Global Monday

How Gambian beggars became mobile vendors

27 Oct 2009 at 04:02 GMT The important thing about mobile communications is not the device or the network, the important thing is the opportunity the phone and the network create, said Jari Tammisto, CEO of MobileMonday on Thursday.

Tammisto was speaking at the Finnish Foreign Ministry event on publishing the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) survey “Information Economy Report 2009: Trends and Outlooks in Turbulent Times".

MoMo Launches Romanian Chapter

09 Oct 2009 at 08:52 GMT MobileMonday,in partnership with Finpro, Loginets, and the Embassy of Finland, will launch the Romanian chapter on October 12th.

"We are really pleased to have the launch event at the Orange concept store in Bucharest," said Jari Tammisto, CEO and President of Mobile Monday. "Romania is fast becoming one of the largest mobile markets in Europe with nearly 30 million users, we are committed to building the bridges between the Romanian mobile development community and rest of the world", Tammisto said.

MoMo's Malaysian Partners To Host GoMobile 2009

01 Oct 2009 at 11:22 GMT When large industry events see shrinking attendance numbers and even cancel events, Malaysia shows an opposite trend. The upcoming GoMobile 2009 expects up to 100.000 visitors to Malaysia’s largest and most comprehensive mobile lifestyle event, encompassing the GoMobile Expo, 23-25 October 2009, at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, the GoMobile Conference, 20 October 2009, the Mobile World Star Awards and Gala Dinner, 21 October 2009, at the Istana Hotel.

MoMoMX brings together all mobile industry in Mexico

31 Aug 2009 at 20:25 GMT With a market of 80 million users and a growth of 10 million each year, mobile communication represent a great business opportunity as well as the main communication technology for most of the population in Mexico.

The Mexican mobile market provides many opportunities for the development of innovative businesses and as a consequence international industry players as well as the start-ups and venture capitalists, have focused their attention on this market.

Even better e-zine: The Mob Rulz for the second time

17 May 2009 at 09:13 GMT The second issue MobileMonday e-zine is now available. It covers Momo-community internal news as well as the community’s interaction with the global mobile industry from CTIA in Las Vegas to Digital Africa Summit, Communic Asia in Singapore and announcement of MobileMonday Global Summit in Vancouver right after the Winter Olympics.

You’ll find both issues here.

The Mob Rulz: Community e-Zine

08 Mar 2009 at 08:23 GMT MobileMonday annouces the web debut of "The Mob Rulz" flash e'Zine.

The premiere issue has news, reviews and announcements of past and upcoming events ranging from LA to Barcelona and Vegas to Singapore.

Mobile Peer Awards 2009 in Barcelona

10 Jan 2009 at 21:03 GMT MobileMonday Barcelona and the MobileMonday Community are organizing Mobile Peer Awards during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The February 16th event is expected to draw several hundred participants to see which of the international candidates are most successful in the eyes of the peers.

The competitors have been selected by local MobileMonday chapters based on the originality, creativity and innovativeness; technical and operational feasibility; and economic and financial viability.

MoMo members invited to PICNIC 08

22 Aug 2008 at 13:43 GMT MobileMonday members are invited to PICNIC '08 in Amsterdam, 24-26 September 2008. PICNIC’08 is a top-level professional conference, an extensive program of focused seminars and workshops, and an international competition to invent a green product or service – the PICNIC Green Challenge, produced in cooperation with the Dutch Postcode Lottery.

The PICNIC Green Challenge offers a 500.000 Euro award for best green initiative in the field of lifestyle, design, mobility and communications technology. The Chairman of the Jury is Sir Richard Branson.