Mobile Internet World  featured high-profile keynote business leaders including, Tim Berners-Lee, Director, World Wide Web Consortium, Greg Clayman, Executive Vice President of Digital Distribution and Business Development, MTV Networks, Jack Dziak, Senior Vice President Corporate Strategy, Sprint Nextel, Bruce Stewart, Vice President and General Manager for Connected Life Americas, Yahoo! Inc., Rich Miner, GM Mobile Platforms, Google, Larry Weber, Chairman and Founder, W2 Group and Emily Nagle Green, President and CEO, Yankee Group.

"The first Mobile Internet World delivered profound insight into the opportunities that are being unleashed as the Internet is mobilized, and offered extensive and networking for attendees that extends well beyond the event itself, as the many blogs, podcasts and video feeds are driving this to the broader community", said  Berge Ayvazian, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group.

The Mobile Internet Conference Program was packed with over 50 sessions and 95 speakers covering the globalization of mobile technology, mobile entertainment, social networking, and mobile marketing with in-depth sessions examining new innovations in mobile commerce, social networking, mobile messaging, location-based services and new mobile devices. Mobile Internet World drew support from over 150 corporate, media and association sponsors, including 30 exhibitors.

In conjunction with Xchange magazine, the Mobile Internet Innovation Awards were presented to four winners recognized in the development and deployment of mobile Internet services and solutions.  For more information, see www.mobilenetx.com.

According to Eliot Weinman, conference founder and president of Trendsmedia, the Events Division of Yankee Group, "Mobile Internet World this week exceeded our expectations for a launch event in a very competitive marketplace.  I want to thank all of our sponsors and partners, representing the entire emerging mobile Internet ecosystem, who together helped us create this exciting new forum.  The message from the market is clear: the mobile Internet represents the next major area of innovation in the expansion of the Internet. Our plans are to expand the program and expo and bring the event to markets around the world."

Trendsmedia announced Mobile Internet World Executive Summit Europe to take place in Munich, Germany, May 19th and 20th, 2008.

Mobile Internet World Conference and Expo 2008 will be held October 21st to 23rd, 2008 at the Boston Convention and Exhibit Center. It is expected that the 2008 event will double in size in terms of registrations and sponsors.

Mobile Internet World
The Mobile Internet World conference program features three days of seminars, workshops, executive summits and Web development tutorials.  Major sponsors and exhibitors at this year's premier event included Nokia, Ericsson, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Alavarion, InfoGin, InfoSpace, Alcatel-Lucent, Opera Software, Third Screen Media, Fortune, Mobi, Ecrio, Ellacoya, Navini, Redline Communications, WidSets, Bitstream, CellTrust, itsmy.com, Jataayu, Knovolo, ArrayComm, Lleida.net, NetNumber, Tele Atlas and many others. A complete list of sponsors and exhibitors can be viewed at http://www.mobilenetx.com/sponsors.shtml

About Yankee Group
The people of Yankee Group (www.yankeegroup.com) are the global connectivity experts™ -- the leading source of insight and counsel for builders, operators and users of connectivity solutions. For nearly 40 years, Yankee Group has conducted primary research that charts the pace of technology change and its effect on networks, consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in Boston, Yankee Group has a global presence including operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

About Trendsmedia
Trendsmedia is the events and publishing division of Yankee Group Research, Inc. Our mission is to help our clients stay ahead of the major technology trends that are likely to impact their businesses significantly. Trendsmedia provides their clients with independently researched and produced media products that target emerging technology markets in depth, including focused conferences, independently produced online media, and in-depth newsletters and market intelligence studies. For more, see www.trendsmedia.com.

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