Past Sponsors & Exhibitors, SF 2011

Cisco Mobility solutions help your employees conduct business anywhere, anytime, and with any device. They provide integral security and contextual capabilities designed for regulatory compliance and business process optimization. Deliver profitable multimedia services using an intelligent IP mobile architecture with the performance and flexibility to manage growing data traffic.

Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators and is the leader in 4G mobile technologies. The company's portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, telecom services, software, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and the media industry.

Marvell—it's a new breed of semiconductor company. We are revolutionizing the consumer electronics world by providing a suite of low-power, high-performance silicon solutions that are powering the most popular consumer electronic devices today like eReaders, smartbooks, smartphones, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) tablets, new personal information appliances, and much more.

Google's leading mobile advertising network, AdMob, serves billions of mobile banner, text and rich media ads a month across a wide range of top mobile applications. AdMob offers application developers a cross-platform solution to effectively monetize their mobile traffic.

Cisco Mobility solutions help your employees conduct business anywhere, anytime, and with any device. They provide integral security and contextual capabilities designed for regulatory compliance and business process optimization. Deliver profitable multimedia services using an intelligent IP mobile architecture with the performance and flexibility to manage growing data traffic.

Flurry increases the size and value of mobile application audiences, already helping more than 50,000 companies in over 110,000 applications across iOS, Android and other mobile platforms. Flurry has built the world's leading mobile application analytics and data-powered advertising platforms, with more ground breaking services in development. Flurry is venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, InterWest Partners, Union Square Ventures, Menlo Ventures, First Round Capital and Draper Richards.

Connected Planet is the leading media source for service providers and enterprise users of advanced telecommunications and mobile networking services. Covering technology and infrastructure Connected Planet delivers insight and analysis on how yesterday's networks are becoming the "smart pipes" of tomorrow, helping to reinvent the way the world works. http://ConnectedPlanetOnline.com

Acision powers innovation and profitable growth in mobile services. As the pioneer of mobile messaging, Acision enables customers worldwide to drive new revenues with innovative services while monetising traffic. Acision's proven products and services, experienced people and service innovation allows organisations to meet the challenges in today's converging telecommunications market.

Mobile Intelligence Solutions (www.mobileintelligencesolutions.com) is a mobile analytics and measurement provider that delivers the precise, timely and actionable mobile insight required for carriers, advertisers and publishers to measure, optimize and grow their businesses. Mobile Intelligence Solutions is headquartered in New York and is venture-backed by North Bridge Venture Partners, Steamboat Ventures, Voyager Capital, Emergence Capital and OPENAIR Equity Partners

Openwave Systems Inc. is a global software innovator delivering highly scalable platform solutions that enable operators to monetize the growing demand for mobile data while optimizing their use of network resources. Openwave helps its customers adapt their infrastructure to the fast pace of web services so they can continue to add value to the end-user experience through contextually relevant content and services.

The worldwide World Wide Web. Any device, any platform, any bandwidth, absolutely anywhere in the world — Opera Software was founded in 1994, based on the idea that access to the Web should be a universal right. Opera Software ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. 200 million people (and counting) are using the Opera, Opera Mobile and Opera Mini browsers. Learn more about Opera at www.opera.com.

High Quality Mobile Entertainment (HQME) is a proposed technology standard for more efficiently delivering rich media to mobile handsets. Developed by leaders in the mobile, tech and content industries such as SanDisk, HQME uses intelligent content caching, time-shifted downloading and Wi-Fi connections to avoid mobile network congestion for a superlative mobile media experience.

Texas Instruments semiconductor innovations help 80,000 customers unlock the possibilities of the world as it could be – smarter, safer, greener, healthier and more fun. Our commitment to building a better future extends from responsible manufacturing, to caring for employees, to giving back to our communities. Learn more at www.ti.com

VMware, the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, delivers customer-proven solutions that accelerate IT by reducing complexity and enabling more flexible, agile service delivery. With more than 250,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware solutions help organizations of all sizes reduce costs, increase business agility and ensure freedom of choice.

AppCarousel is the new solution to the promotion and discovery challenges facing the app economy. AppCarousel enables organizations to curate, distribute and share branded carousels which merchandize and monetize selected targeted apps and digital content directly to their audience. AppCarousel, a Wmode company, delivers full customized turnkey solutions.

Gemalto is the world leader in digital security. We make digital interactions more personal, convenient and secure for our customers using solutions based on smart cards, SIMs & tokens. Our products and services are used for telecommunications, identity management, multimedia, digital rights, IT security and other applications.

Engaging the sense of touch through haptics (or touch feedback) is crucial to delivering more engaging and satisfying mobile user experience. Immersion's MOTIV Dev Platform provides libraries of predesigned effects and quick integration tools, making it easy for OEMs and third-party developers to incorporate haptic effects into UI and apps.

