Collaborating Members have the opportunity to be fully involved in all the activities of the ng Connect Program – from joint marketing and public relations to ideation and service concept development. Collaborating Members attend regular meetings of the ng Connect membership, participate in facilitated “game-storming” and have full access to all online tools used for communication, ideation and service concept development.
These activities require commitment and engagement on the part of the member company, and result in significant opportunities for exposure and value.
4DK Technologies
About 4DK Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 2005 and based in Herndon, VA, 4DK is a wireless technology company delivering innovative solutions to the challenges of applications’ interoperability, integration, scalability and performance. 4DK’s two products – SCout™, a telco-grade application switch for the network, and SCamp™, open source intelligent middleware for the device – enable interoperability between applications and across platforms. SCout™ and SCamp™ operate independently, however together they deliver SuperConnectivity® – a dynamic environment where voice and data mash-ups are optimized with user location, preferences and context. For more information, visit: www.4dk.com.
“We are pleased to join the ng Connect Program which we believe will be a tremendous driver of new applications, devices and services for next generation networks. We are developing products and services that deliver interoperability and context to every layer of the wireless ecosystem. Our goal is the seamless connection of networks, applications, and content for the end user, taking into account their real-time context. This initiative led by Alcatel-Lucent is an ideal environment for us to showcase our capabilities.”
Mar Tarrés, Vice President, Product Development
4DK Technologies
About Aerva
Aerva is a technology company at the center of networked displays software, social media and mobile interactivity. Aerva’s market-proven solutions enable brands and enterprises to engage, entertain and inform using networked displays, websites or social media. Aerva's core product, AerWave, is a cloud-based solution for managing and scheduling content across digital displays and other media channels. Aerva's library of real-time widgets for social media and mobile applications is deeply integrated with AerWave and can interconnect with other systems.
“With so much reliance of connectedness, the next generation bandwidth is critical to us all. Aerva’s technology that powers networks of digital screens and integrated digital campaigns come alive at the nexus of mobile, social media and digital media. We are proud to join the ng Connect program to interact with partners, customers and influencers to create the next-generation applications.”
Sanjay Manandhar, CEO, Aerva
About AFP
AFP is a global news agency delivering fast, accurate, in-depth coverage of the events shaping our world from wars and conflicts to politics, sports, entertainment and the latest breakthroughs in health, science and technology. With 2,900 journalists spread across almost every country, AFP covers the world 24 hours a day in six languages. AFP delivers the news in video, text, photos, multimedia and graphics to a wide range of customers including newspapers and magazines, radio and TV channels, web sites and portals, mobile operators, corporate clients as well as public institutions. For more information about AFP, please go to www.afp.com.
“Innovation is a key component of AFP’s strategic mission, and with membership in the ng Connect Program we have the opportunity to further the development of new concepts we can bring to the field for reporting or to connect with our end users. As the media ecosystem continues to evolve and with disruptive technologies reshaping our industry, we need to work with technology leaders and others from industries we aren’t typically exposed to, to develop new products that will enhance our business.”
Gilles Tarot, Marketing Director for AFP North America
About AGNITY Healthcare
AGNITY Healthcare is a leading provider of products and services that harness the power of mobility, Unified Communications and the internet to improve access to, and enhance the quality of, healthcare. AGNITY Healthcare Products and Services provide a set of mobile health, telemedicine, collaboration and systems solutions to improve the quality, productivity and access to personalized care delivery. AGNITY Healthcare is a privately held company; headquartered in Fremont, California with locations in Plano, TX; Toronto, Canada; and Noida, India.
“AGNITY Healthcare is driven by the underlying principle that helping caregivers get the right information to the right people at the right time, saves time, money and lives. Working as a participant in Alcatel-Lucent’s ng Connect program will provide us the opportunity to work with other innovative member companies and Alcatel-Lucent to develop and deliver mobile healthcare solutions that improves productivity and outcomes.”
Ken Epps, President,
AGNITY Healthcare
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
“As we move into the next phase of the evolution of broadband networks with the advent of ultra high bandwidth systems such as 4G and GPON, it is critical that a broad spectrum of companies – including those from industries that are not normally associated – come together in a strong ecosystem that can effectively innovate, remove business and technical barriers and define new business models to accelerate mass adoption of new services and devices. The establishment of the ng Connect program is an important step in our strategy to create an open ecosystem so that the trusted capabilities of service providers can be combined with the innovation of the web to bring whole new classes of services to market, services that can leverage the growing capabilities of service aware IP networks, IMS and more. The ng Connect Program is dedicated to bringing this ecosystem to life.”
Tim Krause, Chief Marketing Officer
Alcatel-Lucent
About Altran
As a European leader in innovation and high-tech engineering consulting, Altran supports companies in the creation and development of their new products and services, and provides end-to-end management solutions for client projects in four main industries: Automotive, Infrastructure & Transportation, Aeronautics, Space & Defence, Energy & Healthcare, and Telecommunications. Altran provides services in five key technological domains: Innovation Management, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering & Embedded Systems, IT Systems and Performance Management. With a global network of 18,000 collaborators, (including 16,000 consultants), and some 500 major clients throughout the world, the Group reported sales of €1,437m in 2010.
“As Altran brings its customer’s ideas to life and enhances their performance through technology and innovation, we are pleased to join the ng Connect Program. This program – based on a collaborative environment – is focusing on a unique objective: improve our customer’s operational efficiency and support them in integrating new technologies for the benefits of their end-users”
Thomas Desrues - Executive Director Telecom & Media, Altran.
About Atlantic Records
Atlantic Records, which celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 2008, currently ranks as the #1 label in the music industry according to Nielsen Soundscan. Founded in New York City, the label grew from literally a one-room operation into one of the world’s preeminent music companies. Atlantic has released a string of recordings that have had a profound impact on the course of modern music, its rich history including such musical icons as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, John Coltrane, and Led Zeppelin. The Atlantic roster today includes many of the world’s most popular recording artists, among them James Blunt, Tracy Chapman, Phil Collins, Death Cab for Cutie, Missy Elliott, Flo Rida, Lupe Fiasco, Gnarls Barkley, Kid Rock, Matchbox Twenty, Jason Mraz, O.A.R., Plies, Sean Paul, Rush, Shinedown, Staind, Rob Thomas, T.I., and many more.
“The content within Fanbase is aggregated and streamed from the Internet. LTE and the ng Connect program allow us to learn from the next generation wireless technologies to ensure the best fan experience possible, whenever and wherever they are.”
Paul Sinclair, Senior Vice President, Digital Media
Atlantic Records
About BoomCloud.com
BoomCloud connects people “Who Passionately Love the Same Things You Do” across all your social networks and social media.
A “cool new 3-dimensional social graph” that aggregates your existing social profiles and recommends a universe of new connections based on your existing relationships, passions, interests, and behaviors. It’s how people will find new friends, discover what's hot, seek and share information about lifestyles, and belong to communities of like-minded people. Implanted in all our product architecture, marketing, and engagement models is the most advanced neuro-genetic science of how people interact, how the brain adapts, and why and how people seek out meaningful social relationships. This is the future of how we will view content and relationships on the web.
“We are honored to be invited to be a part of this exciting collaborative forum, ngConnect, made up of innovative companies who are helping to create the next generation communications, cutting-edge applications, and social media platforms. This opportunity allows BoomCloud to explore, test, and validate our products and applications in a collaborative environment with other creative and "out-of-the-box" thinkers. We look forward to gleaning great ideas and better understanding the needs of the market from our collaborative effort.”
George Moore, Founder
BoomCloud.com
About Boston Life Labs
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Life Labs is a healthcare technology company dedicated to research and development of Telehealth Systems. Its team of engineers and healthcare professionals are driving innovation in the telehealth services market. The company’s vision is to provide robust, affordable, wireless and plug-and-play telehealth solutions around the world. For more information, visit: www.bostonlifelabs.com or visit us on Facebook.
“Boston Life Labs is excited to join the ng Connect Program. We believe that the concepts and collaborative projects we will develop with other member companies will allow us to make a global impact on technical development and implementation within the healthcare delivery system.”
Richard Binier, CEO,
Boston Life Labs
About Blue Pixel
Blue Pixel is a video and photography leader in helping companies and consumers understand, harness and leverage the power of digital still and video images. The company has taught the Nikon School of Photography for over 8 years in 30 cities, enhanced the Associated Press' photography on a global scale, and garnered 4 Pulitzer Prizes.
“Blue Pixel shows companies and consumers how to enhance their videos and photography with the latest techniques and we are excited to join the ng Connect Program to look into the future and incorporate next generation technologies into our work. We also look forward to the opportunity to work with the member companies to develop new concepts that take advantage of LTE and other technologies in the world of multimedia.”
Kevin Gilbert, CEO and Founder, Blue Pixel
About Brass Monkey
Brass Monkey's patent pending technology transforms an iPhone or other smart device into an intuitive controller for web-based single or multi-player games. Through Brass Monkey software, experiences previously available on game consoles like Nintendo Wii are now possible using WiFi enabled electronics. Brass Monkey provides fully immersive experiences of all kinds with displays ranging from personal computers, Internet enabled TVs, kiosks and large billboards. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Brass Monkey's mission is to build and deploy developer tools that will become the worldwide standard for use in connecting mobile devices and displays. Further information can be found at http://brassmonkeysdk.com.
"We are very excited to bring the Brass Monkey controller technology to content providers and technology companies within ng Connect. With the advent of the new 4G/LTE technology, we see web-based gaming quickly reaching a much wider audience, as latency is reduced and more multi-player games become available. By offering immersive interactivity between smart phones, online gaming and digital marketing devices such as 4G-enabled retail kiosks, Brass Monkey will enhance the user experience in gaming. home automation, automobiles, social area networking, and a wide variety of cutting edge mobile solutions and platforms.. ”
Jim Bull, CEO
Brass Monkey Inc.
