iSkoot Receives Award for Best Mobile Technology at the 2008 MITX Technology Awards
Posted on June 5, 2008
Filed Under Mobile Computing, mobile media, mobile phones
5th Annual Awards Honor Technology Innovation in New England. iSkoot has been selected as winner in the category of Mobile Technology for the 2008 MITX Technology Awards. The MITX Technology Awards, presented by the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, recognize innovative technologies developed in the New England area, as well as the individuals and organizations responsible for driving these advancements. Honorees for this year’s awards were announced last night in a ceremony at The Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge.
“We have been extremely impressed with the breadth and quality of the
nominations this year. They show incredible innovation across a variety of
sectors and highlight the vitality of our local technology community,” said
Kiki Mills, executive director of MITX. “As we continue to enjoy a surge in
technology investments in New England, we are proud to showcase the
contributions our community is making to global technology development.”
iSkoot is the first and only carrier- and consumer-friendly mobile VoIP
solution. iSkoot offers a mobile download for Skype and also powers the
Skypephone. Unlike the many operator-unfriendly mobile VoIP solutions in
the market, iSkoot’s mobile Skype solution leverages the circuit-switched
voice networks of mobile operators, rather than the data channel, making it
a viable choice for operators worldwide, while also optimizing call quality
and connection, making it a consumer-friendly and functioning solution with
an amazing quality of service.
“We are honored to be recognized for iSkoot’s excellence in developing
innovative mobile technologies,” said Mark Jacobstein, iSkoot CEO. “MITX is
a leader in identifying emerging technologies and industry leaders, and
iSkoot is dedicated to delivering engaging and integrated Web services
around the world that consumers value for their mobile lifestyle.”
More than 325 of the region’s top technology and business professionals
attended the MITX Awards ceremony. The event also included a keynote
address by Dr. Amar Bose, Chairman & Technical Director of Bose
Corporation, as well as a panel forum on “What’s Next for the Advertising
Business Model.”
For a complete list of winners please visit
http://www.mitxawards.org/technologyawards/finalists_winners.aspx?year=2008
The 2008 MITX Technology Awards sponsors were Backbone Media, DLA
Piper, Invest Northern Ireland, LEWIS PR, Oracle, Rocketship and Technology
Review, Inc.
About iSkoot
San Francisco-based iSkoot, with offices in Cambridge and Israel,
brings leading internet services like Skype(TM) to mobile handsets around
the world, delivering rich consumer experiences with minimal impact on
operator networks. iSkoot launched the first and only carrier-grade,
carrier-deployed Skype-for-Mobile application in 2006, and now powers the
Mobile World Congress award-winning 3 Skypephone currently sold in eight
countries on three continents. iSkoot takes advantage of the
voice-optimized circuit-switched network for delivery of voice
communications, in keeping with its mission to engineer elegant and
operator-friendly solutions to the challenge of bringing resource-intensive
internet services to mobile handsets. For more information, visit
http://www.iskoot.com
iSkoot is a trademark of iSkoot Inc. All other trademarks, service
marks and company names are the property of their respective owners.
About MITX (http://www.mitx.org)
Established in 1996, MITX — the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology
Exchange is the leading industry organization focused on the web, bringing
together the digital technology, marketing and media community to engage in
what is next for the web and how it will impact the marketing and business
worlds. Reaching more than 6,000 professionals in New England, MITX is a
dynamic and growing community of thought leaders, collaborators, and
individuals in search of insight, education and opportunity. With more than
60 events annually, MITX provides its members with the opportunity to
promote their companies to targeted audiences and provides a valuable forum
for networking to source potential business leads, partnerships, ideas,
funding and other likeminded peers in the industry. MITX is headquartered
in Cambridge, Mass. For more information please go to http://www.mitx.org.
Erica Jostedt Jaime Hodges
SutherlandGold for iSkoot MITX
415.848.7172 617-871-2155 x205
erica@sutherlandgold.com jaime@mitx.org
iSkoot
http://www.iskoot.com
http://www.mitx.org
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