BEST START-UP PROJECTS (business projects or established start-up companies leveraging (U)SIM potentialities)
Gold prize given by Team Côte d'Azur
eVOTZ by eVOTZ, USA - Elliot Klein, Benoit Richard, Ian Gertler - www.evotz.com
eVOTZ delivers a new mobile voting authentication and verification platform that transforms mobile devices into trustworthy voting machines for any election or SMS polling process. Geo-location methods combined with SIM card data help create worldwide interoperability standards for trustworthy voting. MORE INFORMATION
Silver prize given by Bob Pike, Partner MDT on behalf of Samsung
Bipper by Bipper Communication AS, Sweden - Silje Vallestad, Olav Balandin, Arvid Torset – www.bipper.com
Children constitute the fastest growing market segment within the mobile industry today. As a user-oriented solution developed by a mother of three with mobile-kids herself, Bipper’s vision and goal is to contribute to children’s safer use of mobile phones.
Bronze prize given by Oracle|Sun
Radio Touch by Alberto Gasparini, Giovanni Agazzi, Paolo Portioli, Italy
Integration opportunities between the mobile world and other technologies that already crowd our everyday life are still largely unexplored. The purpose of Radio Touch is to develop a method and system to integrate the mobile world with traditional radio and television broadcast systems.
BEST MOBILE TELECOM APPLICATIONS (applications developed to run on the (U)SIM card)
(prizes given by Orange, Telefonica and Telecom Italia)
mKratos by Centre of Excellence, South Africa - Dr Mamello Thinyane, Dr Hannah Thinyane – http://cs.ufh.ac.za/coe
The best use of technology is in improving the quality of life of its users. mKratos exploits the pervasiveness and ubiquity of mobile phones to implement a voting and polling service that mPowers the users to influence the decisions that affect their lives and increase their collective bargaining.
Islamic SIMcard by SES, Greece - Yiannis Hatzopoulos, - www.ses-ltd.gr
This project proposes the instant transformation of the most basic 30$ SIM mobile phone, without GPS, mobile compass hardware or even J2ME, into an "Islamic phone". Leveraging the existing SIM hardware inside the handset, this phone can help its user direct himself towards Mecca and get notified on Muslim prayer times around the world.
Linkedia by Linkedia, China - Xiang Zhou, Chungang Xue, Chi Song – http://i-linkedia.appspot.com
Linkedia brings the colorful media social network and mobile media advertising solutions and services to the mobile terminals. It allows people access context and create fantastic interactive experiences when watching video and live show.
