solutions. Founded in 2007, the company has already grown - last year by more than 700% - according to Martin. This year the first two months exceeded the total turnover of last years, which is a possible indication of two things (according to Martin):<br />1. The </span><span style="font-size:100%;">company</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> obvioulsy has a product with a customer demand<br />2. The mobile and ICT industry is healthy<br /><br />With customers like K-Rauta, SAAB and SAS in Norway, and a recently launched office in Hong Kong (international presence, that is folks!) the future looks bright for The Institution.<br /><br />If you want to know more about the company, log on to <a href="http://www.theinstitution.se/">http://www.theinstitution.se</a><br /><br />Mobile Stockholm also met and talked to legendary Mats Nilsson today - director at the Wireless@KTH research institute in Kista Science City. More on him and the groundbreaking projects they do tomorrow!<br /><br /><br /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-17590902549966828442010-02-12T21:42:00.006+01:002010-02-12T21:57:08.753+01:00Mobile global cities<span style="font-weight: bold;">All does apparently not evolve around just the GSMA conference this coming week. </span><br /><br />Many organisations and companies take the opportunity to promote their operations in conjunction to GSMA - on site, in Barcelona. Among many, one of the more interesting things that happen is the <a href="http://www.livinglabs-global.com/award-about-showcase.asp">Living Labs Global Showcase Award </a>where nine global cities have join forces to showcase innovative (mobile/internet) solutions by opening competition among international solution-, technology- and service providers.<br /><br />The heart of the matter is to <span style="font-weight: bold;">address major societal problems</span>. On Sunday 14/2 the winner will be announced at a special award ceremony.<br /><br />The winner will then get the opportunity to pilot their solution, hopefully proving the effectiveness and get the chance to take a first step to enter new markets internationally. Check this link out: <a href="http://www.livinglabs-global.com/award-about-showcase.asp">http://www.livinglabs-global.com/award-about-showcase.asp</a><br /><br />The cathegory partner cities are (and their progammes):<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Caceres, Spain</span> - Cultural and Societal Participation and Collaboration Tools<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Eindhoven, Netherlands</span> - ICT and Increasing Citizen Participation in Public Processes<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Taipei, Taiwan</span> - Intelligent Living Services in Taipei<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oeiras, Portuga</span>l - Improvements to Water Management in Cities to Reduce Consumption by 50%<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain</span> - A digitally enabled accessible ecoCity<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">La Selva, Spain</span> - New Solutions to Integrate Tourism, Innovation in Gastronomy and Rural Landscapes<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chicago, U.S.A</span>. - Solutions for Smart Cities: Integrating Health, Education, Public Safety.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Stockholm, Sweden</span> - eServices for Citizens and Corporations<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barcelona, Spain</span> - Automation for Urban Services for Cities<br /><br />Hold your finger crossed!<br /><br />And here is a video documentary about the Living Labs Global<br /><br /><object height="325" width="460"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kalmC9LI35w&hl=sv_SE&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kalmC9LI35w&hl=sv_SE&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="225" width="360"></embed></object>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-37631726000289948792010-02-11T14:24:00.012+01:002010-02-11T22:47:44.588+01:00The World goes Mobile this year too<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">So, it is time again for Stockholm to visit Barcelona 2010. </span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3QJjBlHrXI/AAAAAAAAADY/4tTG5sjVXs0/s1600-h/Bild+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 64px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/S3QJjBlHrXI/AAAAAAAAADY/4tTG5sjVXs0/s200/Bild+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436981147467230578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This year, the rumour has it that because of the economic down turn, some large international mobile players will skip the GSMA Mobile World Congress, waiting until next year - probably for an upswing.