About BringIt
BringIt provides a simple, easy-to-integrate Virtual Currency Casino/Arcade that benefits game publishers, brands, and media websites. Game publishers can extend user engagement time, increase conversion rates to paying users, and grow revenue by adding mini-games, challenges, and tournaments to social games, mobile games and apps. For media websites and brands BringIt builds social loyalty, and helps to bridge the gap between online and offline interactions.
BringIt can be integrated into existing and new properties with minimal development work, improve revenue, and increase functionality with little investment or risk. BringIt also adds direct value for users by giving them the opportunity to earn more social currency, play more games, and share their experiences and interact with friends on social networks.
“BringIt is excited to join many other innovative technology and infrastructure companies in the ng Connect Program. As gaming continues to migrate from the console and desktop to mobile, tablet, and other wireless devices, BringIt is developing technologies to create a seamless experience for its gaming clients. With the release of our realtime synchronous gaming engine (SGE) BringIt will rely on cutting edge 4G/LTE networks as the backbone for fun, competition, and personal interaction. In addition, I am confident that the opportunity to leverage relationships with and learn from the other ng Connect Program members will be a true value to our growing company.”
Woodrow Levin, Founder & CEO,
BringIt
About BT Software
BT Software is the creator of the Atmoscast platform. Atmoscast is a streaming media service which enables content publishers to reach a wider audience by converting any textual content into streaming media. By leveraging real human voices and branded mobile applications, the Atmoscast platform enables publishers to have a turn-key solution to compete with radio stations with their existing content library. The Atmoscast platform is currently deployed in over 120 countries worldwide. For a live demo, please visit www.atmoscast.com.
“We’re looking forward to working with other ng Connect Program members to combine our mobile and text-to-speech expertise with new ideas from the community. We see tremendous potential for new business models and services which will be made possible by next generation networks.”
Tirrell Payton, Chief Product Strategist
BT Software
About CAMKA System
CAMKA System develops mobile collaboration solutions. Our aim is to reduce work-related travel in technical or medical environments. CAMKA System offers an infield camera solution for real-time communication between nomadic workers. The solution supports video streaming, high resolution picture and audio transmission as well as information exchange in the field. Our solutions are used in several domains for remote expertise, remote maintenance, construction follow-up, telemedicine, and tactical situation management.
Our technologies and key innovations are combined with our skills and unique competencies in new OMAP architectures. With these technologies, our solutions are able to do calculation three to four times more efficiently than a PC. Thereby we are able to provide high quality video at low bandwidth. For more information, please visit www.camka.com or chat with us through our blog at http://camkasystem.blogspot.com/ .
“To communicate remotely, people and businesses have used successively the spoken word, writing and then audio. Now they can use the image which is an objective, universal and quickly understandable information format. The use of this new capability, in any place, supports efficient remote communication and cooperation and will offer a major competitive advantage for organizations. The deployment of LTE technology is key to the wide development of these new image-based services.. We are really excited and enthusiastic to join ng Connect. It is a tremendous opportunity and delivers real value, to work with the other members to investigate, to imagine and to implement new products and services that will be tomorrow’s markets.”
Pierre Couëdelo, CEO,
CAMKA System
About CoolSign
CoolSign has been providing enterprise-class digital signage software solutions for more than a decade. Our technology and experts are behind some of the largest digital signage networks in the world. CoolSign's deep, direct experience designing, building, operating, and maintaining sophisticated, reliable digital signage and digital out-of-home networks has made us a leader in digital signage.
“The innovation of 4G/LTE networks will help to accelerate the growth of the digital signage industry. CoolSign believes that the interoperability of the digital ecosystem is greatly enhanced by the ng Connect Program. Customers want to buy simple to use, internet-connected digital signage applications right out of the box. With our enterprise digital signage operating system, CoolSign is uniquely positioned to help bring this capability to market, and we're delighted to be participating in the program.”
Lou Giacalone, Jr., President and Founder
CoolSign
About Damaka
Damaka is an innovator in mobile unified communication and collaboration (UCC) solutions. The company is changing the landscape of mobile UCC by providing secure, real-time mobile video calling and mobile collaboration solutions on all major smartphones, tablets and PC/MAC platforms, enabling collaboration on any device, any network, anytime and anywhere. Damaka's managed peer-to-peer SIP-based software solutions feature Sweeping® technology, allowing users to seamlessly transfer in progress collaboration sessions to and from various devices, including laptops, netbooks, tablets and smartphones. Damaka was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas. For more information on Damaka's solution, please visit http://www.damaka.com.
“Our pioneering efforts in Mobile Unified Communication and Collaboration position Damaka as a technology leader in this exploding space. Damaka is excited to be part of the ng Connect Program and we look forward to sharing with and learning from its innovative members. 4G/LTE will greatly boost the way people will communicate and share via mobile video and mobile collaboration technology respectively.”
Satish Gundabathula, CTO,
Damaka, Inc.
About digitalmusic.org
digitalmusic.org is the home for the digital initiatives of NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, the trade association for the business of music. NARM provides the central platform for the discussion of industry-wide concerns and spearheading the implementation of initiatives to advance the business. While primarily focused on physical formats for much of its history, NARM has expanded its mission in the past ten years to include all facets of music commerce. This includes physical, digital, and mobile commerce partners as well as gaming, applications, and other emerging revenue models. digitalmusic.org is governed under the by-laws of NARM, by NARM President Jim Donio, the NARM Board Of Directors, and directly by digitalmusic.org Co-chairs Christina Calio (Microsoft Entrainment), David Levin (Sony Music Entertainment) and Bill Wilson, NARM VP of Digital Strategy & Business Development. Topics and actions for each individual work groups are determined by the individual work group leaders.
“By working more closely with the members of ng Connect, digitalmusic.org can stay ahead of the curve on mobile technology developments that will shape entertainment consumption. We bring to the table the voices of the music supplier and commerce communities in hopes of helping to advance technology to meet consumer desires for enhanced entertainment product.”
Bill Wilson, VP of Digital Strategy and
Business Development at NARM / digitalmusic.org
About Ecrio
Ecrio, Inc. is a Cupertino California based client software company that provides products and solutions for IP Communications including VoLTE and RCS over 3G and 4G networks. Ecrio’s SIP/IMS clients and service applications have been deployed in over 50 million mobile devices across a variety of platforms and networks. The FastTrack™ Client Framework makes it easy to add IP voice and messaging, rich messaging, content sharing, and location service functions to applications running in any application runtime environment on devices from embedded native and Java applications to web widgets. Ecrio’s products include service application SDK’s to support application innovation and solutions development, runtime service modules for commercial deployment on devices, and reference service applications.
“The ng Connect Program provides a valuable opportunity for Ecrio to collaborate and innovate with other companies in the emerging 4G and IP communications ecosystem. Our products and solutions accelerate the use of IP communication services, and we are looking forward to working with the other members on innovations and service applications across a wide range of segments and connected devices.”
Tad Bogdan, CEO
Ecrio
About EON Reality
EON Reality, Inc. is the world's leading interactive 3D visual content management and virtual reality software provider. EON's solutions enable all organizations to more effectively visually communicate, collaborate and accelerate knowledge transfer. Industry leaders include Atlas Copco, Bechtel, Boeing, Bombardier, Siemens Medical, Suzuki, Toyota and Whirlpool use EON solutions to enhance the interactive user experience to effectively increase sales, better communicate product functionality and decrease the cost of service, training and technical support. EON's Interactive 3D Simulation-Based Learning environments allow learners to be activity engaged in the learning experience moving them from isolated, high-end, yet static tech centers to an engaging, scalable, Internet connected network.
“EON Reality is very excited to be a part of the ng Connect Program and we are looking forward to building mutually dynamic relationships with all of the members. We are also eager for ng Connect to be able to leverage EON's 3D and virtual reality technologies as part of the program’s collaborative efforts.”
Rodney Detrick, Director of Business Development
EON Reality, Inc.
About FISHLABS
FISHLABS is the leading developer and publisher of high quality 3D mobile games (according to MobileGamesDB aggregating the largest collection of mobile games reviews by leading mobile games online magazines) headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The mobile games portfolio of FISHLABS includes multiple top-award-winning original IP titles like Galaxy on Fire™, DEEP™, Blades & Magic™, Rally Master Pro™ or Snowboard Hero™ and AAA license mobile games like V-Rally 3D, Star Wars™ – Imperial Ace 3D, Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam™ and most recently Gladiator – The Mobile Game. FISHLABS’ in-house mobile games engine ABYSS® supports Java™, BREW™, Symbian™, Windows® Mobile and iPhone™. It offers an outstanding game experience close or even bettering mobile gaming consoles. FISHLABS mobile games are available on more than 160 mobile network operators worldwide for more than 300 different devices by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG and many other brands.
“FISHLABS has pushed the envelope in terms of quality and innovation since its inception with our award-winning games and the way we sell our products to consumers. The ng Connect Program is very attractive because it helps us to lead our industry with early access to new technology and business opportunities. Not only will this program increase awareness for FISHLABS in the mobile industry but it is also laying foundation for future businesses in the 4G mobile network environment. As massive mobile online multiplayer games take off and ramp up, new business models requiring heavy mobile network connectivity are emerging. We will be at the forefront of this new business opportunity through the ng Connect Program.”
Michael Schade, CEO
FISHLABS
About Fitting Reality
Fitting Reality brings innovation to the retail experience on a global scale by providing an augmented reality fitting room. Body scanning technology connects a consumer’s age, sex and other social information with a retailer’s inventory to offer detailed personal suggestions of clothes. Augmented Reality technology reduces some of the guesswork involved in shopping allowing customers to visualize the products as part of their outfits. Designed for both at-home and in-store experiences VIPodium makes the shopping experience much easier for consumers and more rewarding for retailers!
http://fittingreality.com/
“We are very proud to be a part of the ng Connect Program. The opportunity to collaborate globally with more than 80 collaborating member organizations is a valuable opportunity for Fitting Reality for further growth and expansion. Being an ng Connect member exposes VIPodium to potential strategic opportunities with other members. It gives us the opportunity to integrate other members’ products and services with our clients.”
