Ixonos, a world leader in creating wireless technologies, software and solutions for mobile devices and services, with a special focus on providing inspiring user experiences, launches an App Agency. With the new solution, Ixonos offers its long-standing experience in designing and developing mobile services to its global clientele to help develop a comprehensive mobile strategy and an attractive mobile app offering for them.

“Mobile apps have developed into a major B2C and B2B business in a very short time, which means that app development services are in high demand. Ixonos is the first established, large-scale and globally operating company to offer its unique skills and extensive resources to deliver the quality and consistency required for successful apps,” says Antti Aumo, head of Ixonos’ Global Solutions.

Ixonos App Agency is a comprehensive solution that covers all aspects related to app development, from business consultancy to production, deployment and maintenance and all the way to analytics. “Surprisingly many companies are entering this business without an appropriate toolkit or a comprehensive plan. We are the first solution provider to offer a service that fully covers all the phases of the app development and deployment life-cycle,” comments Tiago Luchini, App Agency Solution Manager at Ixonos.

The App Agency clientele comprises companies in all industries looking for new business opportunities and success in mobile app ventures. Having been part of the mobile ecosystem for so long, Ixonos has the rare market understanding to help customers develop mobile strategies that address which phones, platforms and app stores they should focus their offering on to gain maximum impact. With solid technical understanding of all major platforms — iOS, Android, Symbian, Windows Phone and MeeGo – Ixonos helps develop mobile apps that offer consistent user and brand experiences. App Agency can handle localizations, version management for different platforms and app stores as well as offer full support for further development and hosting.

“Ixonos has been involved in the development of core mobile apps for major social-media, news and entertainment companies in all our operating regions: North America, Europe and Asia. We have the market understanding to deliver high-quality mobile solutions tailored to help our customers reach their target audience in multiple demographics,” explains CEO Kari Happonen.

For more information, please contact:

- Kari Happonen, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 700 761, kari.happonen/at/ixonos.com
- Antti Aumo, Vice President, Global Solutions, tel. +358 40 505 0477, antti.aumo/at/ixonos.com
- Tiago Luchini, App Agency Solution Manager, tel. +358 400 514 171, tiago.luchini/at/ixonos.com
- Laszlo Gaspar, National Sales Manager, USA, tel. +1 310 930 5597, laszlo.gaspar/at/ixonos.com
- Roope Suomalainen, Director, tel. +44 7717 823 707, roope.suomalainen/at/ixonos.com

Links:
- Follow Ixonos on Twitter and YouTube.

Ixonos, a world leader in creating wireless technologies, software and solutions for mobile devices and services, has licensed Qualcomm’s chipset technology, which enables the design and development of a variety of connected Android devices to be delivered to the company’s global clientele as turnkey development projects. The use of Qualcomm’s technology enables Ixonos to efficiently and quickly develop connected devices for the vigorous market, where numerous device manufacturers have picked out Qualcomm and Android as their chosen platforms.

“We have chosen Qualcomm’s chipsets as one of the key platforms for developing smartphones and other next-generation connected devices because of their maturity and strong Android integration”, says Ixonos Group’s President and CEO, Kari Happonen. “We also continue to deliver devices based on other chipsets from leading vendors such as Intel, Texas Instruments and ST-Ericsson, based on the preferences of our corporate clients”, Happonen continues.

Ixonos is committed to developing partnerships with leading technology vendors into mutually beneficial long-term relationships which drive the wireless industry forward. “We see the Qualcomm license agreement as a great opportunity for Ixonos to become a leading device creation R&D service provider for Android on Qualcomm chipsets”, Happonen says.

“We are already working on our first Qualcomm reference designs and have full capability to offer our customers a full product road map of Qualcomm-based Android devices”, says Folkert Wierda, head of Ixonos Device Creation Centre. “Existing and new device-manufacturer and operator customers as well as any company looking for a device creation R&D partner can turn to us for faster time-to-market and high-quality connected devices designed to deliver superior user experiences.”

Ixonos expects the first devices designed on Qualcomm’s chips to ship during the first half of 2012. As support for every major operating system comes standard on Qualcomm’s chipsets, Ixonos plans to utilize them also on devices based on MeeGo and other open source OSs in the future.

For more information, please contact:

- Kari Happonen, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 700 761, kari.happonen/at/ixonos.com
- Folkert Wierda, Vice President, Device Creation Centre, tel. +358 50 305 7711, folkert.wierda/at/ixonos.com

Links:
- Follow Ixonos on Twitter and YouTube
- Qualcomm’s website

Ixonos, a world leader in creating wireless technologies, software and solutions for mobile devices and services, joins the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) to develop sophisticated in-vehicle connectivity solutions. The consortium was launched in February 2011 by eleven companies, including major vehicle manufacturers and consumer electronics makers.

Ixonos has longstanding experience in designing and developing connected devices as well as mobile and web services. Extending this experience into the automotive industry is a logical next step for the company. “Some three dozen of our experts have already been working with Terminal Mode-related solutions in the past 18 months”, says Roope Suomalainen, Director at Ixonos and representative in the CCC’s Ecosystem workgroup.

Terminal Mode is designed to become an industry standard for connecting mobile devices to vehicles. By connecting in-car systems such as digital displays, controls and car audio systems with mobile devices, consumers can effortlessly use Internet services ‘hands free’ via the car’s in-built controls. Terminal Mode opens up a host of new opportunities for developing innovative informative and entertainment applications for consumers. It can, for example, enable car manufacturers and consumers to gain valuable information about the car’s performance and consumers’ driving habits. “Ixonos has been a key player in enabling these future possibilities by already implementing Terminal Mode on several operating systems, with the development work on Android currently in progress”, Suomalainen continues.

