We’re currently working on a report: The Investment Opportunities in the Mobile Cloud and we’ll be meeting early stage companies at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona – as well as operators and CIOs.  Jeff Peel, our Managing Director, will be in Barcelona from 26th to 29th February. If you believe you have a compelling new technology that ‘rides the 5th wave’ we’d love to hear from you – regardless of how early your thinking is.  If you are a company that’s actively embracing this technology, we’d also love to chat with you.

We may well feature your thoughts and perspectives in our report.

If you’d like to schedule time to meet with Jeff please contact us .

Based on research sources, and interviews with mobile cloud experts, the 5,000 word report is designed to encourage a discourse on the consequences of the pervasive mobile cloud.

The report is completely free of charge.  Just complete this registration form and you’ll be provided with a download link.

According to Jeff Peel, MD of Quadriga Consulting, “Taylor Wessing operates across international markets and is very focused, in London, on the Tech City initiative – that has been so successful in attracting in so many innovative start-ups into London.  It’s also a key reason why we have moved our London event to this area.”

Find out more about Mobile Cloud Summit.

COMPLETE SPEAKER SUBMISSION FORM

If so we’d love to hear from you. We are actively seeking speaking ideas from business people, academics, policy-makers, investors, technologists – people who have interesting perspectives on the subject of the transformative mobile cloud.

The Mobile Cloud Summit will take place over two days in September (21st and 22nd) in London.  Here are a few topic areas that will be covered by the event. If your speaking idea fits into these categories then great. But don’t worry if it doesn’t.  Let us know anyway.

• Mobile cloud market analysis
• Technologies and platforms
• The impact on business
• The impact on marketing
• Security concerns
• Social implications and the mobile cloud
• Embedded systems
• Mobile healthcare
• Policy and planning
• The impact on government
• Mobile cloud economics

Send us your idea in around 200-300 words and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible – just complete this form. Please aim to get us something by Mid-May, 2011.  Email your synopsis/idea to jeff@quadrigaconsulting.co.uk

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• Pre-Announcement: Mobile Cloud Summit (quadrigaconsulting.co.uk)

The Mobile Cloud Summit will take place on Wednesday 21st September in London. This event will focus on how cloud-based technologies on mobile devices are transforming business and social landscapes.  The event is designed for business decision-makers and strategists for corporates and service providers.

• Get the freshest perspectives on mobile cloud technology from business and technology thought leaders
• Understand the likely impact of mobile cloud on your business
• Be better equipped to make key decisions on which technologies to adopt
• Network with your peers, speakers and delegates during networking breaks, over lunch or during evening drinks reception(s) (all included in the delegate fees)

Background

There are a number of interlocking factors driving mobile cloud computing. Firstly, adoption of smart mobile devices has been dramatic with tablet/pad device adoption ramping up at a frantic pace. Apple iPad shipment growth has been stellar and app downloads now dwarf downloads of music from the iTunes store.

But rapid device shipment growth is not just restricted to Apple.  Android powered device shipment growth is equally dramatic and availability of Android apps has resulted in head-to-head device wars between a host of manufacturers vying for market dominance. The result is that the pre-eminence of the PC is waning – more smartphones and tablets are now shipping than PCs.

Second, adoption of mobility is now a global phenomenon – with mobile phones offering internet access to hundreds of millions of people in emerging economies.  3G subscriber growth is now around 35% – with over 700 million subscribers already connected.  With ever-cheaper smartphones becoming available more and more people – previously denied access to the internet – will become connected.

Profound Impact

With mobile internet-connected devices becoming globally pervasive the effects on business and society will be profound. Consumers will, increasingly, buy goods and services via mobile devices – as well as communicate and network via social media applications in the mobile cloud. Mobile search and advertising will explode. Employees will demand the availability of business applications via connected devices. Consumer gadgets will increasingly invade the corporate space – resulting in security concerns, as well as systems challenges. And devices will become embedded – resulting in an explosion of new ‘sensor-based’ cloud technologies and solutions.

Thought Leader Perspectives

The Mobile Cloud Summit will feature speakers that will give a series of thought leader perspectives on mobility, mobile data and the mobile cloud. They will help articulate the impact on business of mobile cloud technologies – equipping delegates with the latest thinking relating to mobile cloud technology and its impact on business and society.

We intend to have a mix of keynote presentations, panel discussions, mini-debates and technology insights.

The event will be designed for the following:

• CEOs and Executives that want to learn about technology likely to have an impact on their businesses
• CIOs and managers with decision-making responsibility for systems and solutions in their businesses
• Business strategists and marketers
• Policy-makers and government officials
• Academics and researchers
• Venture capitalists and fund managers
• Technology vendors

The two-day conference will have a series of interlocking themes focusing on:

• Mobile cloud market analysis
• Technologies and platforms
• The impact on business
• The impact on marketing
• Security concerns
• Social implications and the mobile cloud
• Embedded systems
• Mobile healthcare
• Policy and planning
• The impact on government
• Mobile cloud economics

To ensure that delegates get maximum value from the event we will endeavour to run parallel sessions – offering choice between different themed sessions.

Early-bird discounts are available. Please note that refunds in the event of cancellations are not available but delegate transfers are. In the unlikely event that the Mobile Cloud Summit is cancelled full refunds will be provided.Venue details will be confirmed one month or more prior to the event. We run our events in 4 or 5* hotel venues in central London.Delegate fees include buffet lunch on one or both days (depending on ticket) plus tea and coffee breaks and evening drinks reception(s)*.  UK VAT @ 20% is included in the delegate fees.

If you would like to arrange a meeting (although my diary is filling up fast) please use the contact form and I’ll get back to you as quickly as possible.