Inga Nakhmanson, CEO
Fitting Reality
About Framework Interactive Technologies
Framework Interactive Technologies (F.I.T.™) is a software development group specializing in serious gamification content via console IPTV. BodyRebuilt® (BRB™), the connected-home EduTrainment smart exercise and ortho sports medicine and PT/rehab program by Dr. Nick DiNubile, integrates musculoskeletal (muscles, bones and joints) tracking, teleHealth and wellness services with solutions for digital boomers and consumers. The BodyRebuilt® training program and series uses Microsoft’s Kinect and other monitoring motion traction skeletal tracking systems to provide physical therapy and rehabilitation, Through the utilization of video games, DVDs and the Transmedia process of FrameWork® IP Content publications, created by Dr. Nicholas A. DiNubile, M.D., consumers can live longer, healthier lives. F.I.T.’s™ unique methodology and philosophy is able to successfully treat musculoskeletalaliments, disorders and diseases via 24/7 in-home remote access self-education and EduTrainment sessions.
“Framework Interactive Technologies LLC. (F.I.T.™) recognizes the incredible value and enormous business opportunity to join with ng Connect Program by collaborating with Alcatel-Lucent and the other member companies. Proven by their successes, the members are true visionaries and we’re proud to be among them. ng Connect is helping to weave the technological fabric of modern society and reshaping the way people live, work and play and we look forward to contributing to this. We believe this relationship is a perfect F.I.T.™ within the serious gamification, telemedicine, and healthcare and wellness Industries.”
Frank Nein, Cofounder/SVP of Business Development & Marketing Communications
About frog
frog works with the world’s leading companies, helping them to design, engineer, and bring to market meaningful products and services. With an interdisciplinary team of more than 1,600 designers, strategists, and software engineers, frog delivers connected experiences that span multiple technologies, platforms, and media. frog works across a broad spectrum of industries, including consumer electronics, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, automotive, media, entertainment, education, finance, retail, and fashion. Clients include Disney, GE, HP, Intel, Microsoft, MTV, Qualcomm, Siemens, and many other Fortune 500 brands. Founded in 1969, frog is headquartered in San Francisco, with locations in Amsterdam, Austin, Boston, Chennai, Bangalore, Gurgaon, Johannesburg, Kiev, Milan, Munich, New York, Seattle, Shanghai, and Vinnitsa. frog is a company of the Aricent Group, a global innovation and technology services firm.
“We’re very pleased to be a member of ng Connect. As a leading design and innovation services firm with clients in infrastructure, devices, applications, and content, we benefit greatly from access to cross-industry knowledge on emerging technologies. In a connected world, it is vital for the type of convergent products and services we create.”
Tim Leberecht, Chief Marketing Officer,
frog
About Galixsys Networks
Galixsys Networks conceives and develops software technologies and systems for the embedded IT, or "smart devices" market. In addition to developing new embedded IT technologies, Galixsys Networks provides services to adapt the technology to specific platforms. Further, services are provided to create, integrate and maintain these embedded IT devices along with any required IT infrastructure.
“Galixsys Networks is excited to work with the rest of the ng Connect community to bring new use models to M2M and Internet of Things (IoT) systems. With the network latency reductions offered by LTE and the IP offered by Galixsys Networks, direct machine control is now possible using standard web services. The ng Connect program is the perfect platform to bring new products to market, as well as developing new business models around connected machines.”
Steve Jahnke
Founder /CTO Galixsys Networks
About GameStreamer, Inc.
GameStreamer is a leading innovator in digital distribution and streaming solutions for games and operates a massive B2B network with major clients across the globe. GameStreamer has offices or representatives in several major cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, New York, Paris, Tampa, Moscow and Philadelphia.
GameStreamer is devoted to growing the gaming industry by verticalizing content to reach new niche markets and delivering targeted content to users using the latest in collaborative filtering techniques and social discovery.
“Organizations like the ng Connect Program, which are driving collaboration among leaders in multiple industries involved in the broadband digital media value chain, help ensure faster, more efficient progress and ultimately make the promise of 4G technologies a reality for consumers. We are excited to work alongside the other members of ng Connect to develop prototypes for in-car game systems using GameStreamer's proprietary predictive streaming technology over 4G, as well as other projects utilizing GameStreamer's digital distribution platform and technology.”
Nathan Lands,
EVP & Co-Founder
GameStreamer, Inc.
About Gamify
Gamify is a San Francisco based startup on an EPIC
quest to gamify the world, making it a more fun and
rewarding place to live in. The Gamify Network consists
of Gamify.com, Gamification Encyclopedia (Wiki),
MetaGamify (Q&A) and Gamification Jobs(Job Board).
Collectively the Gamify Network represents the largest
gamification resource in the world.
“We are excited to be joining the ng Connect Program. We look forward to working with other ng Connect Program members to combine our gamification platform and expertise with new ideas from the community. We see huge value in new gamified services made possible by 4G/LTE technology across all industries and devices.”
Nathan Lands, CEO and Co-Founder
About Gemalto
Gemalto is the world leader in digital security. Gemalto is at the heart of our evolving digital society. The freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain, and work – anytime, anywhere – has become an integral part of what people want and expect, in ways that are convenient, enjoyable and secure. Gemalto delivers on the growing demands of billions of people worldwide for mobile connectivity and much more.
“The ng Connect Program and its members share Gemalto’s vision which is to give customers the freedom to access innovative services anytime, anywhere across all devices and networks. We see LTE and the Universal Integrated Circuit Card, the UICC, as the keys to unlock a more open mobile telecommunications world. Our vision is for operators to customize devices with the UICC and expand their security to promote a secure platform for any kind of mobile applications. We see a future where consumers select operators for their service, devices for their features, and use the UICC to receive the highest quality secure services and applications.”
Michel Canitrot, Senior Vice President
LTE & Advanced Telecom Offers, Gemalto
About Genetec
Genetec is a pioneer in the physical security and public safety industry and a global provider of world-class IP license plate recognition (LPR), video surveillance and access control solutions to markets such as transportation, education, retail, gaming, government and more. With sales offices and partnerships around the world, Genetec has established itself as the leader in innovative networked solutions by employing a high level of flexibility and forward-thinking principles into the development of its core technology and business solutions. Genetec’s corporate culture is an extension of these very same principles, encouraging a dynamic and innovative workforce that is dedicated to the development of cutting-edge solutions and to exceptional customer care. For more information, visit genetec.com.
About GoTV Networks, Inc.
GoTV Networks enables media owners and brands
to deliver compelling, personalized, highly engaging
content experiences through feature-rich smart
applications distributed to the widest audience possible.
This content is accessed through a broad range of
mobile operators, application storefronts and wireless
devices including the Apple iPhone Application Store,
AT&T, Blackberry Application World, Boost Mobile,
Cricket, Google Android Market, Handmark, PocketGear
(Handango), Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless.
GoTV is headquartered in Los Angeles. For more
information about GoTV, please go to
www.gotvnetworks.com.
About HARMAN
HARMAN designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets – supported by 15 leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon® and Mark Levinson®. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 20 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 12,000 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported sales of $3.6 billion for the twelve months ending March 31, 2011. The Company’s shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NYSE:HAR.
“HARMAN is honored to join with other thought leaders in the ng Connect Program. ng Connect brings together the best and most innovative companies from all corners of the connectivity landscape, and Harman’s contribution to the program’s objectives is a natural extension of our existing work. Our vision of bringing an ecosystem for complete connectivity to consumers on a massive scale – whether they’re in the car, at home or on the go – syncs perfectly with the ng Connect mission. We are thrilled to be on board.”
Sachin Lawande, chief technology officer of Harman
About HP
HP, the world's largest technology company, simplifies the technology experiences for all of its customers—from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services, and IT infrastructure, HP revenue reached $118.4 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended October 31, 2008. The company’s corporate headquarters are located in Palo Alto, California, but it is truly a global interest, with 320,000 employees doing business in more than 170 countries around the world. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/.
About IMS
Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. (IMS) specializes in the research, development and production of innovative and progressive solutions in the areas of automotive safety, telematics and mobile media. Our proprietary technologies are making vehicles "safer, smarter and greener" and we are dedicated to making the "connected car" a reality. IMS' solutions include: iLane, the ultimate in-vehicle platform that provides drivers with hands-free access to on-demand content and time-sensitive information; Prompt", a voice-activated dispatch solution that enables taxi and limousine drivers to conduct their job entirely hands-free via simple voice commands such as sign-in, receive job information, accept/decline jobs and provide ETA info; and DriveSync", the ultimate turn-key telematics platform which enables a variety of solutions including usage-based insurance offerings, fleet monitoring, vehicle tracking, and government programs. IMS is based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. For more information about IMS, please visit www.Intellimec.com
“As a global leader of connected in-car technologies and products, we are uniquely positioned to provide leadership, guidance and solutions for the ng Connect LTE Connected Car. We see many exciting developments coming out of this program and know it will only continue to help us deliver industry-leading solutions that enhance driver safety, efficiency and convenience.”
Tony Cassetta, Chief Operating Officer
IMS
About IMST GmbH
IMST GmbH in Germany is a technology driven center
of excellence in the design and fabrication of mobile
communication circuits and systems. A major focus
lies on LTE technology, especially advanced antenna
design and fabrication. Communication modules and
systems are the corner stone for outstanding innovations
in a wide range of handheld products and optimised
antennas. IMST is performing sophisticated LTE test
campaigns, such as comprehensive measurements
using IMST’s connected car test vehicle within LTE test
networks. Based on the results, concepts of optimized
LTE antenna configurations will be made available.
