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| Click on each of the link to find out more about our speakers. |
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| Ideas and Innovation for Future Mobile Services |
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| Case studies of new and innovative value-added services
launched by SingTel
in APAC region, as well as
what they're looking for in the future. |
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Head of
SingTel Group Innovations
Singapore Telecommunications Limited |
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Edgar Hardless joined SingTel in June 2001. He currently heads up the recently created SingTel Group Innovations ("SGI") unit. SGI is tasked with identifying and investigating new innovative technologies, services and business models which could create either significant opportunities or disruptions to the SingTel Group's core businesses. Prior to his current appointment he served as a Director in the Strategic Investments arm of the SingTel Group, monitoring key overseas assets and pursuing new investment opportunities. Before joining SingTel, Edgar worked for British Telecom in the United Kingdom where he undertook a number of business development roles in the satellite, internet and digital multimedia spaces.
About SingTel:
SingTel is Asia's leading communications group with operations and investments around the world. Serving both the corporate and consumer markets, it is committed to bringing the best of global communications to customers in the Asia Pacific and beyond.
With significant operations in Singapore and Australia (through wholly-owned subsidiary SingTel Optus), the Group provides a comprehensive portfolio of services that include voice and data services over fixed, wireless and Internet platforms.
To serve the needs of multi-national corporations, SingTel has a network of 37 offices in 19 countries and territories throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States. These offices enable SingTel to deliver reliable and quality network solutions to its customers, either on its own or jointly with local partners.
The Group also has major investments in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand. Together with its regional partners, SingTel is Asia’s largest multi-market mobile operator, serving more than 146 million customers in eight markets.
SingTel employs more than 19,000 people worldwide and had a turnover of S$13.15 billion (US$8.40 billion) and net profit after tax of S$3.78 billion (US$2.42 billion) for the year ended 31 March 2007. More information can be found @ www.singtel.com and www.optus.com.au. |
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Generating Revenue and Offering Exciting New Content for Japan
market including the fastest growing Social Networking Service |
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| Hear about how CELL offers their content for the Japanese market and work with Mobagetown, one of fastest growing gaming and social networking site in Japan. |
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Vice President
CELL Corporation |
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James has over 15 years of experience working in the entertainment and mobile industry. During his 10 years at Microsoft as a charter member of the Xbox Japan group, he played a key role in staffing the organization to 100+ people, discovering and developing new games for the Japan market, as well as in executing licensing, publishing and distribution relationships that resulted in significant revenue growth for the company. James is currently expanding on CELL's Japan success internationally with a particular focus on the Asia Pacific region.
About CELL:
CELL has developed over 500 Flash casual games using Adobe Flash® Lite™ since year 2001. They are responsible for the creation of Mobile Deck, NTT DoCoMo's flash main deck interface. This application has been instrumental in the distribution of content into the handsets of more than 27million users in Japan.
CELL technology serves as the backbone for mobagetown (Mobile Game Town DeNA Co., Ltd), Japan's fastest growing gaming and social networking site. mobagetown offers a wide range of free online games and is distinctive for its wide variety of social networking functions. Currently generating more than 10 billion page views a month, mobagetown is likely the most traffic-intensive mobile website not only in Japan, but in the world1.
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1http://www.infinita.co.jp/en/news/20070618.html |
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Panel Discussion: Web 2.0 Trends and How
It’ll Affect
Mobile Services in the Future |
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| Miikka Nevasalo (Moderator) |
Regional Director
Forum Nokia Greater China, Nokia |
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Location Based Usage Trends and Ideas for
Innovative Location Services on the Mobile |
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| Find out from one of the leading Location Technology Provider about how consumers have been using location based services, and some of the ideas around new services that would be made possible with mobile devices in the future. |
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Vice President
NAVTEQ Asia Pacific |
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As Vice President for NAVTEQ in Asia Pacific region, Rafay Khan is leading the company into Asia/Pacific coverage development and strategic initiatives. Previously Director, World Maps, Khan is one of NAVTEQ’s seasoned chief explorers. In roles that direct both strategy development and implementation, he has accelerated the company’s coverage initiatives in key growing markets such as the Middle East, Mexico and South Africa, Taiwan and Singapore. Under his direction, NAVTEQ’s non-North American and European markets now cover over 50 million people worldwide.
Khan had prior experience in business development for a subsidiary of Praxair as well as Daimler-Chrysler. In his leisure time, he enjoys a range of pursuits from cricket to blues.
About NAVTEQ:
NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has over 3,000 employees located in 168 offices in 30 countries. |
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| Web 2.0 Services on Mobile Devices Today and Tomorrow |
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| An overview of the Web 2.0 services running on mobile devices today, features that are sort after by consumers, and ideas around new features that can be enabled. |
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Regional Director
Forum Nokia Asia Pacific, Nokia |
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| An experienced veteran in the Telecom industry, Shankar is currently the Regional Director of Forum Nokia in Asia Pacific region. Appointed in 2005, he is responsible for Forum Nokia activities in this region. Forum Nokia connects developers to tools, technical information, support, and distribution channels. Shankar’s team work with Forum Nokia PRO developers, content providers and aggregators in the Asia Pacific region to help drive the creation, commercialization and consumption of innovative and leading-edge mobile applications. Shankar has been with Nokia since 1996 where he held several sales and marketing, as well as senior positions in Singapore, Helsinki and Denmark. Shankar has more than 20 years of experience in the Telecommunications industry, and has previously worked at subsidiaries of Singapore Technologies and Sembawang Corporation in Singapore. |
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