Volantis, a supplier of Intelligent Content Adaptation solutions for the mobile Internet won over five, short-listed nominees, by a judging panel of 400 of the mobile content world’s respected executives, covering all aspects of the industry to be named “Best Publishing Platform” at last week’s ME Awards 2008. Volantis’ mobile Internet service, Ubik.com (www.ubik.com) was receipient of the award at The Royal Garden Hotel in London on September 25 , which brought together the key players of the mobile content world to celebrate industry excellence. The ME Awards event, which rewards creativity, innovation and those who work in the mobile sector, attracted nearly 400 delegates from over 120 companies in media, technology and entertainment around the world. The wide range of categories covered all aspects of the mobile entertainment space, including software, hardware and B2B applications.
After receiving the award, Volantis co-founder and CEO Mark Watson said: “This is the best form of validation since it comes from our peers. It shows how powerful Ubik.com can be for small businesses and individuals who are on the cutting edge of the mobile Web.”
“The mobile content market has had another blistering year, turbo-charged by a collective drive to take mobile rich media into the mainstream,” said Tim Green, executive editor of Mobile Entertainment magazine. “We’re delighted that nearly 400 execs came together to help us celebrate the industry’s amazing progress. Congratulations to all the winners.”
Ubik.com is part of the Volantis strategy to democratize the mobile Web for developers, small businesses and consumers. Both Volantis and Ubik.com provide free solutions that automatically adapt to the complexity of the non-PC device world: Volantis offers its Mobility Server for enterprise developers, and Ubik.com provides the Mobilizer for small businesses and consumers. With these tools, companies of any size and individuals can easily build a mobile-optimized Web site.
Ubik.com and AdMob, winner of “Best Advertising & Marketing Company” ME Awards 2008, are working together to enable Ubik.com users to opt-in to advertisements from AdMob on their sites.
