Mobile Monday Barcelona

Telefónica Móviles, the mobile arm of Telefónica Group, opened its Espacio Movistar in Barcelona in September 2006. This innovative, multidisciplinary, next-generation venue has been conceived to bring people closer to the latest creative trends in technology, music, art, cinema and entertainment - especially the young.

This space is a step further to consolidate Movistar as a reference brand associated to innovation, creativity, entertainment, communication and fun.

The Global Peer Awards 2007 are hosted at Espacio Movistar thanks to Telefónica Móviles.

Here’s some practical info on how to get to the event:

Espacio Movistar is a large white tent located left of the “blue triangle” building at the Forum. Use this new Barcelona landmark as reference when trying to reach the event.

By taxi:
From anywhere in the city ask for the “Espacio Movistar en el Forum”. That should get you there in 10-15 minutes.
From the 3GSM World Congress by Public Transport:

If you come from the show the fastest way is to catch the metro (25 minutes from Pl. Espanya). Take the red line (L1) towards Fondo. Then you have two choices:

Get off at “Urquinaona” and –without exiting- change to the yellow line (L4) towards “La Pau”. Then get out at “El Maresme – Fòrum”. Coming out of the metro, look for the “blue triangle” building.

Exit at “Glòries” and look for a Tram stop, the railtracks will help you find one . Take T4 direction “Estacio de Sant Adrià” and get off at “Forum”. This ride down the “Diagonal” gives you a great tour of the 22@ district of Barcelona and you may find it a nice break from the crowded metro.

Download the PDF map including directions.

For Google Map fans, we created this map here, for directions from 3GSM (Plaça Espanya) click here.

As the host of the Global Peer Awards 2007, to be held on February 12th in Espacio Movistar in Barcelona, we are proud to announce the first series of finalists for this years MobileMonday Global Peer Awards.

The Global Peer Awards finalists are best-in-breed companies who have demonstrated exceptionally innovative mobile technologies, services and concepts. Most finalists have reached this point by prevailing in a local selection process organized at the local MoMo chapter level. Some finalists may receive a special invitation by the organizing committee if there is not a local chapter in their area.

MobileMonday is honored to welcome representatives from these winners to Barcelona to compete in the Global Peer Awards competition 2007. We invite you to take the time to get to know finalists as we are certain these are the companies that are making important waves within the mobile industry over the few years.

Here are the 1st series of winners, congratulations to all!

(in alphabetical chapter order)

• Barcelona - MyStrands
• Beijing - Silk Road Telecommunication
• Brussels - Ontrack Navigation
• Geneva - Plazes
• Helsinki - UpCode
• London - Reporo
• Delhi - Wirkle
• Paris - Realeyes3D
• Singapore - Tagit
• Tokyo - Naviblog
• Ukraine - Nival Online

All finalists will be informed soon on details about the event and presentation details.

NOTE: The list of finalists is not complete. Additional finalists will be announced over the next few days at MoMo HQers in Helsinki, so check back regularly to discover the smaller, lesser-known, unestablished companies that are leading the world in mobile innovation.

We have currently some 100 seats left so please hurry and register for the event to avoid being left out!

Stay updated at MobileMonday Barcelona website for more news on the event!

The MobileMonday Global Peer Awards 2007 during the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona is being organized collaboratively by the MobileMonday community. Hosted by MoMo Barcelona, MoMo Italy, MoMo Helsinki, MoMo London and MoMo New York have also taken active roles.

Invaluable additional support is provided by Barcelona Media, Ajuntament de Barcelona and CIDEM — Generalitat de Catalunya.

Our thanks to Telefónica Movistar for hosting the event and to 22@Barcelona and Reitek for the fantastic support as a Premium Sponsor and Nexit Ventures as a Silver sponsor.

The MoMo Barcelona nomination period for the MobileMonday Global Peer Awards 2007 of February 12 at Espacio Movistar is now closed.

From now, the MoMo Barcelona registered members can all start the vote for our finalist from the list of nominees below (congratulations to all!)

Local start-ups that have presented at MobileMonday Barcelona during 2006 received a nomination by default:

• Futurlink
• Daem Interactive
• Mobile Dreams Factory
• partyStrands/MyStrands

Other nominations we received from the MobileMonday Barcelona community:

• Aquamobile - Digital Mark
• Arvato Mobile - 3D Video Goals
• LemonQuest - Mobile Tube
• Ta With You - SMS Text Translation
• Think in Grid - GRID platform
• Ubiqa - The Coffee Break

Vote for your favourite by emailing us the company name to info AT mobilemondaybarcelona DOT com (write “MoMoBCN” in the subject line). The election period will end on January, 30 at 00:00 h. On Jan 31 we will announce the winner who will join the other finalists to present their company product/service at the Global Peer Awards.

