Solo is compatible with any PBX.
For Avaya Partners and customers, Solo can be used as a client (DTMF), as shown here for a basic fixed-mobile convergence solution.

Or, by adding the Sobox and an enriched client, in addition to the benefits of just using the Solo client, it will allow large scale deployments and management and Data, SMS/MMS control, as evidenced here, for a “managed FMC integration” .

En y ajoutant la Sobox et une version enrichie du client, Solo permet le déploiement et la maintenance à large échelle et le contrôle Data, SMS/MMS, comme le montre cette image, appelée “Intégration fixe-mobile managée” .

• major event: the announcement of Windows Phone Series 7: the interface seems (almost?) as user-friendly as the i-Phone’s, all Windows services are integrated and interacting dynamically: Office documents, games (x-box), Bing, geolocalisation with localised services with hyper-links, social networks, automatical synchronisation via wi-fi (photos), etc…
• the winner: Android. It’s already available on many platforms, HTC, Motorola, Sony-Ericsson, with a user-interface that has nothing to envy to the i-Phone.
• The OS war: Samsung’s Bada, Windows Phone and Android are seriously catching up Apple.
• The agreement between 15 carriers to create a common app platform will (aims at) isolate Apple

The smartphone is becoming the “standard”

• OS touchscreens for netbooks
• the fragmentation goes on. For Sosoftware this means that we still have to develop on several OS
• The number of companies developing applications for mobile phones has pretty much increased. As an example, about 80% of BlackBerry’s booth was represented by applications companies. Many value propositions of companies gravitating around mobile solutions.

the notable absence of Apple and Nokia, who didn’t announce anything (new!).

For Sosoftware, the result is very positive, in terms of new developments projects, be they as new services addition, as new strong commercial partnerships to develop new markets or as development resources.

In a more general way, the context of Barcelona is so gorgeous, that it makes the experience worth the travel. Some tapas at night, some fresh “zumo de naranjas” in the morning, and life is beautiful!

To end it up, here are a couple of pictures and a video showcasing the new Windows Phone Live, to give you a quick idea of the #MWC’s feeling:

Here an article with a thorough analysis of the key trends coming out of the #MWC 2010

SoSoftware was present the whole week at Telecom World 2009, as already mentioned here and here.

The investment in time, ressources was intensive, but worth the results, which outstanded the most optimistic expectations.

A kind of a magical mix operated during the week, made out of: great people on the AlpICT area, in our team (no less than 10 people, from Italy and Switzerland, on the conference’s day), connections, the best of mixed-networks in action, the interest of big international groups leading to the interest of others, Telecom giving legitimacy to our Solution, the emphasize on the “Costs Reduction” aspect at the right time were among the main success factors.

Translated into figures, this gives:

7000 – 20’000 Solo to be installed
Abt. 40 new customers, from which big international organizations (50-50 approximatively)
More than 20 new partnerships in actual negociation in Europe
20-30 new leads
More than 10 technological partnerships to weigh in
Abt. 20-30 new prespcriptors
Hundreds of questions to be listed, analyzed, representing a big asset (weak points to work on/strenghts to be emphasized, FAQ to be nurtured, better knowledge of our international market)
1 new competitor

But also some personal statistics, such as the number of slept hours during the week (few, few), the number of sausasages eaten (many, many!), the number of times the word “SoLo” has been pronounced, and more: you’ll find them in short videos, as well as a couple of pictures and more on our Facebook page (are already a Fan? If not, click on the button “Become a Fan” on your right in order to stay up-to-date).

If you:
Have too high mobile calls costs – inland and roaming costs
Need to improve your overall service and collaboration level
Are looking for a mobility solution to sell to your customers
Are a calling cards operator
Are a PBX manufacturer looking for a solution integrating the mobile phone
Have developed vertical solutions for mobile phones

COME AND VISIT US!

A conference presenting SoLo Mobile Solutions: “How to Cut Roaming Costs and Improve Your Reactivity? Solo Mobile, Fixed-to-Mobile-Convergence Solution”,
will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 13.30. Join us, it will be followed by a drink in the lounge.
Ask for your pass to Telecom 2009 if you want to come and visit us, by sending an email to: info@sosoftware.com

Our objective was double: first, to get top insights on the mobility market. Second, to present Solo Mobile, through an 8 minutes pitch, this mobility solution having been selected for the second day, dedicated to present innovative companies in the european mobile market.
So, here’s Luciano Benassi’s, CEO of SoSoftware, 8 min pitch:

Many thanks to Viktoria, Tiburon TV!
Luciano’s pitch led to interesting conversations and contacts, you’ll know more about it when time has come.
We discovered very interesting projects the second day at the Start-Ups Zapping.
All pitches are here: Tiburon TV at Le Mobile20
If you want to find out more about what others said, please follow those links:
TechCrunch France, by Cédric Giorgi: nice overview of the 2 days, with personal notes on start-ups, interesting (his note about SoSoftware helped us focusing un bit differently our next presentations ;-))
Thomas Husson, Forrester Research Senior Analyst, interview at Le Mobile 20.
Close-Up by LeMobile20.fr (in French), with podcasts
2009 Mobile Trends, by T. Husson