I’m currently working on a project focusing on Digital Trends in the New Normal economy.  So I am especially keen to hear from people who have an interest in how mobility and mobile apps are impacting business processes.

Quadriga Consulting Ltd has been commissioned to undertake a market research assignment for Sofant – a spin-out business from the University of Edinburgh.

We are conducting a series of interviews with mobile sector experts – with a strong focus on respondents with a good understanding of MEMS based ICs in mobile devices, and RF technology.

The research assignment is being overseen by Jeffrey Peel supported by Delphine Dufils.  If you feel you contribute to our research assignment we’d like to describe the product concept to you in more detail – to gain your feedback on likely market receptivity. 

Respondents who take part in the research assignment will gain a unique insight into a new breed of antenna technology for mobile devices.

We will be conducting face-t0-face interviews in London on March 4th – and telephone interviews until end of March.

Quadriga Consulting Client Media Release

SLA Mobile, the service delivery integrator for the mobile industry, has announced a new video to mobile solution specially designed for mobile operators and video content owners.

SLA Mobile, recently ranked by Deloitte as one of the top 10 fastest growing technology companies in the United Kingdom, has entered into a strategic partnership with New Zealand company Abdeus – which has developed a suite of enterprise proven video and media solutions.

SLA Mobile already has a relationship with Fox Mobile, a division of news corporation, and provides rich content to mobile subscribers across Asia.

Abdeus’ media delivery suite provides end-to-end content management and delivery – from content owner, to service provider to consumer. SLA Mobile ensures seamless integration between the Abdeus solution and the service providers’ service delivery platforms and content owners’ programming. The Abdeus suite incorporates the streaming platform and media server, a full CMS solution, video encoding and service level monitoring. SLA ensures integration into rating and charging engines, provisioning and BSS/OSS.

The combined SLA/Abdeus solution is a proven, scaleable, enterprise solution that supports live streaming and video on demand. All the main video formats are supported – MPEG4, Quicktime etc. – as well as the main video and audio compression protocols. All known 3G handsets are supported – including iPhone and Blackberry – and digital rights management (DRM) is integrated into the stream and download platform.

READ SLA MOBILE’S VIDEO TO MOBILE OVERVIEW >>

According to Philip Stanfield, SLA Mobile’s Head of Sales in EMEA:

“The benefits to be gained by operators and content owners alike in offering live streamed programming and video on demand to mobile devices are clear. They can achieve significant incremental revenue, and extended customer base, and recurring subscription based relationships across multiple channels.

“By working with SLA Mobile operators and content owners have the assurance of working with a proven high growth integrator and best of breed media delivery suite platform.”

New consortium of best-of-breed software players allows greater monetisation of mobile network resources and highly flexible advertising campaigns…

A new consortium of companies was today announced, prior to the Mobile World Congress  (11th to 14th February, 2008), that promises to revolutionise the mobile phone network as an advertising and direct marketing opportunity. 

The Mobile Advertising Alliance is a collaborative venture between software vendors Anam, Cibenix, Mobile Cohesion, Openet and SLA Mobile. 

Each member firm provides a best-of-breed component of a mobile advertising platform. The Alliance has defined a platform that allows mobile operators to secure their position in the mobile advertising market and advertisers to reach a wide market with uniquely targeted campaigns.  The platform also allows systems integrators to achieve rapid integration of proven software solutions with existing telecommunications infrastructure.

According to Nic Stirk of Alliance member SLA Mobile, “Our advertising solution is an easy-to-use platform that delivers both mobile advertising and direct marketing – something that has been very difficult to achieve in the past. The platform provides secure access to operator-owned demographic, behavioural and contextual profiling data and provides multiple media channels to deliver personalised and targeted campaigns.  In the mobile medium personalization ensures that advertising is seen as appropriate and relevant for the mobile user – thereby overcoming the shortcomings of other approaches.  Context is key.”

Gerry McKenna of Alliance member Anam agrees that the inherent flexibility of the platform is important for success.  “Flexible campaign management and real-time feedback reporting ensure that Advertisers can continually refine campaigns and only pay for results.  From an advertiser point of view they get the analytics, reach and purity of audience that is so essential in one-to-one marketing.  We are confident that our combined skills and integrated platform will, for the first time, make mobile viable as an advertising medium.”

Quadriga Consulting client Mobile Cohesion announced today that it has been named a finalist in the TeleManagement Forum Excellence Awards. The TM Forum awards are given to member companies that are being recognized for distinguished contribution and innovation in the OSS and BSS industry. Winners will be announced in a formal awards dinner ceremony on May 21, 2007 at the TeleManagement World event in Nice, France.

“We congratulate Mobile Cohesion on their finalist status for the TM Forum Excellence Awards. This year’s competition was highly competitive, and as a finalist, they have stood out from their peers in outstanding contribution to Telecom OSS and BSS,” said Martin Creaner, President and Chief Technical Officer of the TeleManagement Forum.

Mobile Cohesion was named in the Most Innovative Supplier category which recognizes TM Forum member companies who have demonstrated exceptional thought leadership and innovation in the use of technology.

Per Lindblad, Mobile Cohesion’s CEO responded to the announcement:

“Being shortlisted for this award recognizes the dedication of our development team and the partner relationship management vision that is HYDRA.  We have defined profit and performance focused partner relationship management for the mobile industry and have won the endorsement of a growing list of leading operators worldwide.  Further recognition from the TeleManagement Forum is another great indicator of just how far we have come and how entrenched the product concept is in the market.  We’re delighted to be short-listed and look forward to the awards ceremony in May.”