<br /><br />However will this (unexpected) gap surely provide for a greater number of small- to medium size entreprizes to participate. For one thing - the Swedish Trade Council pavillion will fill up with loads of entrepreneurs - more than 20. The companies that are ready to go are Mobile Arts, Ikivo, Synapse Mobile Networks, Talkpool, myFC, Mobile Sorcery, Transmode, Mobilaris, Aktavara, Global Mediabank, Mobenga, PlusFourSix, Frog2Frog, The Institution with Sweden Mobile Association, Kista Science City and Telecom City.<br /><br />And some 100 companies within the mobile telecom sector has registered additionally. As far as we know. What we don't know now - on the other hand - are we determined to find out.<br /><br />So stay tuned on this channel for more formal and informal news on the "Swedish Mobile Wonder" (15-19 March) @ this year's<a href="http://www.gsmworld.com/"> GSMA in Barcelona</a>! Meanwhile, if you want to meet up informally - be sure to add this to your Barcelona calendar: <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><strong><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday 15 February</span></strong><br />Sweden Mobile Association Media party and mingle14.30 - 15.00<strong><br />Venue:</strong> The Swedish Pavilion (Hall 2, stand 2 F13)<strong><br />Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:mwc@swedishtrade.se">mwc@swedishtrade.se</a><br /><div class="container container-blue"><div class="container-foot"><p><strong>Tuesday 16 February</strong><br />Swedish Trade Council Press party 16.00<br /><strong>Venue:</strong> The Swedish Pavilion (Hall 2, stand 2 F13)<br /><strong>Contact:</strong> <a href="mailto:mwc@swedishtrade.se">mwc@swedishtrade.se</a></p> </div> </div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-4789528932456970012009-02-23T08:39:00.000+01:002009-02-23T08:45:40.111+01:00Adiós from BarcelonaThat's all for now! See you all again soon, at this blog or elsewhere.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-31987984033649106632009-02-19T20:46:00.004+01:002009-03-02T16:23:34.662+01:00Wind turbines gain industry interestSurrounded by telecom operators, internet start-ups, and mobile manufacturers, Morphic can perhaps be viewed as an odd first time exhibitor at this year's MWC. Based in Karlskoga, west of Stockholm, they develop and manufacture a range of innovative cleantech products centered around small-scale wind turbines and feul cells.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br />What has cleantech win</span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">d turbines got to do with telecom? </span><br />”A lot! We're sort of probing here if we should market ourselves directly to this industry, and must say it has been a huge success. The interest has been enormous.” said Kenneth Johansson, COO of Morphic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrvrIW8Giq9adqSXpclHhSYqNWW37eVYJw2592kzhyphenhyphenfGSDC1JJtCux2gzZewIoyrKuk-ewe8q1rsn9m4E5l9zK-EJHHJG3ArypiVP2OfGGmwlPcFyaeF3szBazNLNrwBoiQ_vuPefXms/s1600-h/dsc00052.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304601224140965970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrvrIW8Giq9adqSXpclHhSYqNWW37eVYJw2592kzhyphenhyphenfGSDC1JJtCux2gzZewIoyrKuk-ewe8q1rsn9m4E5l9zK-EJHHJG3ArypiVP2OfGGmwlPcFyaeF3szBazNLNrwBoiQ_vuPefXms/s320/dsc00052.jpg" border="0" /></a>The telecom industry is in continual growth, especially in the third world. The biggest challenges in many parts are often not lack of intention or telecom hardware, but the supply of electricity. That is where Morphic comes in. The telecom industry is of course already an important market segment for their efficient, small-scale wind turbines but the response from attendees at MWC has perhaps led to a rethink.<br /><br />”We have now have a file full of prospects, literary, from exhibiting these few days. Its really exciting and we have some thinking to do when we come home how to take this one step further.”<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Whats kind of propositions?</span><br />”There are lots ideas. Many companies have a commercial interest in solving the problem with electricity access for households and small to mid size industry in Africa, India and China. We have an strong case here."