December 8, 2010

Mobile Monday BalticsNokia QT Training 8.-9. December, Riga

Schedule

18:00 - 18:20 Mikael Stendahl, Nokia18:20 - 18:40 Werner Blessing BIOMETRY.com18:40 - 18:55 Priit Salumaa, MoMo Estonia

18:55 - 19:15 Refreshment break

19:15 - 19:30 Juris Kaza, Latvian journalist19:30 - 19:45 Algirdas Stonys, TeleSoftas19:45 - 20:15 "App-Wars - Clash of the Titans"

20:15 - ... Networking and drinks as usual

December 8, 2010

Mobile in Estonia, What's Up?

1983 – 1G networks start to take off

Ancient History1940

1991

Res t Of WorldE s tonia

1971 - Finland launches commercial 0G network

1947 – cell concept proposed, technology not available yet

1941-44 – wide scale radio telephony in use

(in German tanks)

1973 – US catches up: demonstrates phone

1950s – car phones

Communication discouraged

- iron curtains interfered with reception

1991 – singing was for a while a popular way to communicate

1956 – Ericsson launch first mobile telephony network in Stockholm

Recent History• EMT started an NMT network in

1991• GSM was launched in Estonia in

1993• Wap (early mobile internet) services

reached here in 2000• First in mobile parking and

emergency call location in 2000• Mobile-ID SIM card in 2007• Mobile-ID elections in March 2011

1991

2000

2011

2005

1995

Startup Ecosystem

● Estonian Startup Leaders Club● MoMo Estonia / Open Coffee● Garage48● Hubs popping up● Investment funds● Successful mobile startups

Garage48

Support structures● Estonian Development fund, ASI, EE● Tehnopol, Ülemiste City (Technopolis)● Startup Garage, Garage48HUB● Mobile startups

● Fortumo● TaxiPal● ...