Mino Wireless Closes First Round Financing For $1.5m; Company Focused On Extremely Low-Cost International Call Service From Mobile Phones
Sunnyvale, CA (ContentDesk) April 17, 2006 -- MINO Wireless, a privately held Sunnyvale, CA-based mobile services company, announced that it has completed its Series A round of financing to launch very low-cost phone service from any mobile or landline phone in the world to any phone in the world.
Investors include TNP on the Road (Japan/Silicon Valley Fund), Freeze LLC, AWE net, and a few angel investors in Silicon Valley and Asia. MINO Wireless has developed new technology which has great potential to revolutionize the global international call market, said Jing Liu, the CEO and founder of MINO Wireless.
The combination of a new technology, a ready-to-launch service and a large target market gives MINO Wireless a compelling opportunity to build a company. Mobile phones are rapidly replacing landline phones for local and domestic nation-wide calling.
However when it comes to making international calls from mobile phones, people have not seen the costs come down. Our investment is in the technology and its enormous potential; we are convinced that MINO Wireless will emerge as a leader in international wireless calling.
says Katsuhiro Yamashita, CEO of TNP On The Road. TNP On The Road is a premier venture capital fund based in Yokohama, Japan and Silicon Valley USA and invests globally in leading science and technology companies.The Voice-Over-IP technology has brought down the cost of making calls from landline phones and computers dramatically.
However, you have to purchase and install special hardware to take advantage of the lower costs of making international calls using VoIP.
If you use calling cards, you have to dial in local access numbers, PIN numbers, and pay many kinds of hidden fees. MINO Wireless provides a revolutionary solution that is low cost, easy to use and convenient.
Once you download MINO software on your mobile phone, you can make international calls within MINO and talk for only 2 cents per minute, explained Jing Liu.
With the number of mobile phones worldwide reaching 2 billion, we have a very large market opportunity. MINO Wireless was founded in 2004 and has been developing the technology to connect mobile phones to the Voice-Over-IP infrastructure for two years.
About MINO WirelessMINO Wireless is developing novel technologies which allow mobile phone users worldwide to make international calls at very low rates.
The companys revolutionary technology uses the Internet connection on the mobile phone to connect to the Voice-Over-IP infrastructure to reduce the cost of international calls by over 70%.
MINO Wireless is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.
Further information about the company can be found at http://www.minowireless.com..
New Resource Available for Growing Chinese Medical Device Industry
Medical Device Market Research (MDMR), a full service market research company, announces the availability of a comprehensive English-language directory of 9,000 medical device companies located in China, the first of its kind.The China Medbook? provides a unique resource for companies who are considering outsourcing or exporting medical devices to the growing China market.
The medical device industry supplies doctors and hospitals around the world with tools, implants and support for medical procedures."We expect the medical device industry in China to continue its double-digit growth for the next ten years", says Greg Heikes, director of research for MDMR. "Outsourcing is fueling this growth.""Information is difficult to get in China.
This directory offers specific information ? like phone numbers, contact names and addresses of companies active in over 200 medical device categories - that can help companies develop partnerships in this growing market," says Heikes.
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Teens Deck Their Cell Phones with Sounds of Christmas
Brittany Komisar, 15, likes Christmas music, but only a few weeks before Christmas.
And, she doesn't like hearing it in stores or on TV commercials; she only likes it on her?cell phone.Brittany is like many teens that are as likely to enjoy listening to Christmas carols as much as they would enjoy listening to disco.
That is, until her phone rings.
"Most of them (Christmas carols) are just plain boring.
A ringtone makes it more upbeat.
No lyrics to listen to.
So you get the whole tune out of it without the annoying words," said the Guilford, Connecticut ninth grade student.Seasonal ringtones are part of a big business in an industry that is ringing up profits for many companies across the United States.
Independent ringtone operators are earning $300 million per year from the sale of ringtones and some industry analysts estimate that carriers are deriving five percent of their annual revenues from data applications, the biggest...
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How to Pitch a Story to the News Media
How to Pitch a Story to the News Media We all have businesses that are newsworthy, right? Well try telling that to a busy newspaper editor! Here are some great tips for getting noticed: 1. Put it in writing. Generally speaking, a story pitch should be no more than one page. If they find it interesting, they'll call you and ask for more detail. 2.
Make it interesting. Say right at the beginning what is the most interesting or unique thing about your business or event. 3. Who does your business or event appeal to? Who is your target market? Is this appropriate for the particular publication you're submitting to? 4. Is there a time element or deadline? Give them plenty of time ? generally 6 to 8 weeks.
