14:00 hrs, Monday 14th February 2011
LONDON, Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Launched at Mobile World Congress 2010, the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) is an open, global alliance of the world's leading telecommunications operators and device manufacturers with a common goal of uniting a fragmented applications marketplace.
On 14th February 2011, Peters Suh, CEO of WAC, and other senior WAC executives will detail the commercial launch of the Wholesale Applications Community.
Supporting them will be a number of CEOs from member organisations who will be demonstrating the full commercial launch of WAC-enabled application stores, operator storefronts and fully functional WAC devices supporting the latest widgets.
Please mark the WAC press conference in your calendars:
Time: Monday, 14th February, 2011, 14:00-15:00
Venue: Fira de Barcelona, Hall 5, Room 3, Level 2
We will send a follow up RSVP invite with more information shortly.
Many thanks,
Phil Rawcliffe
On behalf of the Wholesale Applications Community
About the Wholesale Applications Community
Launched in February 2010, the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) is an open global alliance formed from leading organisations within the telecoms sector. Uniting a fragmented applications marketplace, WAC will create an open industry platform that benefits the entire ecosystem, including applications developers, handset manufacturers, OS owners, network operators and end users.
The Wholesale Applications Community will:
Current WAC members are as follows:
Accenture, Aepona, Alcatel-Lucent, Aplix, America Movil, ASPire, AT&T, Bell Mobility, Borqs, Bouygues Telecom, Camber Tech Inc (BVI) Limited, Capgemini, China Mobile, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, France Telecom, Fujitsu, GClue, Gemalto, Huawei, Hutchison 3 Group, InfraWare, Innoace, Intel, KDDI, KT Corporation, KT Innotz, LG Electronics, LG Uplus, LiMo Foundation, Minigate, MTS, Myriad Group, NTT DOCOMO, Oberthur Technologies, Obigo, Opera Software, Orascom Telecom, Oracle Corporation, Qualcomm Incorporated, Research in Motion, Rogers Communications, Samsung, SFR, Sharp, SK Telecom, Smart Communications, SOFTBANK MOBILE, Sony Ericsson, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telekom Austria Group, Telenor, Verizon, VimpelCom, Vodafone, ZTE and the GSMA.
For a list of members and more information, please go to http://www.wholesaleappcommunity.com.