ADVISORY/Taral Networks' CEO to Speak on ''What will be the Killer App?'' and ''Consumers Sending SOS for SMS and MMS'' at Global Mobile Event in San Diego.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Thursday (Sept. 25) Global Mobile Event --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vinit Nijhawan to discuss consumer demands for wireless applications and how the wireless industry can deliver on demands. -- Vinit Nijhawan, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Taral Networks, will participate in two panels of mobile industry executives and experts at the Global Mobile event in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . The event will take place at the Marina Village on Thursday and Friday, September 25 and 26, 2003. Nijhawan will participate in a panel of mobile industry visionaries entitled, "What Do Consumers Want in a Killer App A software application that is exceptionally useful or exciting. Killer apps are innovative and often represent the first of a new breed, and they are extremely successful. For example, in the late 1970s, the VisiCalc spreadsheet was the killer app for the Apple II, providing reason ?" on Thursday, September 25. The panelists will discuss what consumers are asking for in mobile applications and "various ingredients for cooking-up killer mobile applications." On Friday, September 26, Nijhawan will moderate a panel of mobile industry executives who will explore what it will take for the wireless industry to deliver on customer demands for wireless messaging in a session entitled, "Consumers Sending SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). for SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. ."
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What: Vinit Nijhawan of Taral Networks will participate in two
panels of mobile industy executives and experts who will
discuss consumer demand for wireless applications and how the
wireless industry can deliver on those demands.
Where: Marina Village
1936 Quivira Way
San Diego, California
When: "What will be the Killer App?" (Panelist)
Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. PT
"Consumers Sending SOS for SMS and MMS" (Moderator)
Friday, September 26, at 2:00 p.m. PT
Vinit Nijhawan Biography Vinit Nijhawan brings over 20 years experience in technology start-ups to his role as President and CEO of Taral Networks. Prior to Taral Networks, Vinit served as the founder, president, and chairman of the board of Kinetic Computer Corporation, a provider of wireless solutions for transportation and logistics fleets. Its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , eTruck, is a wireless Internet ASP that provides fleet management services. Kinetic's wireless mobile computer product line was sold to Telxon and Kinetic's eTruck intellectual property was acquired by Qualcomm. Previously, Vinit was VP and CEO of Payload Systems, which merged with Space Industries. Vinit holds a B.A.Sc in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from the University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW, UWaterloo, or Waterloo) is a medium-sized research-intensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1957. . About Taral Networks Taral Networks is a US-based company seizing the opportunity to capitalize on one of today's fastest growing markets - mobile content. The company is dedicated to providing carrier grade platforms to wireless operators to enable, maintain and manage a most successful content messaging business. Specifically, Taral Networks is focused on multimedia messaging (MMS) and enabling the delivery of content from any application server to any MMS enabled device over any operator network. Taral Network's AirNgine MMS gateway has successfully delivered MMS messages on all four operator networks in the U.K., as well as networks in Germany, Sweden, France, South Africa, India, the U.S., Canada, China and Taiwan. For more information, visit www.taralnetworks.com. |
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