21 October 2010
The device was judged to be one of 2010's top four UK mobile
technologies by an independent panel of industry experts. This
included members of the UKTI and Digital Communications Knowledge
Transfer Network (DCKTN) who, together, organised the competition
at Mobile Monday in London.
The competition was created to highlight the innovative strength
of British technology sector. The UKTI and DCKTN will arrange for
the four winners to receive prominent stand space at Mobile World
Congress in February.
The WiBE (Wireless Broadband Enabler) is a device to deliver
broadband to rural areas that are far from the phone exchange. Like
a 3G dongle it connects to the 3G mobile network to create a web
hotspot. But has 30 times the throughput and five times the range
of the dongle.
Users connect tablets, PCs and mobile phones to the device by
WiFi.
The additional three winners were:
Input
Dynamics: Acoustic user interface called TouchDevice.
The software gives runs on non-touchscreen mobile handsets and
gives touchscreen functionality using input from the microphone to
determine where on the handset a user has tapped.
Masabi:
Secure, user-friendly mobile ticketing software for any mobile
phone. The non-web based application is being trialled by several
UK train networks to cut queues and sends a two-dimensional bar
code e-ticket to the phone.
Private
Planet: Personal cloud computing technology that gives
each user their own personal online space and aims to improve
device interoperability and security. It was developed in
collaboration with organisations including Imperial College London,
BT, O2, and Transport for London.
Contacts:
Rob Ashwell, Publitek Marketing Communications
+44 (0)1225 470 000, rob.ashwell (at) publitek.com,
twitter.com/robashwell20, Skype: robpublitek
Peter Claydon, Deltenna Ltd
+44 (0)7775 564894, peter.claydon (at) deltenna.com
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