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-67169854013922363912009-02-19T10:46:00.007+01:002009-02-19T11:24:27.285+01:00The world's smallest global operator<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wYWuOC1GVRaI5QTj6jw-2Mgk8lRCueszAyUwJkLsJrKnw4Gg4ztuZ0RPNKm1UFdzMa0ulpNIx9MWMktv0CZogmjn7SYC-6jQaAQptFRytWGJ2WdUVygwL6BXi5ydgEiv0bG-wKBHBUI/s1600-h/DSC00049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wYWuOC1GVRaI5QTj6jw-2Mgk8lRCueszAyUwJkLsJrKnw4Gg4ztuZ0RPNKm1UFdzMa0ulpNIx9MWMktv0CZogmjn7SYC-6jQaAQptFRytWGJ2WdUVygwL6BXi5ydgEiv0bG-wKBHBUI/s320/DSC00049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304447374912655474" border="0" /></a><br /> <a href="http://seanet.se/">Seanet Maritime Communication</a> is a global operator with a unique and highly interesting niche – mobile telecom at sea. From the company's headquarter in Stockholm, they provide cruise passengers all over the world with voice calls and internet access - no matter the location of the ship.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are you up to here in Barcelona?</span><br />”We're looking for new partners, for example mobile service providers. We grow fast and continually develop our product and want to offer the same services as the large telecom operaters.” said Klas Lundgren, CEO of Seane.<br /><br />Mr. Lundgren tells us that the founder of the company has a background in satellite communication. ”We call ourselves the world's smallest global operator. Thanks to companies like Ericsson, Stockholm has a very good climate for innovators and entrepreneur and it has of course ment a great deal to us. You get easy access to the leading technologies, businesses and decision makers.”<br /><br />Seanet makes it possible for cruise and ferry passengers out at sea, to roam with a satellite link and make calls with the operator of choice. 20 cruise ships use the system today, mainly in the Carribean but also in the Mediterranean and Baltic seas. The company started in 2006, has currently a staff of 12 and are listed in NasdaqOMX First North stock exchange.<br /><br />”We have a global market share of 10 percent already. Our focus now is now of course to increase this share, and things look very good."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-79025924094678898722009-02-18T16:35:00.006+01:002009-02-19T09:30:43.673+01:00Virtual worlds with PennyPenny AB is a company based in Väserås Science park, with a somewhat science-fiction like product that brings to mind the scenes from the films "Mission Impossible" and "The Minority Report". What they have done is that they invented a pair of interactive glasses that with the use of a mobile computer, PDA or a mobile phone creates a virtual transparent display in front of the user which enables navigation through head movements, and selections by measuring facial muscles.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/SZwsCMGTswI/AAAAAAAAACY/dfpOOkUWd7U/s1600-h/tomaspenny.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 252px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/SZwsCMGTswI/AAAAAAAAACY/dfpOOkUWd7U/s320/tomaspenny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304162877254644482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Penny ABs CEO Erik Lundström tells us the fascinating story of a true innovation with a multitude of application areas: In 2007 Penny was awarded the "The Candidate Program for Corporation" from the U.S. Army, and also received the Special ISA Scholarship from the American media giant, Red Herring. The company then presented their solution at one of the world's foremost international conferences for decision makers in the high-tech, ETRE08 that was held in Stockholm last October.<br /><br />Erik says that the interactive glasses are ready to be introduced and tested onto an larger audience and that now is the time to act. So by the support from Invest In Sweden Agency (ISA) and Sweden Mobile Association (SMA), Penny met with several of the large actors in Barcelona to discuss forthcoming business opprtunities.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/SZwr7Ch-6XI/AAAAAAAAACQ/sPiU4EaP_Tc/s1600-h/erik.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 263px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/SZwr7Ch-6XI/AAAAAAAAACQ/sPiU4EaP_Tc/s320/erik.