Archive for December, 2007

December 13, 2007 — Helsinki, Finland and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — MobileMonday (MoMo), the global community of over 70,000 mobile industry visionaries and developers, today announced it will invite the worlds most exciting and innovative mobile companies to attend the 4th annual Global Summit in Kuala Lumpur from May 18 – 22, 2008. MobileMonday’s unique cross-border platform has proven to generate real business opportunities via cooperative relationships with the Open Mobile Alliance and GSMA, which represents 700 mobile operators and 200-technology partners worldwide. The upcoming event, the first ever to be held in Asia, will be co-located with the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT 2008) conference to be held in Kuala Lumpur next year.

Kuala Lumpur is set to be the point of convergence for the largest-ever gathering of global leaders and decision makers on information and communications technology. Held once every two years, WCIT is the premier global forum that brings together leaders in business, government and academia to impact economic and social development through the exchange of policies and ideas on technology. WCIT 2008 is expected to be the point of convergence for more than 2,500 participants from over 80 countries worldwide. Keynote speakers are expected to include some of the most respected and admired names in the industry. WCIT 2008 is jointly organized by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (PIKOM), with the support of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia.

MobileMonday Malaysian chapter founder RamG and Chairman Dr Arun Kumar have been working closely with MdeC CEO Dato’ Badlisham Ghazali and MobileMonday CEO Jari Tammisto to make this event a truly global and rewarding experience for Malaysia as this gathering will bring International Experts together in an dynamic setting with Local ICT and Mobile Players.

MobileMonday recognizes that majority of future innovations in the mobile development happens in small companies. Typically these start-ups don’t attend conferences and seminars as they are expensive and offer few opportunities for new comers. However, one of the central features of the MobileMonday Global Summit is that it also invites selected leaders and prestigious influencers from industry giants to join the discussions and networking. This ensures the discussions are valuable, interesting, and always inspirational.

MobileMonday has the following global objectives:

• To encourage innovation within the mobile sector.
• To facilitate networking between small and large companies, and between local and foreign organizations.
• To help local companies effectively participate in international initiatives through the import and export of visions, concepts, technologies, know-how and best practices.
• To present innovative visions, trends, studies and forecasts from the mobile marketplace.
• To facilitate and create partnerships.
• To contribute to the education of the broader public through its publications, online presence, and media partnerships.

The MobileMonday community is a grassroots living laboratory of ideas, demos, pilots, benchmarking, and business development. The goal is to enable the membership to meet with their peers in order to encourage smart ideas to develop into commercially successful products and services.

About MobileMonday:

MobileMonday (http://www.mobilemonday.net) is a global community of mobile industry visionaries, developers and influential individuals fostering cooperation and cross-border business development through virtual and live networking events to share ideas, best practices and trends from global markets. MobileMonday has over 50 chapter cities around the world, and continues to launch new locations monthly. MobileMonday is organized by a group of some 200+ dedicated volunteers from around the world. Originating in Helsinki, Finland, in the year 2000, MobileMonday has grown into the world’s leading mobile community.

About WCIT:

Held once every two years, the World Congress on Information Technology is a premier global ICT forum that brings together global leaders in business, government and academia. Often billed as the Olympics of ICT, it impacts global economic and social development through the exchange of policies and ideas on technology. WCIT 2008 is jointly organized by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (PIKOM), with the support of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia. For more information visit http://www.wcit2008.org

MobileMonday, the largest networking forum and global communities for professionals in mobile industry, launched the first chapter in Indonesia on Tuesday, December 2007. The MobileMonday Indonesia launch event is held at J.W. Marriott Hotel and was a huge success with over 450 audience attending the seminar events and exhibitions coming from various segments of Indonesian mobile, telecommunication and related industries. Distinguish audiences including senior officials from government, major telecommunication operators, internet service providers, industry associations, chamber of commerce and press. The Indonesia launch is attended by representative from MobileMonday Malaysia, India, Shanghai, Japan and MobileMonday Global. MobileMonday Indonesia launch event is sponsored by Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia Mobile Phones and supported by the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Yahoo!, MetroTV and Synovate.

First part of the launch event is held on morning December 4, 2007 with VIP and Media Sessions on 10am, with opening remark from Jari Tammisto, CEO of MobileMonday Global, followed by words from Dieter Klein, President Director of PT Nokia Siemens Networks, Indonesia. A quick presentation on MobileMonday is presented by Andy Zain on behalf of the MobileMonday Indonesia team giving clearer understanding about MobileMonday concept and missions in Indonesia to audience. The morning session was closed by presentation from Poempida Hidayatulloh of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and discussion panel moderated by Fifi Aleyda Yahya (MetroTV) with topic “Accelerating  The Telco Industry Potential as Economic Growth Engine”. Very good response from the floor with very good comments and questions from distinguish audiences including Ibu Koesmarihati (BRTI), Pak Giri Suseno (Mastel), Pak Teguh Prasetya (Indosat), Mr. Yuen Kuan Moon (Telkomsel) and Pak Haryawirasma (IMOCA) which bring dynamics to the discussion.

Second part of the event started after lunch time, kicked off by Turochas Fuad, Head of Mobile, Yahoo! Asia and continued by streaks of international speakers including a very passionate Madanmohan Rao (Wireless World Asia magazine), Bruno Bensaid (China Expansion Fund) with his reality check on China, and Christopher Billich (Infinita) with eye opening stories from Japan. All presenters giving audience insight using actual case studies & real statistics from the Asia Pacific region, which are very relevant to Indonesia. Tomi Ahonen as usual , shines on his presentation about “Mobile Phone as The 7th Mass Media” which we all look forward to get his 8th book on 2008. The afternoon session was concluded with discussion panel moderated by Teddy Sukardi (Chairman, Indonesia Information Technology Federation).

Dinner & networking session is co-hosted with IMOCA, the Indonesiam Mobile and Online Content Association, started at 6:30pm with live music entertainment and more presentations from Forum Nokia on Widgets, Lars Cosh-Ishii (Mobikyo, Tokyo) and Matthew Synder (Synovate).

Next MobileMonday event will be on Monday, January 14, 2007 and we will continue to bring the mobile industry in Indonesia together. Presentation slides from event will be made available on this website make sure you have sign up so you will not missed out on any updates.