ShowStoppers partners with Telecom Council to introduce telecom startups
PALO ALTO, CA. and AUSTIN, TX., 22 Sept. 2010 – ShowStoppers is partnering with the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley to introduce to the press young telecom companies that compete for the 2011 SPIFFY Awards.
The Service Provider Forum (SPIF) of the Telecom Council selects SPIFFY nominees from more than 100 startups each year. More than 20 global carriers with over 2 billion subscribers vote for winners in eight categories focused on innovation, engineering excellence, disruptive technologies, communication solutions, fixed and mobile opportunities, and contributions to the future of telecom.
The Telecom Council will introduce the nominees to journalists and selected bloggers attending the fourth-annual edition of ShowStoppers @ Mobile World Congress, 13 Feb. 2011, in Barcelona. SPIFFY winners will be announced later that February.
Startup winners of the 2010 SPIFFY awards included Lithium Technologies, Cooliris, Funambol, Micro Power, Edgewater Networks, Gogobeans and 4Home. In addition, Verizon was cited as the “Most Supportive Carrier.”
About ShowStoppers @ Mobile World Congress
ShowStoppers @ Mobile World Congress is the press event for the wireless world, where mobile leaders, innovators, award winners, visionaries, startups, upstarts and studios showcase all things mobile and wireless – apps, handsets, devices, technologies, software, and services.
The event organizes product introductions, sneak previews and demonstrations for hundreds of selected journalists, bloggers, industry and financial analysts, venture capitalists and business executives.
About the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley
The Telecom Council, http://telecomcouncil.com, is an association that connects decision makers across the entire telecom ecosystem — big and small, fixed and wireless — with each other. This executive and influential group fuels the industry’s research, capital, and human expertise – it’s Where Telecom Meets Innovation. The telecom industry in Silicon Valley continues to grow, and now includes over 1,000 telecom companies, employs over 100,000 people, and attracts over 1/3 of all U.S. telecom venture capital investments – more than twice the investments from any other single area in the U.S.. We have over 25 globally significant telcos — a direct pipeline to over 2 billion subscribers, billions of VC capital, scores of start-ups, the world’s portal giants, and ample ancillary service providers — nowhere else in the world are so many powerful telecom people in one place. The Council exists to provide an arena to this telecom hub to Connect, Communicate and Collaborate.
About ShowStoppers
Now in its 18th year, ShowStoppers, http://www.showstoppers.com, is the global leader in producing press and business events. Industry leaders, innovators, startups and upstart companies exhibit during the year at ShowStoppers events to help generate news coverage and product reviews, make new connections, promote brand, and open new markets.