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304162754427283826" border="0" /></a>- <span style="font-style: italic;">Barcelona is the starting point for Penny's goal to start the manufacturing of the system during 2009 and our goals to widen the total market! </span>Erik concludes.<br /><br />More of Penny at<a href="http://www.penny.se"> www.penny.se</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Erik Lundström)</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-59687491240973272612009-02-18T16:15:00.005+01:002009-02-18T16:48:19.173+01:00The Swedish Trade Council at MWCFor the seventh consecutive year, the <a href="http://www.swedishtrade.se/">Swedish Trade Council </a>invited Swedish ICT/Wireless/Mobile companies to co-exhibit in the Swedish Pavillion - a Swedish profiled stand at the Mobile World Congress, the world’s most important exhibition for mobile products and services.<br /><br />The Swedish Trade Council provides this opportunity to support the start-up's promotion of their business to an international arena. The 2008 edition had 1300 exhibitors and more than 55 000 attendees, of which 43 percent held at least c-level positions. You will find additional information at <a href="http://www.swedishtrade.se/">http://www.swedishtrade.se</a> .<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibiting Companies</span><br />Ikivo<br />Visibilly<br />Frog2frog<br />The Institution<br />DOVADO<br />Telecom City<br />Crossmedia Avenue<br />TAT- The Astonishing Tribe<br />Bassetlabs<br />TalkPool<br />Alcosystems<br />Synapse Mobile Networks<br />Aktavara<br />Procure IT Right<br />PocketMobile<br />Oricane<br />Neonode<br />Mobile Arts<br />Mobenga<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reception Service Participants</span><br />SponsLink<br />Possio<br />Globiac<br />Bearing Group<br />IdevioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-47123172915928405842009-02-18T15:57:00.004+01:002009-02-18T16:13:36.489+01:00Previous years multiple price-winners TelepoIt takes some detective work and a good pair of shoes to locate Swedish and Stockholm-Kista companies as the congress area is BIG. That's how we found Telepo.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/SZwlHY7yzoI/AAAAAAAAACA/47F61_GD7iY/s1600-h/telepo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/SZwlHY7yzoI/AAAAAAAAACA/47F61_GD7iY/s320/telepo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304155270018158210" border="0" /></a>We talked to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jörgen Björkner </span><span style="font-style: italic;">(in the picture),</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Co-Founder and CTO of Telepo. The company is a Stockholm based B2B company founded in 2003, this year starting up new business in an additional 5 European countries. Their solution is a platform independent business communication service for hosting providers, ISPs and operators with a cross platform communication interface. We learned that the company has grown very fast. In only five years it has grown into a mature business with a stable customer base and an impressive turnover. Telepo is one of the fastest growing companies in the telecom industry in Sweden today.<br /><br />2007 the company was awarded two prestigious prices on site, here at Barcelona - "the MWC Best Mobile Enterprise Product" and ICT Grand Price 2007 as the first Swedish company ever to be awarded this in the congress history.<br />More about Telepo at<a href="http://www.telepo.com/"> http://www.telepo.com</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-78215431161942135242009-02-18T10:38:00.006+01:002009-03-02T16:29:25.425+01:00Prestige award for Stockholm company PopcatcherPopcatcher was awarded first prize for its music technology at MWC during the Mobile Peer Awards ceremony. In competition with 163 companies from all over the world, Popcatcher won the Jury Award for emerging companies.<br /><br />"Its of course very exciting, we did a pitch in front of a jury and an audience of maybe a thousand people - and won! The jury thought that our technology was right in time." said Jakob Berg, CEO of Popcatcher.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/SZwlxpBmVtI/AAAAAAAAACI/VUB9JIX85Rc/s1600-h/popcatcher.