Mobile Internet World 2008 Anticipates Thousands of Attendees for Upcoming Boston Event
October 9, 2008
The nation’s leading conference and expo for connecting the people, technologies and trends that are shaping the future of the Anywhere network to feature over 150 thought leading speakers.
BOSTON, MA - Thursday, October 9, 2008 – Yankee Group’s second annual Mobile Internet World 2008 - www.mobilenetx.com - expects to exceed attendance from last year’s inaugural event. Mobile Internet World will be held at the Boston Convention Center on October 21-23, 2008.
The three-day conference includes keynote, educational and networking sessions from a wide variety of industry thought leaders from companies such as Verizon Wireless, Google, Sprint Nextel, Vodafone, Intel, Texas Instruments, T-Mobile and Yahoo.
Mobile Internet World 2008 is also hosting the first New England Mobile Summit, showing regional entrepreneurs and industry veterans how venture capital and a community focused on innovation is driving growth and market success in the mobile internet industry.
“The consumer and enterprise appetite for mobile services and applications addressing real world needs is showing no signs of subsiding in the current climate,” said Eliot Weinman, Conference Founder and Chair and President of the events and publishing division of Yankee Group. “In fact, we’ve experienced a substantial uptick in registrations, sponsorship and media coverage for Mobile Internet World 2008 over the last few weeks. We believe this is the result of our industry offering consumers and enterprises innovations and solutions that enable greater productivity in their lives and businesses.”
Mobile Internet World also features program coverage of the entire ecosystem, including workshops and tracks covering:
- Location Based Services
- Social Networking
- Mobile Applications and Developers Summit featuring Netbiscuits and the Android Developers Workshop
- Mobile Media and Advertising
- Mobile Entertainment and Content
- Mobile Enteprise and Security
- Mobile Internet Business Models
- Mobile Transactions Workshop sponsored by NFC Forum
- Mobile Internet World Venture Forum sponsored by New England Venture Capital Forum
Qualified members of the press may attend Mobile Internet World 2008 for no fee at: http://www.mobilenetx.com/?page_id=90
Attendees can take advantage of complimentary passes into the Mobile Internet World Expo Hall by registering before October 10, 2008. More information can be found at www.mobilenetx.com or by subscribing to the Mobile Internet World 2008 Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/mobileinternet.
Mobile Internet World 2008 proudly welcomes the following sponsors to the Boston event:
- Corporate Hosts: Access and Intel
- Premier Sponsors: Ericsson, Infogin, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments
- Platinum Sponsors: Call Genie, ChangingWorlds, IBM, Novarra and Opera Software
- Gold Sponsors: Openwave, HipLogic and ThirdScreenMedia
- Special Program Sponsors: Google and Yahoo!
- Contributing Sponsors: Alvarion, Allot Communications, Gemalto, Azuki Systems, Buongiorno, Celltrust, DeviceAnywhere, Miyowa, MetaCarta, MoreLogic, Nuance, Redline Communications, Ringleader, Wandersmart Technologies and Quattro Wireless
- Lead Sponsor Developers Summit: Netbiscuits
- New England Mobile Summit Premier Sponsors: Charles River Ventures and SnapMyLife
- Online Marketing Sponsor: Knovolo
- Press Room Sponsor: HipLogic
A limited number of Sponsor and Exhibitor opportunities remain available.
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