Bytemobile Hosts First Mobile Minute Executive Forum
On October 13-14 in Amsterdam, Bytemobile held its inaugural Mobile Minute Executive Forum for tier-one operator customers and prospects in Europe.
The invitational event focused on mobile internet challenges and opportunities for the next three years and began with cocktails and dinner aboard a yacht cruising the Amsterdam canals. Attendees included management responsible for network operations and content at Life, Orange, T-Mobile, Telefónica, TeliaSonera, and VimpelCom, who shared their views on industry trends, the Bytemobile solutions deployed in their networks, and the company’s product strategy and roadmap.
Guest speakers included Denis McCauley of The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), who presented the results of a Bytemobile-sponsored survey of mobile ecosystem executives in late 2008; Ivan Breton and Johan Hörberg of TeliaSonera, who discussed the group’s Telia SurfOpen strategy for open mobile web browsing; and Ken Hart of Yahoo! Europe, who delivered the internet brand’s perspective on mobile user behavior and its implications for operators.
The Bytemobile management speakers – Joel Brand, Saurav Chopra, Adrian Hall, and Nick Henry – addressed topics ranging from the company’s product portfolio and its value proposition for operators to the market opportunity for mobile analytics solutions and the evolution of data services that personalize the user experience. Chief Marketing Officer Adrian Hall led a panel session on operator feedback regarding Bytemobile products, services and relationships, as well as the event itself.
Attendee comments on the first Executive Forum included the following:
- The discussions with other operators was especially useful
- This has been a very informative and useful event
- Good initiative – I liked best the opportunity to meet with other operators
The interaction among operators was exemplified by a spontaneous white-boarding session in which Orange, T-Mobile and VimpelCom shared their respective ideas on data service implementation. Such ad hoc meetings occurred throughout the day and underscored the true value of the event in bringing Bytemobile customers together on common ground.
The Executive Forum is part of Bytemobile’s Mobile Minute thought leadership program for customers, prospects and partners in the global mobile ecosystem. Currently, the company plans to make the Executive Forum an annual event and expand it to other geographic regions. For more information, please contact me at gcarey@bytemobile.com.
-Graham Carey
Tags: data services, Economist Intelligence Unit, Life, mobile analytics, mobile ecosystem, mobile internet challenges, open mobile web browsing, Orange, SurfOpen, T-Mobile, Telefónica, TeliaSonera, user experience, VimpelCom