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IpUnplugged
Private company based in Stockholm, Sweden
• CEO: Magnus Lengdell
• What it does: Its technology allows telecom operators to offer customers a way of roaming between different types of wireless networks without having to reconnect, change settings or lose connections.
• Why it's hot: The technology aims to allow consumers to use the same e-mail address at work, at home and on all their wireless devices and roam seamlessly between mobile networks.
ipunplugged.com
Mobeon
Private company based in Stockholm, Sweden
• CEO: Ulf Avrin
• What it does: Sells software applications that enable telecom operators to set up mobile corporate e-mail services for their customers.
• Why it's hot: All the telephone carriers are scrambling to satisfy the market for mobile corporate e-mail. Mobeon's advantages: Avrin, the former ceo of Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture, and big-name customers like Vodafone.
mobeon.com
Network365*
Private company based in Kilmacanogue, Ireland
• CEO: Raomal Perera
• What it does: Helps carriers to deploy mobile commerce on their networks.
• Why it's hot: The company won both the gsm industry association "best wireless application developer" award in 2002 and a contract with Hutchinson that is expected to cover Italy, Sweden and the U.K. among other countries.
network365.com
Norwood Systems*
Private company based in Richmond, England
• CEO: Paul Ostergaard
• What it does: Uses Bluetooth wireless technology for office connectivity.
• Why it's hot: Reduces telecom costs while giving employees the freedom to communicate without being tied to their desks.
norwoodsystems.com
Pocit Labs
Private company based in Uppsala, Sweden
• CEO: Christer Rindebratt
• What it does: Produces software for Bluetooth wireless communications.
• Why it's hot: Once switched on, a mobile phone equipped with BlueTooth and BlueTalk software will automaticallty spot similarly equipped devices and synchronize them for multi-player gaming or chatting. The company won first prize for the most innovative use of Bluetooth technology at the Bluetooth Congress in 2001.
pocit.com
Red-M
Private company based in Wooburn Green, England
• CEO: Mike Wilson
• What it does: Combines multiple local wireless technologies in a single platform.
• Why it's hot: Red-M's technology allows the delivery of voice, video and data services across a variety of wireless networks — including Bluetooth and 802.11 — to a range of devices from mobile phones to personal digital assistants.
red-m.com
Symbian
Private company based in London, England
• CEO: David Levin
• What it does: Wireless software.
• Why it's hot: The recent decision by Siemens to take a 5% stake gives Symbian another ally in its battle with Microsoft to become the leading operating system for mobile phones. Symbian's other shareholders include Nokia, Psion, Sony/Ericsson, Matsushita and Motorola.
symbian.com