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Internet Convergence Dominates MobileMonday Global Summit

Lending it a resemblance to a United Nations conclave, flags flew high at the MobileMonday Global Summit, held September 10 in Helsinki. The image befits a thoroughly international event. Corporate executives, MobileMonday chapter heads, developers, early stage companies, financiers and vendors from around the globe gathered to assess the mobile industry, generate new business, and network. With dozens of countries represented, interconnectedness remained the watchword—panel discussions, presentations and pitches reflecting the community’s scope. But the event was dominated by variations on a theme: mobile’s inevitable convergence with the Internet.

Mobikyo and Infinita Release the ‘Japan Mobile Internet Report’

Tokyo, Japan, Sept 26, 2007 – (JCN Newswire) – Tokyo-based Mobikyo KK, publisher of the industry leading Wireless Watch Japan media site, and Infinita Inc., Japan’s leading mobile market research firm, announced today the release of "Japan Mobile Internet Report – Carriers, Handsets, Content and Services," (www.infinita.co.jp/research) a 202-page market report providing the latest insight and in-depth details on how and why Japan’s mobile Internet industry continues to matter to the rest of the world.

Mobile Monday finally comes to Moscow!

Mobile Monday, the leading international community uniting mobile industry professionals on 50 territories worldwide, announces the opening of the Moscow Chapter! The first conference supported by QArea (www.qarea.com) and Nokia (www.nokia.com) will be held in Moscow on October 22, 2007. The representatives of mobile industry of the European and CIS countries will gather for the first time in the Russian capital to start the tradition of regular Monday meetings.

Ukraine at Mobile Monday Global Summit 2007

Around 1000 participants witnessed one of the most large-scale and significant events in the world mobile industry held in Helsinki (Finland) and St. Petersburg (Russia) on September 10-12. Mobile music, mobile marketing and social media became the major topics for discussion at Mobile Monday Global Summit 2007. The participants had a chance to listen to the numerous speakers, visit seminars, press-conferences, hi-tech exhibitions as well as meet Mobile Monday local Chapter representatives.

Nokia to acquire Enpocket to create a global mobile advertising leader

Espoo, Finland – Nokia and Enpocket today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Nokia to acquire Enpocket (www.enpocket.com). Enpocket is a global leader in mobile advertising; providing technology and services that allow brands to plan, create, execute, measure and optimize mobile advertising campaigns around the world. By acquiring Enpocket, Nokia will accelerate the scaling of its mobile advertising business, leveraging Enpocket’s platform and strong partnerships with advertisers, publishers and operators. In addition to key assets, through this transaction Nokia is gaining a team with strong expertise in global mobile advertising across disciplines.

Nearly 95 Million ‘Ultra-Mobile Devices’ to Ship by 2012

A whole new class of ‘always-on’ Internet-connected products, collectively termed ‘Ultra-Mobile Devices’ (UMDs), will become popular over the next five years, according to a new report from ABI Research. By appealing to a wide range of buyers they will reach shipments of nearly 95 million units by 2012, and should prove extremely profitable for their makers.

True Move, Thailand’s Leading Converged Solutions Operator, Launches “TrueLife Mobile Search” with Mobile Content Networks

Bangkok, Thailand and Mountain View, CA—September 4, 2007—Mobile Content Networks (MCN) a leading global provider of mobile search and search management solutions, together with TrueMove, Thailand’s leading nationwide converged services operator announced the commercial launch of TrueLife Mobile Search powered by MCN’s MobileSearch.net search management platform.

Mobile Content Networks Acquires Caboodle Networks

Will Add Powerful Semantic Web Recommendation Engine to its MobileSearch.net™ Federated Search Management Platform

Mountain View, CA—September 5, 2007 – Mobile Content Networks Inc. (MCN), a leading global provider of mobile search solutions, today announced the acquisition of the assets of Caboodle Networks Inc., the pioneering developer of the world’s first multimedia, multi-service semantic recommendation platform. Terms of the agreement between the two privately held firms were not disclosed.