To strengthen IMST’s LTE engagement, the company
has joined the ng Connect Program. IMST runs a fully
accredited Test Center for High Frequency Techniques,
Antenna Techniques and Electromagnetic Compatibility
with a special focus on LTE. Additionally in-house R&TTE
compliance and CTIA conformal testing and optimisation
are offered.
“IMST is pushing LTE technology as the promising technology for the Fourth Generation (4G) wireless services. It is a huge challenge to meet the customer’s requirements for real mobile broadband communications. IMST has identified significant benefits in the LTE technology supporting the introduction of a manifold of new services with real mobile interaction. IMST focus lies on a generation of new antenna systems with significant advantages and a new, sophisticated antenna bus structure well suited for in-vehicles applications.”
Dr. Peter Waldow, CEO IMST GmbH
About Indosat
Indosat is the leading telecommunication and information operator in Indonesia which provides cellular service through Indosat’s Card for Indosat’s product Mobile, IM3 powered by Indosat and Indosat Internet, fixed telecommunication services or fixed voice services (such as International Long Distance Call 001, 008 and FlatCall 01016, fixed wireless services namely StarOne and I-Phone). Also, Indosat is a fixed data communication service operator (MIDI) through the optic network of sea cable and land cable, microwave radio, or satellite (through Palapa Satellite D and Palapa Satellite C2), and used for the customer services along with its subsidiaries namely Indosat Mega Media (IM2) and Lintasarta. Indosat also provides a 3.5 G cellular service with HSPA+ technology. Indosat’s shares have been registered at Jakarta Stock Exchange and Surabaya Stock Exchange (JSX:ISAT) and shares in a form of American Depositary Shares registered at New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:IIT).
“This excellent collaboration is a good example how, operators, technology owners and vertical customers can work together to create new, innovative prototype or solution concept and to develop into applications which can be enjoyed by many parties to improve the end user experiences for the benefit of Indonesian industry,”
Harry Sasongko,
CEO & President Director of PT Indosat.
About Infrared5
Infrared5 is a consulting firm that specializes in developing cutting-edge experiences for the Flash Platform, Unity 3D and the iPhone. With its all-star team of designers and developers, Infrared5 has excelled at building sites, games, components, virtual worlds and RIAs for companies like NBC Universal, LucasFilm, Adobe, Wrigley’s and Ribbit. Infrared5 is also well known for their leadership role and expertise on the open source projects, Red5 and Papervision3D.
About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing devices. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com.
“Through collaboration with other ng Connect member companies, we enable new and innovative communication solutions that can accelerate the adoption of next generation services.”
Sandra Rivera, Director Market Developments Embedded and Communications Group at Intel
About IPneo
IPneo provides innovative solutions that bring tomorrow’s IP technologies to the hands of today’s users. Focusing on IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), IPneo delivers standardized client software solutions enabling rich communication capabilities for end- users including VOIP, chatting, File-transfer, Image/Video sharing and Video calling. IPneo client solutions pave the way for operators, OEMs and enterprises to quickly attain their goals towards a convergent All-IP-Network in order to leverage the end-user satisfaction, save on operational cost and to drive new streams of revenues easier than ever before. At IPneo we value the growing needs for IP-based solutions.
“We are pleased to be part of the ng Connect Program. Joining hands with such an elite group of members, will create the necessary synergy to deliver innovative applications, devices and services for next generation networks. Thus, sharing IPneo's vision of bringing tomorrow’s IP technologies to the hands of today’s user.”
Sameh Meligy,
Managing Director
IPneo Ltd.
About Ivona
IVONA Software develops world-class Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology and award-winning voices for “talking” user interfaces on mobile devices, computers, and communication systems and services. Our TTS products have been awarded and recognized as market leading in terms of providing the most accurate, human-sounding voices and the best listener experience. The IVONA suite includes a wide range of specialty TTS solutions for business, telecommunications, mobile, and home use, with new offerings constantly being developed. Additionally, in support of its long-standing commitment to accessibility, IVONA works closely with the largest organizations supporting blind and visually impaired people all over the world, including the Royal National Institute for the Blind and the DAISY Consortium.
“IVONA was founded with a clear mission: to create the most natural sounding voices possible, rendered by a text-to-speech engine capable of achieving unmatched accuracy. Our Text-to-Speech has become the main component of the User Interface in a wide range of devices and applications. Now we are extremely excited to bring our high quality TTS technology to the service concepts developed in ng Connect. We will enable innovative voice applications that increase access and customer satisfaction across multiple market segments including mobile applications, automotive, transportation, healthcare, location-based services, unified communication and education.”
Lukasz Osowski, CEO.
IVONA Software
About IVOX
IVOX is a privately-held company that provides concise and highly predictive data tools to markedly improve risk management for: property and casualty insurance companies, self-insured corporations owning and operating vehicle fleets or private use. For more information, please visit www.ivoxdata.com
“Having more accurate and timely underwriting data elements streamed over powerful and cost-effective 4G/LTE networks impacts factors such as premium leakage, self selection, behavior modification, claim fraud reduction and claim response time. Reducing the costs or increasing revenue through more accurate data utilization can result in reductions of loss and loss adjustment expense.”
Gregg Warren, CEO
IVOX
About K12
K12, Inc. (NYSE: LRN), a technology-based education company, is the nation’s largest provider of proprietary curriculum and online education programs for students in kindergarten through high school. K12 provides its high quality, award-winning curriculum and academic services to online schools, traditional classrooms, blended school programs, and directly to families. The company also operates the K12 International Academy™, an accredited, diploma-granting online private school serving students in 46 countries. K12 has served over 150,000 full-time students to date and delivered over 1.5 million online courses. K12’s mission is to provide any child the curriculum and tools to maximize success in life, regardless of geographic, financial, or demographic circumstances.
“K12 is excited about the potential of the ng Connect Program and its solution partners in developing education opportunities to explore next generation bandwidth. K12 has been a leader within the education industry using innovative technology paired with sound pedagogy to deliver our award-winning academic program to tens of thousands of students worldwide. The transformative power of technology has enabled us to deliver a high quality education anytime, anywhere to children across the globe. With ng Connect, we will reach even more children, empowering them with knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of tomorrow.”
Ron Packard, CEO and Founder
K12, Inc.
About Kyocera Communications Inc.
Kyocera Communications Inc. (KCI) is the sales, marketing, customer engineering and service headquarters for Kyocera- and Sanyo-branded wireless products and accessories in the Americas. The company's devices are driving the convergence of telecommunications, broadband and multimedia. KCI was formed in April 2009 through the combination of Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Kyocera Sanyo Telecommunications Inc., two wholly owned subsidiaries of Kyocera International Inc. The former was created when Kyocera purchased QUALCOMM Incorporated's consumer wireless phone business in 2000, while the latter was formed when Kyocera purchased the wireless phone business of Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. in 2008. Based in San Diego, KCI leverages Japan's history of creating advanced consumer technologies around humanism and respect for the environment and blending them with a Western entrepreneurialism and style, resulting in a unique design language and a natural, user-friendly interface. For more information, please visit www.kyocera-wireless.com.
“Kyocera has a rich history in the development and advancement of emerging wireless technologies and, as part of the ng Connect Program, we welcome the opportunity to help shape the future of LTE and other next-generation technologies. Organizations like the ng Connect Program, which are driving collaboration among leaders in the wireless industry, help ensure faster, more efficient progress and ultimately make the promise of 4G technologies a reality for consumers.”
Eichi Toriyama, President
KCI
About LearningMate
LearningMate is a leading provider of end-to-end eLearning education solutions. The company has a significant presence in the United States, United Kingdom and India and serves a global clientele comprising of education publishers, online schools, universities, government agencies, non-profits and education consortia. We develop engaging, instructionally sound, interactive learning experiences that address our customers key education objectives.
LearningMate's team has skill-sets relevant to the design, creation, and deployment of eLearning solutions. A team of two hundred experienced professionals including learning sciences researchers, instructional designers, product designers, project managers, content specialists, subject matter experts, graphic designers, creative visualizers, software engineers, and quality control specialists, work together to deliver relevant and engaging learning experiences on a variety of technology platforms and devices.
“The promise of ultra high bandwidth everywhere is a powerful catalyst of change in the learning industry. Media rich, collaborative community learning experiences become a reality everywhere across any screen on any connected device. Working together the ng Connect membership can bring cutting-edge rich media content, dynamic learning models and engaging learning experiences to the market that are based on continuous engagement rather than intermittent intervention. This is a big step forward towards transforming managed learning from an intervention-based model to a life long continuous experience integrated into your life.”
Mohit Bhargava, President
LearningMate
About LiveCast
LiveCast is a worldwide leader in streaming live video from the field to enterprise headquarters and professional broadcast studios with low latency and reduced operating costs. Pioneering the concept of DIY broadcasting using a cell phone as early as 2005, LiveCast enables anyone with a compatible mobile phone, PC, Mac, or IP camera to stream live video. LiveCast offers a complete on-the-go solution for streaming breaking news, emergencies in the field, security patrols, and any other event where it’s critical to see what is happening in the field in real-time. The Company provides services to government agencies, health organizations, Fortune 500 corporations, and many of the world’s largest media companies, including NewsCorp, NBC, Post Newsweek, and BBC. LiveCast is offered as an ASP service or licensed server solutions on a customer’s network.
“Immediate accessibility to LTE and next generation networks drives LiveCast’s ability to provide increased value to our customers with industry leading live mobile video streaming solutions. We are pleased to join the ng Connect Program, which we believe will be an incredibly powerful driver of innovation and integration of solutions leveraging LTE. Since our founding in 2005 and enabling the first ever streaming live from a mobile phone, LiveCast’s close relationship with technology partners and operators has been at the cornerstone of our success. Now, as LTE and other next generation networks roll-out, working within a program like ng Connect to promote common objectives, is as critical as ever for reaching our sales objectives.”
