Mobile Monday Bangalore

Topic: Killer Ideas, Killer Apps, Killer Trends

Speaker: Dr. G. Venkatesh, Chief Technology & Strategy Officer, Head-Product Division, Sasken Communication Technologies.

Date: Monday, 22nd January, 2007.

Time: 5 PM to 7 PM.

Cost: Free. Pls. register here.

Venue:
Nokia India Pvt Ltd.,
#2A, Jupiter block,
Auditorium room , 3rd floor
Sarjapur Marathahalli Ring Road,
Kadabeesanahalli,
Bangalore - 560 017
Ph: 40159000,
Mobile : 98803-44285 (Ritesh)

Directions: Download the map here.

Venue and Snacks Courtesy:

The PDF file is here.

Thanks to Swami for sharing his deep insights and delightful comments on the Telecom Industry in India. And thanks to Sasken for taking care of the logistics. A special mention for S. R. Raja for taking up the initiative.

The pics are here. Thanks to Werner. Here is a slideshow of it.

The year 2006 saw the Indian Mobile Industry rise to new heights. The userbase is right now at 13 Crore, next only to China. So what does the new year hold in store for us? For starters, there is 3G. The trials are on, the spectrum issue is being sorted out and hype is beginning to build up.

So this time around we have Swaminathan Krishnan, Chief Marketing Officer of Sasken Communication Technologies Limited, to talk about 3G In India for us. He is going cover the current state of affairs, the Spectrum issue, the Standards battle, the Business Case and the SWAG analysis.

Date and Time: Monday, 18th Dec 2006, 6:30 pm onwards.

Registration:
Pls. register here. The event is free but seats are limited.

Venue:
Craig Barret Auditorium,
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd.,
Bangalore - Corporate Headquarters,
139/25, Ring Road, Domlur,
Bangalore 560 071.
Tel: + 91 80 2535 5501, 6694 3000

Directions:
Take the lane adjacent to Hyundai Workshop on Intermediate Ring Road, next left and the second right which will lead to the Main Building complex. Ample Parking is available in the ground adjacent to the main building. Call up the board numbers for help.

Snacks and Venue Courtesy:

Due to Christmas falling on the 4th Monday of this month we’ll have it one week in advance. Please mark your calendars for 18th Dec., 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. We are working for the venue and the speaker. Hopefully this time we’ll not announce everything at the last moment.

In the meantime here is a small presentation on Mobile Monday Bangalore.

The unconference extravaganza is upon us. If you are a technology enthusiast in Bangalore then the coming week has lots in store for you. On Monday is our monthly MoMo event and on Staruday Barcamp Bangalore 2 kicks off! So lets set the ball rolling.

This month’s topic is Mobile TV: The Operator’s Perspective and our speaker is Mr. Krishna Durbha from Reliance. Mr Durbha has generously agreed to share his insights on Mobile TV in general and how its going to play out in India. If you want to cut through the hype and get the point of view which matters, its the place to be on Monday evening. The talk will be followed by a discussion and dinner, all sponsored by TCS.

Timings:
6:30 PM to 9 PM, Monday, 27th Nov.

Cost:
As usual, the event is free but registration is required. Pls. register here.

Venue:
We are back to Koramangala after a gap of three months. The exact address of the venue is:

Indian Heritage Academy,
#870, 17 E Main,
VIth Block,
Koramangala,
Bangalore.

Landmarks/Directions:

• Next to Koramangala Police Station.
• If coming from Forum, it is just before the T-Junction of the Indoor Stadium, on the right.
• If coming from Intermediate Ring Road, go towards the Indoor Stadium and take a left at the traffic junction. Lookout on the left.
• Locate it on Wikimapia.
• Stop when you see a banner of Shaimak Davar and look for our Banner

Venue and Dinner courtesy:
TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)

See you there.

PS: I hope that the directions are right . Pls. correct me if I am wrong.

The topic for our October meet was Location Based Services and the speaker was Pramod Jajoo from Xora. In his presentation he covered the technologies, applications, market, issues and future of Location based services on Mobile. The presentation can be found here (pdf).

Thanks a lot to Pramod of taking time out for us.

The attendance was exactly 50 this time around. The pics. can be found here.

A big thanks to TCS for sponsoring this Months event.

Pls. mark your calendars for Nov 27th. See you then.

Thanks once again for joining.

