Start-up entrepreneurs who want
do business with Nokia could get a chance to pitch their technology to
the smartphone giant early next month. (http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013)
Executives
from Nokia will come to San Diego Dec. 17-18 to hear presentations es
from young companies that apply for the MarketLink program run by local
technology industry trade group CommNexus. The
deadline for applying to be part of the Nokia MarketLink event is Nov.
22. CommNexus is looking for a few more firms to apply before the
deadline passes.
“This
MarketLink follows in the footsteps of a very successful MarketLink
program that we had with Microsoft and Nokia about a year and half ago,”
said Rory Moore, head of CommNexus. “I would project about 100 total
applicants for this event from around the region and in some cases from
around North America.”
Nokia
is interested in next generation technologies including 4G and Wi-Fi
offloading to ease network congestion. It also is looking for social
networking, gaming and entertainment apps, power management
technologies, breakthrough connected device services, waterproofing
technologies, mobile commerce and mobile health applications.
Nokia
is in the process of being acquired by Microsoft. The two companies
have been close partners in developing a third alternative smartphone
operating system, Windows Phone, to challenge Google’s Android and Apple
iOS platforms.
Nokia, which
has a research and testing center in Rancho Bernardo, will choose which
applicants it wants to hear from. Typically, 12 to 16 companies are
picked from the pool of applicants. Those firms will meet face to face
with Nokia executives in a one hour meeting.
For
information or to apply, contact the CommNexus MarketLink program
manager, Carolyn Liikala, 858-768-5054 or cliikala@commnexus.org.
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