5. Include your contact information, phone number, email, fax, and when you're available. 6. If it's a smaller publication, include photos. Or, if you have an idea for a visual, include that too.
7. You can submit by either email or snail mail. I've sent story ideas to...
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Judy’s Book selects ZiffLeads to offer Pay-Per-Phone Call Advertising to Local Merchants
Pleasanton, Calif. (ContentDesk) November 21, 2005 -- ZiffLeads, the pay-per-phone call (PPCall) system provider and advertising network, www.ZiffLeads.com, announced a partnership today with the enhanced Internet Yellow Pages provider, Judys Book, for deployment pay-per-call advertising for local merchant advertisers at www.JudysBook.com.Known as Your Friends Yellow Pages, and a leader in the convergence of Social Networking and Local Search, or Social SearchTM, Judys Book has automated and brought online a merchants best source of leads: Local Word of Mouth.
The Pay-Per-Phone Call service, named JBCalls, in operation since September, is intended to empower merchants to take full advantage of their good Local Word of Mouth.For Judys Book, adding ZiffLeads pay-per-phone call advertising platform comes fast on the heels of integrating Googles mapping technology,...
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Cell Phone Recycle Company Creates a Winning Strategy for the Environment and Fundraisers
(ContentDesk) January 1, 2004 Tulsa, OK -- Conscientious cell phone users may be able to avert a dangerous threat to our environment caused by discarded cell phones.
A new law allows cell phone users to retain their old phone number while switching wireless carriers.
Experts estimate up to 50% of the 150 million cell phone users will switch carriers in the next 12 months. The majority of people who switch however, will not be allowed to use their old phones due to different technologies employed by the service carriers.
This phenomenon is prompting great concern that millions of cell phones, no longer useful to their owners, will simply be disposed.
The real danger lies in the fact that cell phones contain chemicals that have been proven to cause cancer and other reproductive, neurological, and developmental disorders.
Many Americans are concerned about these toxins ending up in their landfills.
There is an answer to this problem that...
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How to Pitch a Story to the News Media
How to Pitch a Story to the News Media We all have businesses that are newsworthy, right? Well try telling that to a busy newspaper editor! Here are some great tips for getting noticed: 1. Put it in writing. Generally speaking, a story pitch should be no more than one page. If they find it interesting, they'll call you and ask for more detail. 2.
Make it interesting. Say right at the beginning what is the most interesting or unique thing about your business or event. 3. Who does your business or event appeal to? Who is your target market? Is this appropriate for the particular publication you're submitting to? 4. Is there a time element or deadline? Give them plenty of time ? generally 6 to 8 weeks.
5. Include your contact information, phone number, email, fax, and when you're available. 6. If it's a smaller publication, include photos. Or, if you have an idea for a visual, include that too.
7. You can submit by either email or snail mail. I've sent story ideas to...
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The growth of cellphones
Cellphones are quickly becoming an integral part of our lives. They increase the convenience factor, help us stay organized, and keep us in touch with the people that we love. They can also help us keep informed!
As cellphone technologies increase, cell phone manufacturers are finding new ways to pack great programs into their cellphones. One such program that is being built into cellphones now, and will increase in the future, is the RSS feed capability.
Having this capability will mean that your cellphone can act like an MP3 player, and perhaps you already have a cell phone that has MP3 player capabilities. But in a cellphone with RSS feed capabilities take the MP3 player format one step further.
The word "podcasting" was coined in 2004.
It is a technology that no one heard about until recently but is gaining popularity at an exponential rate. A podcast is like a radio program that broadcasters create in an MP3 format and attach it...
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Cost-Effective Ideas from Los Angeles Business Card Printing
Owners of small or big businesses, managers and heads of companies and even officers of social organizations eventually avail of business card printing services. Why? It is a well known fact that business cards are important advertising tools getting you recognition above other competitors. Once distributed depending on its paper and design quality, business cards maintain in the prospective client's hands. Do you and your company need business cards printed out for distribution among your clients? Depending on your budget and preferred style and design, different forms of printing can be availed from printers online and one of them is the Los Angeles business card printing services. Cost effective solutions are studied and applied by Los Angeles business card printing services to widen its clientele's choices of business cards.
Those with budget limitations can undergo consultations for more affordable business card printing with the Los Angeles printing service. Here are several...
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