Vodafone, Nokia and RIM bosses meet at OMS in London to talk App Stores

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the App store battle heats up, the key players in the fast-emerging open mobile ecosystem are meeting in London, June 10-11, at the Open Mobile Summit.

With the Nokia Ovi store launch imminent, and Vodafone�s recent announcement of plans to launch an App store, sparks may fly at the �App Store: Fad or Future?� panel on June 11th. Featuring � amongst others - Pieter Knook, Director Internet Services at Vodafone and George Linardos VP Product at Nokia. RIM Senior VP Alan Brenner, responsible for the Blackberry Store is also keynoting the event on June 10th.

The Open Mobile Summit explores the move to open the mobile value chain, and deliver mobile as a mass media. Taking place 10-11th June at the Thistle Marble Arch, The Open Mobile Summit features heavyweight speakers from both the wireless establishment � mobile operators, handset manufacturers and software players � as well as Internet and media giants, mobile web and advertising execs.

�As the mobile Internet opportunity looms large, major players from across the mobile and media industries are repositioning to take advantage� said Robin Batt, Executive Producer of the Open Mobile Summit �The competitive landscape is changing so fast and so fundamentally, it�s hard to know exactly where the value is going to lie.�

At the heart of this is a battle to become the defacto open platform for application innovation � with device manufacturers, carriers, wireless software and Internet giants competing to attract application developers� attention.�

The Open Mobile Summit conference explores the strategies and �open� initiatives of all of the players and identifies which companies will dominate in the new world order.

As well as exploring the changing dynamics for content, media and advertising players as we enter the age of mobile as a mass media.

Companies already participating include: Google, Yahoo!, Ogilvy, O2 / Telefonica, T-Mobile, Motorola, LG, Acer, Glu, DigitalChocolate, Nokia, Symbian, LiMo, WindRiver, ChinaMobile, ChinaUnicom, ACCESS, AnalysysMason, 3, Orange / France Telecom, Fjord, Accel, Handmark, Bango, Taptu, JumpTap, TeliaSonera, Qualcomm, BT, Truphone, openmoko, Omniphone, GSMA, Disney, OMTP, w3c, BBC, Opera.

Tickets are available at http://www.openmobilesummit.com

About Open Mobile Media Ltd

The Open Mobile Summit is produced by Open Mobile Media Ltd. an independent group founded by communications industry consultant Robin Batt.