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304155995891979986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 224px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_fGUIRnswTzw/SZwlxpBmVtI/AAAAAAAAACI/VUB9JIX85Rc/s320/popcatcher.jpg" border="0" /></a>The Popcatcher music technology is made for mobile phones with a built in radio, but it can be used in virtually any device. The application enables to record music played on the radio as separate mp3 files - and DJ talks as well as commercials are removed."The jury was fond of the fact that it can be used in ordinary radio receivers" said Jakob Berg.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">It seems that things are going quite well for a lot of ICT companies in Stockholm for the moment?</span><br />"Yeah, we definitely don't have any relocation plans. Stockholm has a very good network of innovators and entrepreneurs and there is lots of commercial and technical support available for those who need it." said Per Ek, Sales Manager of Popcatcher. "In the beginning of 2000, Stockholm was on Newsweeks frontage as the leading IT innovation region. It feels like we're heading towards that frontpage once again".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-70161956256041931202009-02-18T09:53:00.004+01:002009-02-19T11:27:09.437+01:00Kista Science City takes chance to showcase at reception<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAcfQoxAqGh1fvwx5MrYCGiaDYzo30reb-VVI2OfNkNjIKgEWFWX0LbD_wPDZsvr6eMPMYbWfGoUOOz_xxji8HGLBhZs2hBOw4fgzoJY7-AumZ7zqGVGiGbTpDpPJCQV7wK7Mixdj3p0/s1600-h/DSC00046.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOAcfQoxAqGh1fvwx5MrYCGiaDYzo30reb-VVI2OfNkNjIKgEWFWX0LbD_wPDZsvr6eMPMYbWfGoUOOz_xxji8HGLBhZs2hBOw4fgzoJY7-AumZ7zqGVGiGbTpDpPJCQV7wK7Mixdj3p0/s320/DSC00046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304066330187781970" border="0" /></a>Appreciated and crowded receptions has been arranged Monday and Tuesday at the Swedish Trade Council booth.<br /><br />Yesterday Kista Science City's Tomas Bennich took the chance to showcase some Stockholm start-ups, including award winner <a href="http://www.popcatcher.com/">Popcatcher</a> and cutting edge communication company <a href="http://www.penny.se/">Penny</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-68163927142293335332009-02-18T09:38:00.006+01:002009-02-19T10:45:50.568+01:00Nanoradio - Silicon innovator in Barcelona<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMN9FtyHmELck75Ok1B-2t8kyPd3AhC29dAGmXA3KCIFmjSY70ABI7bffVMbrblWcDhdn9AAogI5PqfLcvaxdBEtwEqR133OmimYX9MEW2A7GQpoWOK4948COFdcWgfx6_M1LnsRcKT0/s1600-h/DSC00042.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMN9FtyHmELck75Ok1B-2t8kyPd3AhC29dAGmXA3KCIFmjSY70ABI7bffVMbrblWcDhdn9AAogI5PqfLcvaxdBEtwEqR133OmimYX9MEW2A7GQpoWOK4948COFdcWgfx6_M1LnsRcKT0/s320/DSC00042.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304442392504281538" border="0" /></a><br />As we were passing through the exciting Innovation Zone Area in hall 7 at Mobile World Congress, we bumped into Stockholm company <a href="http://www.nanoradio.com/">Nanoradio</a>. Since the start a couple of years ago, they have received a lot of attention and gathered an impressive list of awards and nominations. Most recently Red Herring Global Top 100 list and EE Times Top 60 Silicon Companies.<br />At World Mobile Congress, Nanoradio was also nominated for the GSMA Mobile Innovation award.<br /><br />We stopped for a quick chat."The most important for us is now is to get business going and our products is now out on the market. Our WiFi chipset is now inside the first 3G UMA Mobile phone, P270 by Samsung, so we feel that we are on a good way." Said Carl-Fredrik Elgh VP Marketing.<br /><br />Nanoradio basically designs low-power consumption integrated circuits allowing WLAN capabilities to mobile phones and other portable devices.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What current trend is the most important for you right now?</span><br />"Apple has successfully made the case for not only great UI but also made the case for WLAN in mobile phones. The incredible increase in downloads and applications has made the case for using WLAN while at home for this. This is of course good news for us."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What does it meant to you that you are based in Stockholm?</span><br />"We couldn't really be located anywhere else. Stockholm and Kista is the wireless valley!"Torbjörn Bengtssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04902920411775611221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-81653953358982957912009-02-17T19:25:00.006+01:002009-02-17T19:52:11.541+01:00Stockholm start-up frontrunner in online video editing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YeqUHBK17x_wmhfGCbmCZix7H6UOIjx_ciJ8MxGlHyLdHGnshWs5id_r89XHw3nsAB5qGPJOOlbqd-FKQKKFIpoBrS19W8V269c48EsIOLfr-lF4K60E9RUsC71Nya-JQ4CMl3sJOmA/s1600-h/DSC00044.