William Mutual, CEO
LiveCast
About mental images
mental images, founded in 1986, is a recognized international leader in providing component and platform software for the creation, manipulation and visualization of 3D content. Its rendering and other technologies are used by the entertainment, computer-aided design, architecture, scientific visualization, and other industries that require sophisticated images primarily as part of their software products and application services.
RealityServer® from mental images provides a platform to collaborate and iterate on virtual 3D designs - from any web-enabled device using a wide range of consumer and enterprise applications. Creating, physically correct, photorealistic images interactively, RealityServer accelerates review cycles and enables diverse stakeholders to interact intuitively with 3D models of arbitrary complexity without the need for special client plug-in software.
mental images is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the NVIDIA Corporation with headquarters in Berlin, Germany, and subsidiaries in the United States, mental images, Inc., Australia, mental images Pty Ltd. mental images has a multinational staff of top qualified engineers exclusively dedicated to basic research and development in the area of 3D graphics and 3D Web Applications and Services technologies. For more information, visit www.mentalimages.com.
“Many applications and web services benefit from remote and often collaborative interaction with large 3D data sets over the Web – and more and more are using cellphones, tablets and other mobile devices. Think of architects and their clients collaborating on a building project, product designers and manufacturers doing design reviews from wherever they happen to be and consumers configuring their next dream car – or pair of sneakers. At mental images we welcome working with the ng Connect Program as an opportunity to accelerate new solutions for next-generation mobile networks. We expect that to significantly speed up the deployment of global 3D Cloud application services.”
Ludwig von Reiche, Chief Operating Officer
mental images
About Meta Watch
Meta Watch, a spin-off of Fossil Inc.'s connected watch business, is focused on reinventing the watch as a glanceable display for mobile devices and web services. Meta Watch products are wireless watches that connect to smart phones making it easy for users to sift through the clutter of alerts, notifications, messages, and reminders they are bombarded with every day to quickly get the info they need immediately. Target markets and applications include: healthcare, sports & fitness, location-based-services, navigation, news & weather, music and more. Meta Watch is based in Dallas, Texas and has a R&D facility in Espoo, Finland.
“Over the next 10 years, billions of people will carry smart phones changing how consumers live and creating new opportunities and markets for connected watches and other wearable devices. Our unequaled experience in this new category will help consumers to stay connected and to stay in style as they are mobile and on the go.”
Bill Geiser, CEO
Meta Watch
About MMRGlobal, Inc.
MMRGlobal, Inc., through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc. ("MMR") (www.mymedicalrecords.com), provides secure and easy-to-use online Personal Health Records ("PHRs") and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions, serving consumers, healthcare professionals, employers, insurance companies, financial institutions, and professional organizations and affinity groups. MyMedicalRecords enables individuals and families to access their medical records and other important documents, such as birth certificates, passports, insurance policies and wills, anytime from anywhere using the Internet. The MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record is built on proprietary, patented technologies to allow documents, images and voicemail messages to be transmitted and stored in the system using a variety of methods, including fax, phone, or file upload without relying on any specific electronic medical record platform to populate a user's account. The Company's professional offering, MMRPro, is designed to give physicians' offices an easy and cost-effective solution to digitizing paper-based medical records and sharing them with patients in real time through an integrated patient portal. MMR is an Independent Software Vendor Partner with Kodak to deliver an integrated turnkey EMR solution for healthcare professionals. To learn more about MMRGlobal, Inc. and its products, visit www.mmrglobal.com.
“We are very proud to be part of the ng Connect Program. The opportunity to collaborate globally with more than 80 member organizations focused on improving the quality of healthcare, while reducing costs is a valuable opportunity for MMR. Because our MyMedicalRecords PHR can connect with any health IT product or service globally, being an ng Connect member exposes our MyMedicalRecords and MMRPro to potential strategic opportunities with other ng Connect members. Likewise it affords MMR the opportunity of integrating and selling other member’s products and services to our customers.”
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO,
MMRGlobal
About Mobideo
Mobideo is a pioneer in the development of wireless application software, producing leading mobile enterprise products that drive corporate profitability. Fortune 100 and recognized brand names such as Visa, Johnson & Johnson, FedEx, GE, Sony, Motorola, Isuzu, Comverse, Orange and Alvarion have realized measurable positive impact to operations efficiency and to profitability when using Mobideo software systems. Mobideo's "anytime, anywhere" cutting-edge suites of products and services streamline data sharing and communication between mobile workers in the field and back office management. Designed for the telecommunications, aerospace, energy and other mobile workforce industries, Mobideo's Guide(tm) system helps enterprises increase employee productivity, streamline asset management, lower operating cost and improve customer service - all boosting the bottom line. Founded in 2000, Mobideo holds offices in Maryland and Israel.
“We have been creating state-of-the-art mobile enterprise software for the past ten years, enabling our customers to increase productivity and lower costs by streamlining data to mobile workers. We are watching as companies recognize the benefits of giving knowledge to workers in the field with real time access to information they need, when, where and how they want it. Demand made by the mobile workforce for data rich applications will continue to grow. This will lead to increased demand for broadband. 4G technologies will be key enablers to ensure corporations experience continuous growth and profit in the years to come. We are excited to stand at the crest of this wave with Alcatel-Lucent and the ng Connect Program members. Together we can push the frontier of what the future holds for us with 4G networks and data-rich capabilities.”
Yaron Eppel, CEO
Mobideo
About NCR
NCR Corporation is a global technology company leading how the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. NCR’s assisted- and self-service solutions and comprehensive support services address the needs of retail, financial, travel, healthcare, hospitality, entertainment, gaming and public sector organizations in more than 100 countries.
“As the global leader in self-service, NCR is working across multiple industries and countries in redefining how consumers are interacting with business based on their preferences for communications and according to location of device. For NCR, the ng Connect Program is important in enabling us to leverage insights from other companies and industries that share our drive to develop mobility services and devices, and toward understanding how people will use these in managing and enriching their lives. NCR’s involvement in the ng Connect Program, including our collaboration with other participating technology-forward organizations, is a great example of how strategic partnerships play a key role in NCR's innovation strategy.”
Adithya Sastry, Director
Innovation & Business Incubation,
NCR Corporation
About Netsweeper
For over a decade, Netsweeper has devoted itself to developing software solutions that enable IT managers or parents to manage and control Internet access and activity on devices under their respective watch. Today, Netsweeper offers easy to deploy, easy to use solutions that are implemented by educational institutions, government organizations, service providers, businesses and OEM partners around the world both in the network and on individual devices.
For more information regarding Netsweeper, or its products and services, please visit www.netsweeper.com.
“Netsweeper's mission is highly focused on making the Internet safe and productive for those using one of 50+ million devices we are currently monitoring. With the advent of high performance 4G/LTE networks, we see tremendous opportunity for more powerful solutions leveraging the bandwidth and capability provided by these next generation networks and we're pleased to join the ng Connect Program and have the opportunity to collaborate on these solutions with other members.”
Perry Roach, CEO
Netsweeper
About NeuAer
The NeuAer Proximity Platform extends traditional Location Based Services (LBS) to that of proximity, enabling app developers or network operators to automate actions based upon devices which are discovered via smartphones running our API. Power hungry GPS is substituted for low-energy in-room radios like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, along with Near Field Communication (NFC) on supported devices.
More details can be found at www.proxplatform.com.
“NeuAer is excited to work with the ng Connect team to enable mobile networks and devices to actually become smart and automate actions based upon a user's surroundings. As creators of the first proximity platform, we are evolving location based services to that of proximity for the smartphone industry.”
Dave Mathews, Founder
NeuAer Proximity Platform
About Neusoft Corporation
Neusoft is a leading IT solutions & services provider in China, with worldwide operations, serving an increasing range of large corporate customers from all over the world. Focusing on software technology, Neusoft provides industry solutions, product engineering solutions and related software products & platform, and services. With more than 18,000 employees around the world, Neusoft has a comprehensive marketing and service network in more than 40 cities across China, as well as subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Middle East. The Company is the first listed software company in China and is traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit: http://www.neusoft.com/en.
About OCP
Optical Crime Prevention, Inc. (OCP) has developed proprietary hardware and software systems to enable Video Security as a Service (VSaaS) for the mass markets. Its video security hosting service stores customer video in a storage vault on the Internet, insures against the loss of video due to fire, smoke, floods, destruction and theft.
“We are excited to join this ecosystem for emerging ultra-high bandwidth applications. OCP has built the foundation for the first carrier class, massively scalable video security technology in order to bring Video Security as a Service to the mass markets. As an ng Connect member, we will now be able to evolve from traditional broadband and 3G wireless network infrastructures to the ultra high bandwidth world of 4G/LTE wireless thanks to the collaborative opportunities this program offers. Our participation in ng Connect service concepts will drive enormous market opportunity for our application services as well as enable new abilities to incorporate intelligence into the network infrastructure far beyond what we imagined in the world of 3G.”
John DuBois, CEO
Optical Crime Prevention, Inc.
About PMD Exports
PMD Exports was founded in Irvine California in 2009 as a portable medical device exporting company. In early 2010, PMD Exports began developing standards-based automated health and wellness self-management products and solutions that put users in charge of reaching and maintaining their optimum health goals. Running on familiar broadband-connected consumer devices, our patent-pending EyeMedica nutrition and wellness advisor solution presents users with real-time, location-aware, professionally personalized food and activity recommendations that are varied to ensure receiving all essential nutrients without exceeding the allocated energy budget. Automatic recording, analysis, charting and presentation of various daily activities and standards-based Personal Health Device measurements keep users on the right track to meeting their nutrition and fitness goals. For more information on PMD Exports, visit: pmdexports.com
“ng Connect is a unique and invaluable forum that brings together diverse innovative companies to collaboratively create advanced product concepts with the common goal of identifying new solutions and business models,” said Nabil Abujbara, President, PMD Exports. “We are pleased to have the opportunity to join forces with the ng Connect members to enhance our location-aware, personalized health and wellness self-management solutions.”