Jumptap is the leader in targeted mobile advertising. With an unmatched portfolio of technology patents, Jumptap's data-driven solutions deliver the highest ROI for advertisers, and the best yield for publishers, across multiple platforms. The company partners with digital and media agencies, publishers, wireless carriers and brand advertisers, to deliver an array of mobile advertising solutions. For more information, visit www.jumptap.com or follow us on twitter.com/jumptap

Millennial Media is the leading independent mobile advertising and data company. The company is committed to growing the mobile advertising marketplace by becoming the preferred partner to advertisers seeking to reach mobile consumers, application and media developers seeking to maximize ad revenue, and mobile operators seeking to further monetize their networks.

Towerstream is a leading wireless service provider utilizing 4G Technology to deliver advanced, high-speed Internet access to businesses in 12 markets. Towerstream currently operates the largest and fastest Wi-Fi network in Manhattan with over 1000 access points, with plans to build additional networks in San Francisco and Chicago.

BOKU is creating the standard for online payments using your mobile phone, making it easy to pay for digital goods and social experiences across the web. BOKU's "Pay" by Mobile service is live with hundreds merchants & publishers in 65 different countries. More than 230 carriers worldwide enable mobile payments from BOKU.

PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards or promotional financing. PayPal has 100 million active accounts in 190 markets and 25 currencies.

Pontiflex powers the industry's leading mobile signup ad platform. With signup ads, users can opt in to hear from the advertisers they like without leaving a mobile app. By serving relevant in-app advertising, developers can provide a respectful user experience and earn revenue many times the industry average. With the increased revenue, they can keep apps free and increase downloads.

Fiksu is a mobile app user acquisition platform that helps app marketers overcome the complex and expensive challenge of promoting iOS and Android apps in the vastly crowded app marketplace. Fiksu increases ROI by cost-effectively delivering loyal users – those most likely to engage by repeat use, registration, in-app purchase, etc.

Mootwin provides a Mobile Application Platform to create highly connected applications with zero lag time. Its distributed architecture makes them easy to develop, update and manage regardless of device OS. Data exchanges are dramatically reduce to eliminate lag time and dependence on network conditions. Mootwin's patented technology maximizes the mobile user-experience.

RCR Wireless News has been a must-read wireless and mobile news source since 1982. Today, RCR Wireless News offers uncompromising editorial excellence, research and integrated marketing services through RCR Wireless, RCR Unplugged, RCR Research, and now RCRTV. Industry veterans Tracy Ford and Dan Meyer provide editorial leadership to RCR Wireless News. For more information, visit www.rcrwireless.com, www.unplugged.rcrwireless.com, www.research.rcrwireless.com, and www.rcrwireless.tv

FierceWireless is the first place industry insiders turn to find out what's shaping and revolutionizing the wireless landscape. Every business day, executives at carriers and service providers rely on FierceWireless to stay up to speed on industry deals and investments, wireless technology, mobile handset releases, security news, and more.

Light Reading Mobile [http://www.lightreadingmobile.com] the 4G authority, leads the wireless communications industry with in-depth news and analysis of mobile and wireless networks. Light Reading Mobile is geared toward professionals within the wireless and mobile markets and reaches carriers, analysts, investors, and enterprise buyers extending next-generation wireless networks

Launched in September 2004, Ubergizmo has quickly become one of the top consumer electronics blogs in the US and in the world (distributed in 6 languages and read in 212 countries). The site is a Webby Award Honoree, has been ranked as a Top100 Blog by PC Magazine and Technorati and has been featured in major media such as ABC7, The Wall Street Journal, German national TV 3Sat, Stern magazine, BBC online, and USA Today.

The American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A's) is the national trade association of the advertising agency business. 4A's members offer a wide range of marketing communications services, and place 80 percent of all national advertising. 4A's helps members build their businesses, and acts as the industry's spokesman with government, media, and the public sector.

The California Wireless Association supports the advancement of the wireless industry in California by educating the public and our elected officials about the need and demand for wireless services throughout the State and by facilitating the rapid deployment of network infrastructure necessary to support the provision of wireless services.

A leading consulting firm focused on the mobile communications industry and specifically on next generation wireless services, networks, devices, mobile content and applications. The firm is led by Mark Lowenstein, who founded and led the Yankee Group's mobile practices on a global basis and was recently Vice President, Market Strategy at Verizon Wireless.

Download International research firm Parks Associates' White paper, "U.S. Consumer Attitudes on In-Home Mobile Services and Femtocells" to better understand consumer perceptions and interest in in-home mobile services and femtocell solutions.

The Telecom Council is an association which connects decision makers across the entire telecom ecosystem – it's Where Telecom Meets Innovation. The Council has over 20 globally significant telcos, billions of VC capital, scores of start-ups, and the world's portal giants. Nowhere else in the world are so there many powerful telecom people in one place. More at http://telecomcouncil.com

TiE was founded in 1992 in the Silicon Valley by a group of successful entrepreneurs and has since grown into 14 countries and has over 14,000 members worldwide. TiE's sole mission is to foster entrepreneurship globally through mentoring, networking, and education and to nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs.

MobileDevPro seeks to bridge the gaps between the mobile industry, the IT and developer communities, and an increasingly mobile business world that seeks to understand the benefits of mobile technology.