Who Will Own the Mobile Internet? Industry Heavyweights Meet in San Francisco to Talk Open Mobile

Open Mobile Summit 2008

Everyone’s talking open these days. Open access, open networks, open platforms and open OS. The move to an open mobile ecosystem now seems inevitable. But how – and who will stand to gain from the new world order – is far from clear.

The Open Mobile Summit conference is taking place November 19-20 at Hotel 480, San Francisco, and explores the open agendas of all the different players – from handsets and software through to operators, application and mobile web players.

With over 60 speakers including:

Rich Miner Google * Mary McDowell EVP Nokia * Marco Boerries EVP Yahoo! * Len Lauer COO Qualcomm * Fred Devereux President Wireless West AT&T * Hossein Moiin, Group VP, T-Mobile * Hakan Dahlstrom President Mobility Telia Sonera * Barry West President XOHM Sprint * Jai Jaisimha VP AOL * Yves Maitre SVP Devices Orange * Ryan Hughes VP Verizon * JP Rangaswami MD BT Design and many more.

“As the mobile Internet opportunity looms large, major players from across the wireless and Internet industries are repositioning to take advantage” said Robin Batt, Executive Producer of the Open Mobile Summit “The competitive landscape is changing so fast and so fundamentally, that it’s hard to know exactly where the value is going to lie in wireless.”

“Everyone has a slightly different approach,” Said Batt “but at the heart of this is a battle to become the defacto open platform for application innovation – with device manufacturers, carriers, wireless software and Internet giants competing to attract application developers’ attention”

The Open Mobile Summit conference explores the strategies and ‘open’ initiatives of all of the key players and looks to define which approach – and which companies – are likely to dominate in the new world order.

Key issues include

* Open Platforms: Roadmaps of the major OS and software players

* Operator evolution: Business models for open networks

* Any device? Models for the next generation of mobile devices

* Open vs. Closed: The best environment for application innovation

* Revenues: How can we to monetize an open mobile ecosystem?

* Applications: Which apps will drive the next generation of mobile service usage?

See the full agenda here: http://www.openmobilesummit.com/agenda.aspx

“Open Mobile uniquely brings both the wireless ecosystem and the web 2.0 world together – providing some much needed perspective on mobile internet for both sides.”

Rich Wong, Partner, Accel Partners

Discounted tickets are available for a limited time. To purchase conference tickets, please visit: http://www.openmobilesummit.com/register.aspx

About Open Mobile Summit

The Open Mobile Summit is produced by Bold Business Ventures Ltd, a boutique consulting firm that specialises in helping companies navigate disrupted technology / communications markets. Founder Robin Batt, the executive producer of the Open Mobile Summit, has consulted to a wide range of businesses from mobile operators O2, Orange, Telecom and Three through to start-ups, VoIP players, MVNOs, mobile content and media companies. For more information visit http://www.boldbusiness.co.uk and http://www.openmobilesummit.com

Contacts

Open Mobile Summit
Robin Batt, Executive Producer
+44(0)-7968-006635