“Another major benefit of Terminal Mode to consumers is that the standard includes a certification process which ensures that any phone and car supporting the standard will work together. There will be plenty of both!”, comments Damien De Maya, Program Manager, Automotive, from Ixonos and representative in the CCC’s Technical working group and Certification working group.

Through its involvement in the consortium, Ixonos expects to gain new contacts and potential cooperation partners in the automotive and related industries. “Ixonos is an optimal development partner for companies developing in-vehicle services. With our user experience design capabilities, we can, for example, help create useful applications and services that are specially designed to minimize driver distraction”, says SVP Kari Liuska from Ixonos. “Furthermore, with full device creation capability, we can design and implement for our customers connected devices that are fully compatible with the new industry standards that are being developed”, he adds.

Ixonos’ unique experience in the world of mobility translates into tangible benefits, such as faster time-to-market for our customer companies’ services and products and unparalleled user experiences for consumers.

For more information, please contact:
Ixonos:

• Kari Liuska, Senior Vice President, tel. +358 40 756 0285, kari.liuska/at/ixonos.com

• Antti Aumo, Vice President, Global Solutions, tel. +358 40 505 0477, antti.aumo/at/ixonos.com

• Roope Suomalainen, Director, tel. +44 7717 823 707, roope.suomalainen/at/ixonos.com

• Damien De Maya, Program Manager, Automotive, tel. +358 400 287 692, damien.demaya/at/ixonos.com

Links:

• Follow Ixonos on Twitter and YouTube

• Car Connectivity Consortium

Ixonos, a world leader in creating wireless technologies, mobile devices, services and software, has delivered to Intel a broad user experience design project, a mobile AppUp Store. The comprehensive application store project entailed the creation of a full UX strategy for mobiles as well as concept creation, delivery of detailed designs, a working demo and UX design guidelines.

“We delivered to Intel a comprehensive mobile strategy that addresses the different variables affecting the ecosystem now and in the foreseeable future”, explains Sami Paihonen, head of the User Experience Design Centre at Ixonos. “A thorough analysis of the current market situation, competition and technology allowed our UX team to innovate a concept for a superior app store where consumers can use social networking features to interact and share experiences with one another.”

Industry analysts, Gartner and Forrester for example, estimate a ten-fold growth in the mobile apps domain in the next few years. “We are proud to help some of the forerunners in this industry become the innovation leaders in the mobile apps domain,” says Ixonos Group’s President and CEO, Kari Happonen. Ixonos has over a decade of experience in designing, developing and delivering services for some of the world’s largest developer communities and app stores. “The successful delivery of this project proves Ixonos’ ability to combine deep technological understanding with the demands for astounding user experiences,” Happonen adds.

“We see tremendous growth opportunities in mobile apps and the app store business as well as a clear trend of creating boutique app stores to complement major, global app stores, such as Apple’s App Store, the Android Market and Ovi Store,” says Antti Aumo, head of Global Solutions at Ixonos. “Employing the full width of Ixonos’ services provided by the Device Creation Centre, the User Experience Design Centre and the Managed Services Centre, we have the capability to deliver app stores as fully-managed turnkey deliverables that encompass the whole app store life cycle”, he continues.

Device manufacturers, chipset vendors, operators and media conglomerates as well as any other companies interested in launching a boutique app store will find Ixonos an optimal partner for the pioneering experience in app store design and development. This experience translates into tangible benefits, such as faster time-to-market for our customers and great user experiences for consumers.

For more information, please contact:

• Kari Happonen, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 700 761, kari.happonen/at/ixonos.com
• Sami Paihonen, Vice President, User Experience Design Centre, tel. +358 50 502 1111, sami.paihonen/at/ixonos.com
• Antti Aumo, Vice President, Global Solutions, tel. +358 40 505 0477, antti.aumo/at/ixonos.com

Links:
• Follow Ixonos on Twitter and YouTube
• Intel’s website

Ixonos, a world leader in creating wireless technologies, mobile devices, services and software, with a special focus on providing inspiring user experiences, has established a branch office in Seoul, South Korea. The purpose of the new office is to serve as a customer interface, sales office and technical support for the company’s client operations in the region, both with existing and new customers.

“Establishing a new sales interface is aligned with Ixonos’ strategic efforts to expand our business globally and supports our heightened sales efforts towards internationally operating companies within the connected devices domain,” says Ixonos Group’s President and CEO Kari Happonen.

The office in Korea is part of Ixonos’ APAC area operations, headed by Vice President Tomi Kyllönen from Beijing. Ixonos has two service centres in China and the company recently expanded its Device Creation Centre’s operations to work alongside the site in Beijing.

“We see a lot of promising potential in the APAC region. This is a significant growth market for smart devices and many leading device manufactures focus their R&D activities to the region”, says Kyllönen. “While the office in Korea serves a strong sales role, it is our Beijing service centre where the turnkey projects combining both our device creation and user experience design services will be carried out”, he explains.

Ixonos contact person in Korea is Country Manager Seongman Yu, who joined Ixonos earlier in 2011. The operating address is: Ixonos Korea, 6F, Housing Center, 45-11 Yeoido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-736 South Korea.

For more information, please contact:

Kari Happonen, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 700 761, kari.happonen/at/ixonos.com
Tomi Kyllönen, Vice President, APAC Region, tel. +86 1346 632 4701, tomi.kyllonen/at/ixonos.com
Seongman Yu, Korea Country Manager, tel. +82 10 4737 5021, seongman.yu/at/ixonos.com