Scots fly the flag at 3GSM in Barcelona

It's off to 3GSM for forty Scottish wireless and mobile specialist companies in Barcelona this week.

The companies, drawn from a wide range of disciplines within the fast-growing sector, will be at 3GSM to make contacts, do deals and develop their understanding of new market and product developments in one of the world's fastest-growing technology sectors.

They will be supported by Wireless Innovation, Scotland's national initiative for wireless and mobile technology. Operated by Innovation Centres (Scotland )Ltd) (ICS), Wireless Innovation plays a key role in providing business development, market intelligence and product development support to more than 130 companies across Scotland.

 "The key aim for many of the companies will be to meet existing and potential clients, as well as to track market trends in a sector which continues to grow rapidly," said David Reilly, of Wireless Innovation. "We shall be supporting the companies, to make sure they meet the right people, find out what's going on in the industry globally, and how this might have an impact on their business. We shall also be showcasing technology on behalf of several smaller Scottish companies."

Some of the exciting Scottish developments at 3GSM include:

• The Miser service', a unique high street shopping aid providing locally redeemable discount and deal vouchers, direct to mobile.
• Traceall, specialists in the asset tracking industry are launching their 4-in-1 service at 3GSM 2007. This real-time service allows companies to track temperature, location and time (and the correlation between these) for the Logistics, Risk Management, Food and Drink and Oil and Gas Industry; all in a black box not much bigger than a mobile phone.
• Forms 4 PDA, launching a sleek automated forms service for PDAs and smartphones at 3GSM, offers a real form of business convergence. Using automated forms, this service speeds up the ability to communicate and transfer data within a business, securely, in line with individual CRM requirements.

Wireless Innovation enjoys partnership relationships with key organisations including BT, Nokia, Oracle, Cisco and T-Mobile. These relationships help Wireless Innovation's client companies to "get in front of" major corporate players at an early stage of their development.

"There are a great number of developments in wireless and mobile, with new products and applications reaching the market that will offer enormous opportunities from Scottish companies. 3GSM gives us all the opportunity to gain an unparalleled insight into what's happening out there in the market," added David Reilly.

"We hope that 3GSM will bring Scottish companies more contacts, more ideas and above all, more deals."