About Premier Digital Publishing
Premier Digital Publishing enables established authors to thrive and profit in today’s digital ebook marketplace, by providing a full suite of digital publishing services including distribution management, brand promotion, ebook storefront merchandising and marketing. We leverage our extensive digital distribution experience and key ecosystem relationships to maximize results for our clients backlist titles and new releases through direct deals with Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes and Noble’s Nook and Apple’s iBooks. Our authors, including Piers Anthony, Timothy Parker and Alan Jacobson, amongst others, partnered with PDP to make publishing their franchises to ebooks and building their brands efficient and profitable.
“Premier Digital Publishing looks forward to working with the ng Connect Program to deliver to authors and their agents fast and efficient ways to communicate with their fan base. 4G/LTE is going to lead the way as vital connectivity and bandwidth continue to be in high demand.”
Thomas N. Ellsworth, co-founder of Premier Digital Publishing
About QNX Software Systems
QNX Software Systems is the industry leader in realtime, embedded OS technology. The component-based architectures of the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS, QNX Momentics® development suite, and QNX Aviage® middleware together provide the industry’s most reliable and scalable framework for building innovative, high-performance embedded systems. Global leaders such as Cisco, Daimler, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Siemens depend on QNX technology for network routers, medical instruments, vehicle telematics units, security and defense systems, industrial robotics, and other mission- or life-critical applications. Founded in 1980, QNX Software Systems is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and distributes products in over 100 countries worldwide.
“QNX is excited about what LTE can bring to the next generation connected vehicle. A reliable high-speed connection transforms the user experience: no more hard drive in the car, no more out-of-date navigation and mapping system, and no more visits to the dealer to update your software. The car becomes an Internet terminal, an edge device, providing users with real-time access to the latest applications, data, and content. LTE complements our own vision of enabling cars that dynamically connect to the internet cloud, to consumer devices, and to one another.”
Dan Dodge, CEO
QNX Software Systems
About RealVNC
RealVNC is the inventor and provider of the original VNC® technology which is used by hundreds of millions of people around the world in both desktop and mobile platforms for remote access and control. VNC is used in every sector of industry, commerce, government and education. RealVNC is the only organization able to offer a commercial license to embed VNC remote access capability in third-party products and offerings. www.realvnc.com
“We are delighted to join the ng Connect Program, and are looking forward to working with other members, advancing the future of fixed and mobile communication services. At RealVNC we believe that it is only with all the players in the Ecosystem collaborating that we will be able to reap the full potential of next generation networks and we feel that ng Connect will play a big part in this.”
Tom Blackie, Vice President, Mobile,
RealVNC
About Rosetta
Rosetta is a consulting-centered interactive agency engineered to transform products and marketing for the connected world. They drive material business impact by translating deep insights into personally relevant brand experiences across touch points and over time. Rosetta specializes in defining the needs of consumers and businesses, and uses those insights to build more effective digital marketing and product experiences in industries like Consumer Technology, Enterprise Technology, Financial Services, Retail and Healthcare. You can find out more about their marketing and product development solutions at www.rosetta.com.
“One of the biggest challenges for brands today is understanding how rapid changes in technology will impact their customer's behavior and ultimately their business. Working with the ng Connect Program members, we can get a view into the future that will allow us to better serve our clients and their customers today. We are excited to contribute our deep understanding of consumer behavior and our product marketing and development expertise to create phenomenal customer experiences.”
Tom Adamski, President & CEO, LEVEL,
a Rosetta Company
About Savtira
Based in Tampa, Florida, Savtira is in the business of Digital Distribution with a Software-As-A-Service (SaaS)
e-commerce platform that is a turnkey system for the distribution, marketing, merchandising, and selling of both digital media and physical goods in a single store and a single, unified shopping cart. Savtira’s solutions make it possible for businesses to distribute digital goods directly from a custom-tailored eStore, as well as the option to include physical goods. Savtira is also building the next Carrier-Class “Entertainment Distribution Network” (EDN) to stream all digital media from the cloud with a feature set that eclipses anything on the market.
For more information on Savtira, visit: www.savtira.com. Follow us on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/savtira.
“Savtira is thrilled to join the ng Connect Program because we believe that 4G/LTE will revolutionize e-commerce and digital content delivery. We look forward to collaborating with ng Connect members in creating fun, engaging user experiences by using 4G technologies with our Savtira Cloud Commerce platform. Savtira is focused on building customized e-commerce sites that remove many of the barriers faced by businesses today with the ultimate goal is offering consumers instant gratification via cloud streaming — to any device. The ng Connect Program is an ideal environment for us to support our consumers’ desires to be connected anywhere, anytime, through a multitude of ‘smart’ devices,”
Timothy Roberts, CEO
Savtira
About Samsung Telecommunications America
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, please visit www.samsungwireless.com.
About Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2007 consolidated sales of US$105 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in 134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of two main business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
“Samsung’s strength in communications and consumer electronics positions Samsung as the leader in convergence solutions that will benefit users in home, business, and mobile personal broadband use. This initiative is a powerful first step toward improving user experiences in and outside the home or office.”
Tom Jasny, Vice President of Broadband
and Network Systems
Samsung Mobile
About Shanghai OnStar
Established by General Motors and SAIC Group in 2009, Shanghai OnStar Telematics Co., Ltd. is the first joint venture of telematics industry in China and the leading telematics service provider of safety and security services for select SGM models manufactured and sold in China. Currently, Shanghai OnStar offers Chinese subscribers 14 services of 6 categories, including Automatic Crash Response, Emergency Service, Security Service, Vehicle Diagnostics, Turn-by-Turn Navigation and Hands-Free Calling. Through the One-touch Operation System of OnStar, all subscribers can quickly connect to OnStar customer advisors who ensure safety protection, navigation and convenience service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
“OnStar is committed to providing the driving experience of safety, security and peace of mind with cutting edge technology. We believe the collaboration will turn the latest development of network information technologies into practical applications for the telematics industry. We will usher a new age of communication between humans and vehicles, and bring the benefit of connectivity to all Chinese drivers and passengers.”
Diane Jurgens, General Manager
Shanghai OnStar Telematics
About Sierra Wireless
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR) (TSX: SW) offers industry-leading mobile computing and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications products and solutions that connect people, devices, and applications over cellular networks. Wireless service providers, equipment manufacturers, enterprises and government organizations around the world depend on us for reliable wireless technology. We offer 2G, 3G and 4G wireless modems, routers and gateways as well as a comprehensive suite of software, tools, and services that ensure our customers can successfully bring wireless applications to market. For more information about Sierra Wireless, visit www.sierrawireless.com.
“Driving innovation in machine-to-machine communications and connected devices is a core value at Sierra Wireless. To further development in next generation wireless consumer applications, we recognize the need to create an ecosystem of global partners that can work together to build new devices and platforms. ng Connect provides a springboard for bringing this ecosystem together, and we’re excited to join such a stellar group of innovative companies developing a vision for a connected world.”
Didier Dutronc, SVP and GM, Embedded Solutions,
Sierra Wireless
About SIGNEXX
SIGNEXX is a 3G Digital Signage Managed Service Provider that deploys, integrates, operates and maintains digital signage networks connected via UMTS or WiMax networks. SIGNEXX manages its closed user networks utilizing kompas® software, an intelligent, management software by dimedis proven in the day to day operation of 2.500+ UMTS sites deployed in various networks around Europe today. SIGNEXX's remote signage locations and billboards are self contained and easily installed in the harshest of external climates. Interactive interior displays provide the opportunity for digital advertising to accelerate to the next level of user experiences by providing personalized content on demand in an LTE environment. The SIGNEXX customer can alternatively self provision their own content, flexibly and dynamically via the remote content exchange. Currently, the customer of a UMTS connected network is offered the combined reliability and performance of that associated with a DSL connection, with the results being "ANYWHERE, On-Demand, Dynamic SIGNAGE".
“With upgraded 3G networks and the advent of LTE and 4G, we will soon be able to enhance our ‘ANYWHERE, On-Demand, Dynamic SIGNAGE’ offering with even richer media content and bandwidth demanding applications. The ng Connect Program offers us a tremendous opportunity to expand our own innovation through collaboration with industry leaders as well as help us develop new market opportunities.”
Uwe Selbach, CEO
SIGNEXX
About Skymeter Corporation
Skymeter is the innovator of the world’s first Financial-grade GPS (FGPS) service. In a rapidly arriving future of less free parking, and more road congestion, tolling, electric vehicles and programs to encourage the use of other modalities, the complexity of driving will increase while its enjoyment will erode further. Skymeter enables the connected vehicle to automate road-use payments, find parking spots, remove the need to ticket meter violations and pay only for the minutes you park and the insurance miles you use while optionally metering for emissions and green-driving. Skymeter removes complexity, restores fairness and returns some of the pleasure of driving that has been robbed by the trouble of making daily nuisance-payments, parking tickets and toll payments all of which are poised to become worse during the rest of this decade.
“We believe the driving experience will undergo a fundamental transformation as next generation networks begin to enable in-vehicle capabilities and services previously impossible without the power of 4G/LTE networks. We look forward to helping lead this change through the ng Connect Program where we can join forces with other industry innovators to create services that will change the way we use our vehicles. We’re excited to work with other ng Connect members to support that transformation with the creation of new business models and services, delivering benefits to consumers and enterprises while addressing key business and governmental issues such as parking, congestion and infrastructure funding.”
