I haven’t arrived at the very beginning of the conference. It was 11:40 and I just came in to listen to Mung-Ki Woo, Vice President of Payment and Contactless at Orange/France Telecom Group. Here’s the recap of what he said: First he presented Orange markets and differences of Europe and Africa, pointing out that in…

If I died yesterday I wouldn’t know about Lebara. They don’t have to do much with mobile payments — at least not at the moment — but they have an interesting business model. Those not familiar should know that Lebara is one of the most successful MVNOs in the world. This privately owned company prides…

It’s mobile money time folks. I’m at the Hall 5 of Fira de Barcelona, the same place where I was on last Thursday at HiT Barcelona event. Again, this is a small, yet very focused conference. Again — like that was the case with HiT Barcelona — the exhibition area is small, and the focus…

I admit, I’m stupid as hell sometimes. I should read the conference papers more carefully. I thought that the Mobile Money Summit starts today. I was so wrong… Booths are still not setup and it’s kinda scary to walk around the empty hall of Fira de Barcelona. I managed to register, though. At least I…

Well folks, two events are behind me. Tomorrow I’m at the Mobile Money Summit, which (like HiT Barcelona) takes place in Fira de Barcelona, the same venue that hosts Mobile World Congress. Again I expect a small event, and I plan to learn a lot about the industry. Companies such as banks, network operators, solution…

I got the final press release from HiT Barcelona to sum up the event. According to the press folks, the goal of turning Barcelona into one of the world capitals in innovation has been reached. During the three days, the event gathered gurus, investors and entrepreneurs to learn the latest trends in innovation and its…

And the winners of the 2010 Mobile Innovation Grand Prix competition are… First come the Global Finalists for the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix EMEA Tournament: IDENT Technology (Germany) Electro Power Systems (Italy) Two global finalists have won the right to compete against other regional Mobile Innovation Global Finalists for the 2010 GSMA Mobile Innovation Grand…

I’m still catching up with Hit Barcelona. Here are few companies I missed covering during the event: Solaiemes offers IVR customer care applications to support areas such as mobile banking. Their business model involves offering the service on a SaaS (Software as a Service) basis, selling the software to operators and banks, as well as…

And I’m done with Mobile 2.0 Europe. There’s some party tonight, though I doubt I’ll be able to attend. I missed the “Play” panel which gathered professionals, discussing mobile platforms and the mobile entertainment industry. I’ve no doubts some good points were raised, but I just gotta leave the event to return and post all…

NearYoo is a strange service. The “strange” part comes from the fact that it wants to bring location-based services to regular mobile phones, which lack GPS. Moreover, they are not relying on cellular triangulation, but leave it to the users to say where they are at the moment. NearYoo bets that the wide popularity of…