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^{Partnering with WINBC} MobileMonday to expand into Canada

16 Feb 2006 at 19:05 GMT Timo Poropudas

MobileMonday and Wireless Innovation Network of British Columbia (WINBC), two leading organizations in the wireless industry, Wednesday announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable closer collaboration between the two organisations and their members.

Under the terms of the agreement, both organisations will work to jointly promote wireless technology and application in the their countries and create business opportunities between members of WINBC and MobileMonday.

The organisations said, that they would also seek to share knowledge of the industry through organizing joint events and facilitating trade exchange between their members.

“Both MobileMonday and WINBC share a common objective of helping to support and develop the mobile sector,” said Jari Tammisto, CEO of MobileMonday.

“We believe that forming strong relationships with like-minded organisations such as WINBC can accelerate the adoption of wireless globally.

“WINBC looks forward to working with MobileMonday and our local wireless and mobile community to bring this exciting opportunity to British Columbia,” said Caroline Lewko, Chair of WINBC.

“This alliance provides an opportunity to showcase our wireless community to the MobileMonday team and their network around the world.”

www.winbc.org The Wireless Innovation Network of BC is a leading wireless trade association in North America and producer of the Wireless Innovation Contest. British Columbia has over 230 wireless companies from infrastructure and devices to enabling software, enterprise applications and mobile games. Companies include Sierra Wireless, Nokia, Digital Dispatch, Mobile Operandi, AirG and many more.