More information on the event program, the awards, the venue, etc. at the MobileMonday Global Peer Awards miniwebsite.

There are only another 100 seats left so please hurry and register for the event to avoid being left out!

Stay updated at MobileMonday Barcelona website for more news on the event!

The MobileMonday Global Peer Awards 2007 during the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona is being organized collaboratively by the MobileMonday community. Hosted by MoMo Barcelona, MoMo Italy, MoMo Helsinki, MoMo London and MoMo New York have also taken active roles. Invaluable additional support is provided by Barcelona Media, Ajuntament de Barcelona and CIDEM — Generalitat de Catalunya.

Our thanks to Telefónica Movistar for hosting the event and to 22@Barcelona and Reitek for the fantastic support as a Premium Sponsor.

is the new productive heart of Barcelona. Microsoft, Yahoo, General Electric, Sara Lee, American Express, T-Systems and Telefónica are just a few of the 300 or so companies setting up shop in the Innovation District, the most innovative area of Spain and Southern Europe.

Notwithstanding Barcelona’s reputation as a business-friendly city, the 22@Barcelona area also brings together elements that go a long way to explain its success in attracting innovative companies. Its location, in the center of Barcelona, means more than 4.4 million people can travel to it in less than an hour on public transport, while the infrastructure, which has an established fiber optic network, allows for healthy competition between telecommunications service providers. 22@Barcelona also offers public facilities custom designed for businesses, with elements of added value consisting of technology transfer centers, universities or incubation units.

The 22@Barcelona Project goal is to promote an international platform of reference in the creation and development of innovative companies that will serve as magnet to young entrepreneurs of all over the world and making of Barcelona an entrepreneur capital.

There is also a focus on the audiovisual sector, on information and communication technologies and biomedical and energy engineering. Opportunities exist for companies to communicate, through channels such as the ‘Asociacion de Empresas 22@Network’ (the 22@Network Business Partnership) which hosts regular networking events. The floor usage of 22@Barcelona is diverse, with areas set aside for residences, catering, hotels and public spaces.

Some projects of reference are the spaces of sector location the Media building will offer to innovative companies; 22@Barcelona contribution to Accel programme, that develops expansion plans for technology– based companies; the programmes giving support to the growth of companies and help to internationalization such as the creation of the international incubator in the Landing programme framework for the arrival of business initiatives; the 22@Interface Building, aimed to fulfil the needs of ICT small and medium– sized companies; future spaces of incubation and expansion of biocorporations; services aimed at facilitating the financing of innovative business initiatives.

MobileMonday Global Peer Awards 2007 is proud to welcome 22@Barcelona as a Premium Sponsor to our event.

You can download a pdf brochure with more information on the project here, please take the time to download and read about the opportunities 22@Barcelona offers to become part of the most innovative area of Spain and Southern Europe.

Vote for the most innovative local Mobile Start-up Company of 2006!

The official Spanish nomination registration is now open for companies to become a nominee and make it to the final of the MobileMonday Global Peer Awards 2007 in Barcelona on February 12 at Espacio Movistar. Any registered member of MobileMonday Barcelona can nominate a local start-up innovating different product / services / applications / technologies.

The nomination period will end January, 24 at 00:00 h. On day 25 we will publish the list of nominated innovative start-ups, and after that point all the community members will be able to vote for the Barcelona finalist at the Global Peer Awards.

For any of you wondering, the Spanish start-ups that have presented at MobileMonday Barcelona during 2006 are:

• Futurlink
• Daem Interactive
• Mobile Dreams Factory
• partyStrands/MyStrands

More information on the event program, the awards, how to subscribe, how to nominate a company, how to become a sponsor, venue, etc. at the MobileMonday Global Peer Award miniwebsite.

With the current registrations we are rapidly reaching capacity for Espacio Movistar. Please hurry and register for the event to avoid being left out!

Stay updated at MobileMonday Barcelona website for more news on the event!

The MobileMonday Global Peer Awards 2007 during the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona is being organized collaboratively by the MobileMonday community. Hosted by MoMo Barcelona, MoMo Italy, MoMo Helsinki, MoMo London and MoMo New York have also taken active roles. Invaluable additional support is provided by Barcelona Media, Ajuntament de Barcelona and CIDEM — Generalitat de Catalunya.

Our thanks to Telefónica Movistar for hosting the event and to 22@Barcelona for the fantastic support as a Premium Sponsor.