Red Herring Releases List of Finalists for the Red Herring 100 Global Awards 2007
The Most Promising Private Technology Ventures in the World to be Celebrated at Event in Seattle, Washington.
San Francisco, CA, November 15, 2007 – Red Herring Magazine announced today that Ubiquisys has been short listed for the Red Herring 100 Global 2007 Awards.
Red Herring 100 winners and finalists from North America, Europe and Asia of the last three years were eligible for this award. The Red Herring editorial team used a very competitive process to whittle down this pool of 1800 eligible promising companies to the 200 finalists of this first-time award. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration.
"The 200 finalists we selected from around the world are all excellent contenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "They are exceptional companies with smart and innovative platforms that attest to the importance of technology in today’s global economy.”
Ubiquisys have made the final group because of its outstanding achievements, and Red Herring Magazine is honored to announce it is one of the most promising technology firms in the world.
“Femtocells change the economics of mobile communications for operators, transform the mobile experience for consumers and are proving to be a captivating proposition for the market. 2007 has been a whirlwind year for Ubiquisys with our product reaching commercial maturity, 8 ongoing operator trials and an investment from Google.” said Chris Gilbert, Ubiquisys’ CEO. “We are proud to have received this recognition from Red Herring for our pioneering work in the femtocell industry.”
The finalists companies will be celebrated at the Red Herring Global event in Seattle, WA, on December 3-5. The 100 winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony on December 4.
Red Herring Global is an exclusive event honoring cutting-edge private technology companies from across the world. The event brings together an elite roster of entrepreneurial and global venture investment firms to showcase excellence in innovation. It features keynote discussions, roundtable panels and networking events designed for participants to make connections and learn what it takes to achieve the best worldwide in business and technology.
Distinguished speakers at Red Herring Global include Bruce Jaffe, Corporate VP at Microsoft; Promod Haque at Norwest Venture Partners; David Chao, Cofounder and General Partner, DCM; among others.
About Red Herring Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology research, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.
About Ubiquisys Ltd Ubiquisys is a privately owned communications company formed in 2004 to bring the ground breaking ZoneGate femtocell technology to market. The ZoneGate 3G access point is a small plug-and-play device that simply and seamlessly connects to a user's broadband gateway or becomes an integrated module as part of a comprehensive residential gateway device. The system is network connectivity agnostic, supporting multiple interfaces to the operator’s core network. The ZoneGate access point is remotely managed and updated using standard TR-069 management systems. ZoneGate enables mobile operators to extend 3G coverage in an extremely targeted way, reduce deployment costs, generate new revenue streams and speed up fixed-mobile substitution. The company is funded by Accel Partners, Advent Venture Partners, Atlas Venture and Google. Ubiquisys also was recently named a Red Herring Europe 100 Winner. For more information, visit www.ubiquisys.com.
Contact at Finalist Company: Ed Howson Temono – Telecoms PR for Ubiquisys Tel: +44 7740173051 Email: ed.howson@temono.com
Contact at Red Herring Jordy Brazier Senior Manager, Red Herring Global Tel: +1 650 585 3524 Email: jbrazier@redherring.com
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