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YeqUHBK17x_wmhfGCbmCZix7H6UOIjx_ciJ8MxGlHyLdHGnshWs5id_r89XHw3nsAB5qGPJOOlbqd-FKQKKFIpoBrS19W8V269c48EsIOLfr-lF4K60E9RUsC71Nya-JQ4CMl3sJOmA/s320/DSC00044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303840803726727698" border="0" /></a><br /> Mobile Stockholm managed to catch a chat with Jonas Hombert, busy CEO of Jaycut while he was inbetween meetings. Started in Stockholm 2006, Jaycut has in a short period of time become the leading developer of online video editing.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are you up to here at Mobile World Congress? </span><br />"Basically looking for companies who could be interested in our services. We have a consumer service up and running but our business is completely focused on licensing our product, that is making it possible for anyone to edit video online and pubish it, for instance a corporate website."<br /><br />Despite being a fairly new company, they have already gained momentum and a lot of attention. As customers they can now count multi nationals like Proctor and Gamble. There are competitors that has developed similar products, but no one can offer an editing service that can distribute different channels and formats, like for instance Youtube.<br /><br />”It's really exciting times for us. You can almost say that as times got worse, it took off for us. We're in a expansive phase right now."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What do you think of WMC? </span><br />"It great, but huge. A lot of people to meet but I have now realised that time is running up and its only in the beginning of the week!”. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What do you think that it has meant to you that you started, and now is currently based in, Stockholm? </span> "Stockholm stands strong. We're a small country, and Stockholm is a small region, which has equipped us with an outstanding international focus. Another important thing that has helped us get this position in the internet and telecom industry, is the great educational system and lots of really competent and highly educated people. The atmosphere, particulaly in the internet and telecom industry, is very open and creative.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-76477835813310488252009-02-17T19:01:00.004+01:002009-02-17T19:24:17.296+01:00Things look bright for Ikivo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSbPRNguqK1ozzjwGemoJU1A5HZJS8Ax9DS-t0hrcM00sdxtODYKCik8LM_-e1c1DQTodpzb2zvySoazXzELdcEM1yP7qfRgyQ-89NB8DtAzqoep2yfKRggZ97g4jYV8WL2Od_n6mpkk/s1600-h/DSC00040.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSbPRNguqK1ozzjwGemoJU1A5HZJS8Ax9DS-t0hrcM00sdxtODYKCik8LM_-e1c1DQTodpzb2zvySoazXzELdcEM1yP7qfRgyQ-89NB8DtAzqoep2yfKRggZ97g4jYV8WL2Od_n6mpkk/s320/DSC00040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303833325997536482" border="0" /></a><br /> We got a moment with Thomas Flink, product manager at Stockholm based <a href="http://www.ikivo.com/">Ikivo</a>, just as he finished a chat with an Ericsson representative at the company booth. Its hardly surprising as Ikivo is one of the most exciting mobile software developers. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">You seemed to have an interesting conversation, what did you talk about?</span><br />”We talked about our products, unfortunately I can't tell you more, haha.” <br /><br />Ikivo is a platform developer for mobile applictions, so called widgets. Thomas tells us that one of the big advantages of Ikivos product is the image renderization capabilities, which hugely improves the the user experience in mobile devices. Currently the company has a staff of 50, with sales offices in Finland, Korea, UK and Spain.<br /><br />”Things are currently looking very bright. Especially thanks to Iphone, the interest in graphic interface and widget applications has boomed” said Thomas Flink. ”There are other companies that develops similar software, but no one does it like we do when it comes to complex graphic applications. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What do you think of Word Mobile Congress?</span><br />”The company booth is of course important but the real value is in meeting customers and prospects. Everyone is here”<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What does it mean to you that your based in Stockholm?