JD Hassan, Chief Commercial Officer
Skymeter Corporation
About Solta
Solta is a New Zealand owned and operated technology innovation company. It represents the joining together of several different businesses to develop new products in the local market for deployment overseas. Solta operates under a mantra of “speed is life” – from the rapid prototyping of ideas and being the first to market to the rapid commercialisation and deployment of the products to international markets. Solta has three business units: Solta Labs for research and development; TAPP (Trusted Application Payment Platform – a mobile payment solutions business); and myreplay which is the live-mobile-casting of content. For more information, please visit www.soltalabs.com
“We’re honoured to be the first New Zealand company invited to be part of ng Connect. For us, speed is life. This model of collaboration will help us overcome distance and give us a seat at the table with other like-minded international players, while helping to increase our speed of development. And crucially, it provides our best innovators the opportunity to stay in New Zealand. We applaud Alcatel-Lucent for having the vision to bring the ng Connect Program to New Zealand. We are also excited and inspired to provide feedback and input to other members in the Program and contribute to this interactive community.”
Mark Povey, Managing Director,
Solta
About STRATACACHE
STRATACACHE is a privately-held provider of efficient, scalable and cost-effective digital signage, IP video, content distribution and enterprise video acceleration solutions. Working with over 300 of the world's largest firms in the retail, finance, service, hospitality, manufacturing, media and government sectors, STRATACACHE's products meet the performance requirements of large-scale enterprise solutions, while immediately providing a significant return-on-investment to the customer. For more information, please visit www.stratacache.com or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/STRATACACHE.
"Next generation 4G and LTE networks open a world of new communications and business model possibilities that we find tremendously intriguing. We are pleased to join the ng Connect Program to collaborate on the next wave of applications and services that will take advantage of the new capacity and capabilities of these emerging networks, particularly within the digital signage industry."
Stephen Choi, Vice President of Business Development
STRATACACHE
About StreamVision
StreamVision is a full-service interactive broadcast and multimedia solutions provider offering an extensive range of e-solutions to broadcasters, hotels and residential buildings, universities, senior pension homes and hospitals worldwide. StreamVision is a one-stop provider of comprehensive IP video and audio solutions, including design, end-to-end integration and support. Our company is also a leading developer of e-health solutions for medical and hospitality fields. We are constantly developing and pioneering new solutions and technologies targeted towards improving the quality of life through an enhanced user-friendly, multimedia experience.
“Joining the ng Connect Program is an outstanding opportunity for StreamVision to collaborate and exchange ideas with a very rich ecosystem of members, in order not only to expand our knowledge in fields where our company is active or will be but also to contribute my expertise to new solutions. It offers StreamVision a great window on the future and gives industry greater visibility of our know-how.”
Mohamed REBIAI, CEO,
StreamVision
About Stupeflix
Stupeflix lowers the barrier to entry to video creation, for people and for developers. People use web applications - available on Stupeflix.com and partner sites (including YouTube, DailyMotion) - to make high quality videos in a few clicks, telling a story with their personal photos and videos. Developers use the Stupeflix API, a unique solution to build powerful applications requiring the creation of high quality video on-demand, at consumer scale. Stupeflix API customers include services and brands like Orange, Coca-Cola, Miller Lite, American Express, Visa, Google, Weight Watchers, Procter and Gamble. Founded in 2009, headquartered in Paris, France with an office in San Francisco, Stupeflix is a Seedcamp laureate, a TechCrunch Europe Awards finalist, and recognized as one of the top 100 innovative companies in Europe by Red Herring.
“We’re very happy to join the ng Connect family. As a unique solution to turn data into engaging video experiences, Stupeflix can have an impact in all industries where customer experience is important. We’re looking forward to collaborating with all ng Connect members to build successful business cases together. In our first month within the Program, we’ve already designed, prototyped and successfully pitched a new service concept along with Alcatel-Lucent, combining the powers of the Open API Platform with the Stupeflix API to deliver personalized videos to ISP customers.”
Nicolas Steegmann, Co-founder and CEO
Stupeflix
About Swirl
Founded in 1997, Swirl is an independently-owned advertising and marketing agency based in San Francisco. We consider ourselves Opportunity Agents who bring a media agnostic and collaborative approach to problem solving. Our clients range from national and international brands such as Microsoft Stores, eBay, Cost Plus World Market, Travora Media, Delta Dental, California Table Grape Commission, Lennar Homes and Lexar to regional favorites like Torani, Pier 39, The Marine Mammal Center, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (Clipper), U.C. Berkeley’s College of Natural Sciences, Common Sense Media and PG&E.
“Swirl is pleased to join the ng Connect Program because the purpose of the program closely aligns with our commitment to bring integrated marketing solutions to our clients. The next generation of advertising will require collaboration across disciplines in order to develop holistic solutions for customers and accounts.”
Tom Sebastian, President &
Chief Development Officer
Swirl
About TATA Interactive
Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) is the world’s leading developer of learning solutions. TIS’ learning solutions are designed to enable organizational initiatives across industry verticals including Education; Government and Defense; Telecommunications and ICT; Pharmaceuticals and Health Care; Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance; Airlines, Transportation, Logistics, and Hospitality; Consumer Package Goods; and Manufacturing, Energy, and Construction. With a team of over 600 multi-disciplinary specialists, TIS creates 3000+ hours of learning content across 220+ concurrent projects every year. TIS’ solutions have proven their effectiveness at more than 60 Fortune 500 companies, leading educational institutions, and government departments.
TIS is the only learning solutions organization in the world to be assessed at Level 5 in both the SEI-CMM and P-CMM frameworks. Its solutions have won prestigious awards including Brandon Hall, APEX, BETT, and BIMA.
“Our membership in ng Connect will help us associate with various industry leaders and understand new market potentials which we would like to venture into. With this association we also hope to supplement ng Connect with our knowledge of various markets and help build solutions, applications and services which will enhance the growth of service providers in various countries.”
Gajanan Kasbekar, Vice President-Global Telecom,
Media & Technology, Tata Interactive Systems
About [TC]2
[TC]2 provides a range of solutions for the global soft goods industry specializing in technology development and supply chain improvement. Its initiatives include the broad investigation and demonstration of advanced technologies; education, training and consulting for brands, retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers. It is well known for its ability to strategically and tactically align business practices; to implement 3D body scanning and related fit/shape analysis methodologies, and to help companies streamline operations to reduce non-value added activities and processes.
About TelePresence Tech, LLC
The global TelePresence Tech headquarters and world class manufacturing facilities are located in a 200,000 sq. ft. facility with a production staff of 200 seasoned professionals.
TelePresence Tech has a full range of products from small desktop systems to fully immersive rooms. For more information see our website at www.TelePresenceTech.com.
“We’re pleased to join the ng Connect Program to expand our vision of establishing TelePresence Centers for companies to reach their customers through 3D TelePresence using the power of 4G/LTE networks.”
Duffie White, CEO
TelePresence Tech
About ThinkFlood
ThinkFlood develops and markets next-generation remote control systems. Its award-winning RedEye platform for smartphones, tablets, and PCs offers multi-platform, multi-user control designed specifically for today's networked lifestyle. ThinkFlood is a privately held company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, visit thinkflood.com.
“The mobile industry has introduced and adopted the technologies that make RedEye products possible, and allow us to continue to develop products that create a better way to keep the various products in our homes more connected. It's exciting to see the ng Connect Program bringing together other companies who share our vision for using mobile technology to standardize and deliver cross-platform connectivity and control in every home.”
Matt Eagar, President & Co-Founder,
ThinkFlood
About Tombolo Interactive
Tombolo Interactive has been producing interactive content for enterprise companies and consumers since 2008 focusing on immersive, engaging 3D environments and games. The company’s skilled team of artists, programmers, and designers have created award winning games. Tombolo is based out of Boulder Colorado but has a presence on the east and west coast, as well as Paris, France.
“Tombolo has created award winning digital experiences for enterprise software companies since 2008. Tombolo is excited to be a part of ng Connect and bring our expertise in 3D, mobile, and truly immersive experiences to the group. We are looking forward to continuing to provide cutting edge solutions and partnering with the other ng Connect members.”
Pegi Bryant, Founder and
VP of Business Development
Tombolo Interactive
About Total Immersion
Total Immersion (www.t-immersion.com) is the global leader in augmented reality. Through its patented D’Fusion® technology, Total Immersion blurs the line between the virtual world and the real world by integrating real time interactive 3D graphics into a live video stream. Founded in 1999 by Bruno Uzzan and Valentin Lefevre, Total Immersion is based in France and maintains a U.S. presence in Los Angeles. Its solutions are also available through a network of resellers worldwide.
“We are proud of being a part of such a forward-looking initiative where our innovative solutions will help the telecommunications players transition to the world of digital media and consumer content applications. Augmented reality responds to the consumer demand for real-time interactivity and immersion into all of today’s available multimedia devices. Mobile will be the next service extension carrying augmented reality usage-based entertainment and digital marketing applications to millions of mobile users. The fact that global players in the telecommunication industry like Alcatel-Lucent are serious about enabling this digital media world with innovative solutions like ours in such next generation programs is proof that our vision initiated 10 years ago was accurate. We anticipate great returns in terms of increased awareness of Total Immersion and enhanced market positioning out of this program and the relationship with Alcatel-Lucent.”
Eric Gehl, COO
Total Immersion
About TuneWiki
Media players have been fairly stagnant in the last 15 years. TuneWiki is taking advantage of new technologies and trends incorporated in cellular phones and the web to provide a breakthrough Social Media Player that includes more than 20 exclusive, patented features including: lyrics displayed as subtitles (Karaoke style); real time translation of lyrics into 40 languages; real time maps of music played according to location; real time top 50 lists of every country in the world; and 1-click video viewing (with lyrics subtitles).
During its first year of operation, TuneWiki won first prize in Google's Android competition and the GSMA Asia competition. TuneWiki is available for Android, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile, J2ME and Blackberry phones.
“Music is the one common application that touches the hearts of everyone around the globe. Music is no longer served only through local files but is streamed globally as audio, video and internet radio stations that can reach any user anywhere in the world. The TuneWiki social media player will bring people together by connecting music lovers in different countries, surfacing talented artists in the most remote places and presenting them with the opportunity to play their music to the whole world with real time translations of the lyrics. LTE, next generation wireless broadband networks and The ng Connect Program will allow us to implement our vision much more quickly and with a quality that will bring the joy of music to every corner of the globe.”