Keeping in mind that we have Diwali holidays during the 4th monday of this month we decided to shift the mobile monday to 30th . The topic of this month’s discussion is related to LBS and the title of the talk is “From Dial Tone to Location Tone“. The discussion would be led by Pramod Jajoo, MD India Operations and Vice President Engineering of Xora.

Here is a brief abstract of what would be covered:

“Until recently, the primary use of cell phones was still for voice communication and messaging. But that has changed, somewhat, as cell phone providers and their partners have begun identifying new uses for the ever-increasing population of available mobile devices. One such innovation has been the role of the handset as a location tool. Computer chips now embedded in many cell phones enable authorized parties to track the location of these devices as they move from one place to another, by leveraging a Global Positioning System (GPS) network.”

What: MoMo Bangalore October 2006, (LBS, From Dial Tone to Location Tone)

When: 6.30 pm - 8.00 pm, October 30th, 2006

Where: Regus Office (Sankey Meeting Room), L9, Raheja Towers, 26-27 Mahatma Gandhi Road (MG Road)

Who: Anybody interested in Mobility

Cost: Free (registration required though)
Host & Snacks Sponsor: TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)

RSVP: Please register here to attend

Hope to see you there and Wish you all a very happy diwali.

Change of Speaker !!

Mr Krishna Durbha informed us that he would not be able to make it to the event today. We have Mr. Sanjay Swamy, CEO of mChek who would be speaking today instead. Sanjay has graciously accepted to speak at MoMo inspite of such a short notice and he would talking about “VAS 2.0″

Topic: VAS 2.0

Speaker: Sanjay Swamy, CEO , mChek
Date: 25th September, 2006, Monday

Time: 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm
Venue:INDIRANAGAR CLUB
9th Main, 4th Cross
HAL 2nd Stage
Bangalore - 560 008

RSVP: Please register here to attend

Sponsors :

Venue and Snacks

(mobile version) by Netcore

We are pleased to announce the August event of Mobile Monday Bangalore. This month’s topic is “Mobile VAS Scenario in India”.

Continuing the lively discussion from last time about the an overal perspective of Mobile VAS this time we have Rishit Jhunjhunwala, CTO of Verity Technologies who would lead a discussion through presentation & demo of few VAS applications & services deployed in India.

Some of the topics that he would address in his talk include

• What does “Mobile VAS” mean and entail in India ?
• Differences in VAS offerings across operators
• Typical business methodologies in VAS segment across operators
• Typical VAS product demos across operators

When: 28th August , 2006, 6.30 pm to 8 pm

Where: CKS Consulting
4004, 100 Ft. Road, HAL 2nd Stage,
Bangalore- 560 038, INDIA
V: 91 80 41254373
F: 91 80 25350181

Directions: see here

RSVP: Please register here to attend

Hosts:

Snacks Courtsey:

Thanks to a full house yesterday, the second MoMo Bangalore meet turned out to be a great experience. We had a diverse group of technologists, entrepreneurs and businessmen gathering for an open discussion on the Mobile World as it is today.

Rajan set the ball rolling with an brief introduction on Mobile Monday. Out two spekers of the day were Sujai Karampuri on Next Generation Mobile Networks and Deepak Jaisawal on Mobile Value Added Services.

Sujai covered the vast expanse of 2.5G to 4G technologies in his talk. He pointed out the opportunities that lies ahead for startups in this expanding domain. His presentation can be found here.

Deepak focussed on the the market, the roadblocks and the future of Mobile VAS. The session was very interactive with everybody joining in and giving their own perspective. His presentation can be found here.

Thanks to everybody for joining in and making it a success. Also big thanks to Aztec Soft and SVB India Partners Ltd. in helping us conducting it. A big thanks to the speakers and all the contributors to the disucssion. Do have a dekko at the pics.

The next meet would be on the 4th Monday of August. We will follow the same format of having two speakers but restric the talks to around half an hour and leave some time for networking. Any suggestions on topics, comments, feedback and criticism is welcome. Hope to see you all there again. In the meantime do keep on monitoring this blog and the disucssion list for updates.

Update: Rajiv’s thoughts after the event on “Super Intelligent Devices“, Rajan continuing the meme on a post titled “Network Intelligent or Stupid”

Update:Mahesh’s a round up on the July event and also wondering “If users are dumb“