</span><br />"The proximity to the mobile market is invalueble. Stockholm is a global leader. There are a lot of competent and highly educated people which is very important."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-54088666233981056582009-02-17T10:18:00.000+01:002009-02-17T10:28:20.209+01:00Interviews coming upHang on, later today we'll check with a couple of Stockholm companies present how things are going at WMC - interviews with <a href="http://www.jaycut.com">Jaycut</a>, <a href="http://www.adimo.com">Adimo</a> and <a href="http://www.ikivo.com">Ikivo</a> is coming up.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-2585221116433366212009-02-17T10:02:00.000+01:002009-02-17T10:17:21.984+01:00Global telecom doesn't need place brands?It strikes you that there very few place brands present at WMC. Certainly that reflects just how international the industry really is. Its a clear difference between trades. But on the other hand, as of any industry its extremely dependent on innovation, infrastructure and good local business climate. Regions and countries should see the point in telling that to the corporate reps from all over the world present, especially in support when times are tough. <br /><br />France stands in a way out thanks to sheer strength, Sweden does a good job and there are of course others. All in all there is room for improvement, which of course gets you going.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-75040057231629409922009-02-16T19:36:00.000+01:002009-02-16T19:45:28.166+01:00Wifi eclips<pre class="western">Ok, so the rumours were true. The congess hall can't handle the demand<br />for broadband access. It's of course a bit disappointing as its a congress<br />about communication technology. Perhaps a sponsor project for Ericsson<br />next year?</pre><style type="text/css"><!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } PRE.western { font-family: "Nimbus Roman No9 L" } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> </style>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-62570293039727593902009-02-16T09:01:00.000+01:002009-02-16T09:08:29.651+01:00Stockholm trail in focus on congress first dayToday is the first day of WMC - and of the infamous <a href="http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5724543.ece">Pirate Bay trail</a> in Stockholm. Which event will make it to the history books?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-3451780603162495252009-02-12T22:42:00.000+01:002009-02-12T22:50:22.443+01:00Recession? Not necessarily bad for EricssonEricsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg is interviewed in this week's issue of Swedish weekly business mag <a href="http://www.va.se/magasinet/2009/7/">Veckans Affärer</a>. Confidently he states that Ericsson may grow even stronger if the market dips further.<br /><br />Recently Ericsson, with it's global HQ in Stockholm, has despite the finance turbulence, raised both sales and turnover. Sounds good.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-24588636627806636132009-02-12T09:33:00.000+01:002009-02-12T22:52:07.143+01:00GreetingsGreat to get this blog up! This is where you'll find comments, articles and interviews about <a href="http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/">World Mobile Congress 2009</a> from some of the people who have a special interest in the Stockholm ICT community.<br /><br />We who'll try to get some action on this blog for the coming week is Annica Englund, Information and Communication Manager at <a href="http://www.kista.com/">Kista Science City</a>, and me Per Holmlund, PR Manager for <a href="http://www.stockholmbusinessregion.com/">Stockhom Business Region</a>. SBR is the City of Stockholm's official investment promotion agency and KSC is a business development company mainly for the ICT sector in Stockholm.<br /><br />Glad we could straight out the formalities, more information is coming shortly.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4871664485727744212.post-83876924257996070612009-02-12T09:24:00.000+01:002009-02-12T22:52:29.619+01:00Stockholm goes mobile any day nowMobile World Congress in Barcelona. For four days myself and my colleague Per at Stockholm Business Region is going to explore the mobile scene at GSMA in Barcelona. We invite you readers to bookmark this blog, as our ambition is to fill it with reflections, interviews and news from this event.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0