EQO Communications Named 'Guidewire Group Global Innovator' and Selected for Prestigious Showcase at Innovate!Europe 200618 May 2006
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 15 /PRNewswire/ Guidewire Group, the leading global technology research firm and producers of Innovate!Europe, today announced that it has named EQO Communications a 'Guidewire Group Global Innovator.' As a recipient of this elite award, EQO (pronounced "echo") has been selected to participate in Guidewire's exclusive Innovate!Showcase at Innovate!Europe 2006, from 15-17 May in Zaragoza, Spain.
EQO Communications' unique product offering and forward-thinking management team, consisting of CEO Bill Tam, founder and CTO Colin Quon, vice president of marketing and alliances Ian Bell, as well as co-founders John Lieu and Jeff LaPorte, set it apart from hundreds of other companies under consideration.
Using a combination of a phone-resident J2ME client and a presence-enabled Voice-over-IP (VoIP) signaling network, the EQO Mobile for Skype(TM) is capable of bridging online identity, VoIP calling, and Instant Messaging services to more than 200 million J2ME-capable mobile phone handsets already in use worldwide, including popular models from vendors including Nokia, Motorola, Palm, and Sony-Ericsson.document.write('');
"EQO is focused on extending presence-enabled voice and instant messaging to mobile devices in partnership with online communities and wireless carriers. Being recognized by Chris Shipley and the Guidewire Group as a leading technology innovator helps us to shed light on the compelling capabilities we deliver to both partners and consumers," said Bill Tam, CEO of EQO Communications. "Participating at Innovate!Europe provides us the opportunity to make valuable connections with other leading-edge technology providers."
EQO executives will be among the several hundred senior technology leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, customers, media, and government officials that will gather at Innovate!Europe in Zaragoza to discover what new threats, opportunities, and challenges face Europe's entrepreneurial technology companies as they move toward 2007.
"The quality of European entrepreneurs is extremely high and our meetings with senior executives during the past several months have revealed many talented innovators, as evidenced by the companies we have chosen for the Innovate!Showcase," said Chris Shipley, Guidewire Group co-Founder, Global Research Director, and Executive Producer of Innovate!Europe. "In bringing together the 'cream-of-the-crop' innovators with investors, early-adopters, and other members of the innovation ecosystem, we aim to help accelerate the transformation of this raw talent into commercial success."
As the respected host of the DEMO Conferences in the United States for the past 11 years, Guidewire Group's Global Research Director, Shipley has helped hundreds of companies enter emerging markets. Indeed, for EQO Communications to be chosen by Chris as a leading-edge product is a mark of credibility and excellence that has propelled more than a thousand entrepreneurial companies to success.
Chris and her team of analysts spent several months personally screening European technology companies to identify the leading innovators chosen to participate in Innovate!Europe 2006. Companies were evaluated on several criteria, including:
Unique approach to the target market Advancement of state-of-the-art technology, business model, or design in the target market Importance of the problem addressed Size of the market opportunity Length of time the produce or service has been in the market Implications in and for the global technology market Capabilities to move the product to the global stage.
Additional details on Innovate!Europe 2006 and the Innovate!Showcase program can be found online at http://www.innovate-events.com.
EQO is available for free to consumers as a Beta product via the EQO web site at www.eqo.com.
About EQO Communications
Based in Vancouver, Canada, EQO Communications is a leading developer of technologies spanning online services and wireless communications devices. Using a combination of a phone-resident J2ME client and a presence-enabled Voice-over-IP (VoIP) signaling network, the EQO Mobile Internet Phone Service is capable of bridging online identity, VoIP calling and Instant Messaging services to more than 200 million J2ME-capable mobile phone handsets already in use worldwide.
EQO is venture-financed by the Working Opportunity Fund, managed by GrowthWorks Capital, and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).
This product uses the Skype(TM) API but is not endorsed or certified by Skype(TM).
For additional information or to download EQO please visit http://www.eqo.com/.
For press inquiries, please contact Doug Wyllie at 415-977-1930 or via email at doug@antennagroup.com.
About Guidewire Group
Guidewire Group LLC is a global research firm focusing exclusively on emerging information technology markets. Through our online media, market reports and executive events, we identify the products and trends that will matter most now and in the future.
Each year, we meet with hundreds of innovative companies from early-stage start-ups to established technology leaders to understand the impact they will have on the markets they serve. This broad view of the technology landscape, combined with years of experience and a deep respect for entrepreneurs and early adopters, informs Guidewire Group's insights.
Founded in 2003 by veteran entrepreneurs Chris Shipley, Mike Sigal, and Frank Kelcz, Guidewire Group's mission reflects the belief that successful innovation is driven by a symbiotic relationship between the entrepreneurs who create ground-breaking technology, the investors and service providers who fund and support them, the technology executives who engage and partner with them, and the early adopters who embrace them.
All of these individuals invest their careers in the early life cycle of a company and product from conceptualizing new technologies to generating early market opportunities. Guidewire's mission is to serve and support their efforts through research, analysis and executive gatherings. For more information, visit www.guidewiregroup.com.
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