Rani Cohen, CEO
TuneWiki
About UnboundID Corp.
UnboundID® is a leading provider of real-time identity management software for cloud, mobile, social and telecom applications. UnboundID solutions enable companies to deliver more revenue-generating applications while significantly lowering their costs for delivery. Cloud service providers can consolidate identity data and make it available to all customer-facing applications with UnboundID cloud directory services, cloud data integration and cloud identity management solutions for SaaS, PaaS or IaaS providers. For telecom and cable providers, UnboundID provides a unified approach to subscriber data management by offering subscriber database solutions that separate application logic from subscriber data, allowing it to be shared across applications and networks. UnboundID is a privately held company based in Austin, Texas and is funded by Silverton Partners. For more information, visit www.unboundID.com.
“As next-generation 4G and LTE networks bring new levels of bandwidth to consumers and application developers, the management of subscriber data, as well as the business intelligence we can glean from an individual’s choices and preferences, becomes even more vital to business growth and new revenue streams. Becoming a part of ng Connect gives UnboundID the opportunity to work with the best minds in the business, as well as the opportunity to hone our contributions to this evolution. We look forward to working with the other members to deliver services and applications that can be monetized and rolled out by the service provider community.”
Steve Shoaff, CEO & Founder,
UnboundID Corp.
About V-Gate
V-Gate is a division for new projects and markets of Scientific Computers GmbH Aachen, Germany. Founded in 1961, Scientific Computers is one of the most renowned vendors of high-tech software technology in Europe. Its products and projects are deployed throughout all industries that use efficient IT solutions as a basis for innovative products and services. Key markets for Scientific Computers are automotive, medical technology, transportation and telecommunications. The customer base includes enterprise industries, middle enterprises, research institutes and universities. V-Gate currently leads two major projects: caribo (a mobile location based service that allows users to find a ride share or another mode of transport via their mobile handsets) and Metaport (a new procedure for transmitting 3D content in real time to mobile devices).
“Using new concepts and technologies, V-Gate is establishing a new area of mobile services. Our innovative products will enable the next generation of applications for mobile devices. With products like Metaport or caribo, we’re showing, in an impressive way, the possibilities of mobile applications. One of the key reasons we joined the ng Connect Program is to participate in a group of great companies driven by a joint vision for next generation services.”
Markus Schindler, CEO
V-Gate
About Vidyo
Vidyo, Inc. pioneered Personal Telepresence enabling natural, multi-point videoconferences on desktop computers, laptops, NetBooks and room systems. Vidyo's patented VidyoRouter architecture delivers the only available H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC) solution that eliminates an MCU while delivering the industry's best error resilience and lowest latency videoconferencing solution over the Internet and wireless networks. The company has announced VidyoTechnology™ support for Long Term Evolution (LTE), 3G and 4G broadband networks and smartphones. Vidyo is also participating in demonstrations of its next generation architecture delivering HD multipoint videoconferencing over wireless networks to carriers and wireless providers.
“Vidyo is successfully delivering its revolutionary video conferencing platform over desktops, laptops, netbooks and HD room systems via the Internet or any general IP network. Now we’re taking it one step further by extending our highly error resilient Vidyo architecture and offering the first TV-quality multipoint videoconferencing over LTE, 3G and 4G networks. We believe HD multipoint video conferencing over wireless will see huge demand and are committed to driving the development of next generation broadband services through organizations like ng Connect.”
Ofer Shapiro, CEO and Co-founder
Vidyo
About VisionMAX
VisionMAX is a custom enterprise software development and systems integration company with more than 12 years of experience creating custom enterprise solutions in a wide range of industries including Wireless, Retail, Cable TV/ipTV, and Government and Finance. VisionMAX provides innovative, proven, and deployed systems integration capabilities through its VisionEngine development platform including: multi-channel retail point of sale, integrated back-office and supply chain management, wireless service activation, 3-screen integrated IP video, and cloud computing application services. With our head office in the Toronto area and sales offices in the U.S., VisionMAX works with leading brands across North America, Caribbean, Central/South America and APAC. For more information, please visit www.visionmax.com.
"VisionMAX is excited to collaborate with ng Connect members on service concepts that we are certain will advance the retail and media & entertainment industries. VisionMAX is focused on creating innovative solutions to customer problems and making business easier for our clients. The ng Connect Program reflects these same values and we look forward to creating unique and compelling wireless service and device advancements leveraging 4G technologies and the VisionEngine development platform. We are developing 3-screen TV products and services that deliver seamless connection of platforms, applications, and content to delight and entertain, multi-channel retail point of sale tools to make business easier, and wireless service activation and supply chain applications to enable the next generation of 4G wireless services. The ng Connect Program is an ideal environment for us to showcase our capabilities."
David McDougall, President
VisionMAX
About Voxer LLC
Founded in 2007, Voxer’s mission is to enable a better user experience for a variety of communication devices. Applying the power and flexibility of software to telephony and tactical radio communications, Voxer eliminates the barrier between live and time-shifted applications in a single platform. Voxer software addresses long-standing inefficiencies in both tactical (military and public safety) and commercial (enterprise and consumer) arenas. Voxer is a privately held company and is located in San Francisco, California.
“We are excited to be working with ng Connect Program partner companies to rapidly evolve innovative solutions that will optimize the user communication experience. Current and next generation broadband IP networks have the power to support radical changes in the way communications work. Together we will bring significantly differentiated applications to market.” anagement.
Mary Panttaja, Vice President, Business Development
Voxer LLC
About Wcities
Wcities provides world class travel and entertainment content in over 70 countries around the world. Founded in 1998 and based in San Francisco, California, Wcities combines a database of travel-related content with enhanced services to offer city, events and movie guides to both locals and visitors. Wcities distributes its location-based content across multiple devices and platforms. Our unique approach to content facilitates integration with the most relevant media and social networks including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and Wikipedia. Please visit http://corporate.wcities.com for more information or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/wcities.
“Wcities’ goal is to be the most valuable source of information for business and leisure travelers as well as for local residents worldwide. We view the next generation of networks coming on line now to be a critical factor in helping us expand rich travel content to people everywhere. We’re pleased to be working with other ng Connect Program members on new service concepts that will help people make the most of their travels whether for business or recreation.”
Fraser Campbell, CEO
Wcities
About Words & Numbers
Words & Numbers is a respected and trusted content developer in the education industry. As educational publishing moves into the digital era, W&N is the premier source for creating engaging instructional materials across multiple delivery platforms, including print, Web, mobile devices, audio, and video production. Words & Numbers’ experience and deep understanding of educational content ensures pedagogical accuracy and a high-level of quality. For more information, please visit www.wordsandnumbers.com.
“We are excited to be on the advisory board for ng Connect! We believe ng Connect will open up many opportunities for effective educational solutions to be delivered through LTE and next generation broadband wireless networks – bringing new capability and availability, for example, to emerging tools like distance learning. As an active member of the educational industry we work with many companies that are developing content to be delivered in innovative ways to all learning levels, and we look forward to helping education providers take advantage of this opportunity.”
Glenn T. Evans, Chief Executive Officer
Words & Numbers
About Zephyr Technology
Zephyr Technology, www.ZephyrAnywhere.com, is a global leader in real-time physiological and biomechanical monitoring or "Physiological Status Monitoring" (PSM) solutions for Connected Health, Fitness and the Academic Research markets. Zephyr Technology leverages a world class team of engineers, scientists, physiologists and business experts. Founded in 2003, Zephyr Technology has been a pioneer in the use of PSM in training and high stress operational environments. The company's ongoing collaboration with fire departments, NASA Ames Research Center, National Guard Civil Support Teams, and multiple US Special Forces has been invaluable in the development and validation of Zephyr's technology and its application in the most extreme operating environments to Measure Life… Anywhere!
“Zephyr pioneered the BioHarnessTM technology with U.S. Special Forces, and first responders to monitor vital sign information within the context of activity, in both training and live operations. Zephyr strategically selected opportunities like joining the ng Connect Program in order to take our core technology and apply it to innovative ideas to deliver solutions for everyday applications. We have created a comprehensive approach to present useful physiological data in an understandable way, making it easy for the everyday user to keep an eye on their stress, fitness and general health. If service concepts like the ng Connect Program’s Avatrainer become a commercial reality, individuals will be able to own their data and share the information through social media.”
Brian Russell, CEO
Zephyr Technologies
About ZOS Communications
Founded in 2008 and based in Santa Barbara, CA, ZOS Communications’ (ZOS) enables contextual-triggered communications across all connected mobile devices and carriers. ZOS’s cloud-hosted Platform-as-a-Service offering is a highly scalable solution for system integrators, developers and carrier operators that require hyper-accurate hybrid location, geo-fencing and contextual triggering. ZOS provides flexible APIs for simplified integration and support for the burgeoning universe of mobile devices and device platforms, from handsets and tablets to M2M sensors. ZOS stands ready to power the next wave of contextually-triggered enterprise solutions.
“As the rise of the pervasive internet is only just beginning, the value added services economy is poised for extraordinary growth. The ZOS platform is an interactivity platform designed to work over the top of the carriers, operating systems, devices and even geographies allowing all devices to reside on one platform. Therefore allowing solutions (both consumer and enterprise) to be driven through a singular cloud based platform. The platform incorporates it's own high accuracy location technology, along with modular (3rd party) context trigger mechanisms in order to provide our partners will a full suite of triggers and actions capabilities. The nG Connect partners are all focused on exploring and proliferating the value added services economy and we are excited to be an enabler of it.”
Jonathan Ziskind, CEO
ZOS Communications










































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