China Mobile Research Institute hosted the award ceremony in Beijing. In his speech, Bill Huang, General Manager of the institute expressed hopes for greater collaboration, especially amongst the small and medium enterprises, to enable to creation of greater social utility and economic value.

The competition attracted wide interest from industry leaders in wireless technologies and is a positive step in encouraging further innovation in China. A further sign of interest in the Chinese market can be seen in the presence of Taiwanese companies at the award event, observing the new initiatives from their Chinese counterparts.

In their acceptance speech (in Mandarin), tenCube shared about their efforts to enhance mobile security through their flagship product, WaveSecure. This allows a user to protect data on their phone, track the phone’s location, and even remote-wipe the data stored, if the phone cannot be retrived. The popularity of WaveSecure reflects how well they have read the market’s demand for increased security–as they shared in Beijing, while the price of smartphones will continue to fall, the value of the devices will grow as consumers increasingly rely on them to manage their lives, and will therefore require greater control over what is stored on their phones.

SGE congratulates tenCube on their latest achievement. We believe that this is another step in the company gaining international recognition and increased traction. In the past six months, the company has attracted much attention with its flagship product, WaveSecure, winning the Google Android Challenge 2 in November 2009, as well as One97, India’s leading telecom applications service provider, making its announcement of making a strategic investment earlier in 2010. Given that this is only May, what else could be in store for this five-year old company? Watch this space!

(WaveSecure was also recently featured on Fox 25, where it was revealed that prostitutes and pimps were using the product to erase data when caught by police!)

Show Notes on This Week in Asia:

• Samsung Developer Event in Zouk, Singapore: A short account on the event as Daniel and BL attended the event, and also there is an announcement on a competition or hackathon for development in March (We will put up more details once Samsung sends us the information).
• The Google Showdown with China: The press statement from Google on their decision to stop censorship on their search results and taking on the Chinese government to the extent that they might have to shut down their offices in China, sends out major ripples to the whole of Asia. We hear different views (George Godula – who is coming as a guest on our show in the coming week, BL and Tangos Chan) on the issue and the official response from the Chinese government (Source: BBC News).
• Yahoo! Southeast Asia and Friendster Partnership: The crew examine the impact of the Yahoo! Southeast Asia and Friendster partnership.
• Korea Authorities Slammed for ‘Myopic’ Approach to Wireless Banking Security: Gen Kanai and the TWIA crew discuss the adoption of the SEED protocol (a block cipher developed by the Korean Information Security Agency) and the consequence of monoculture in the Korean Internet space that does not support mobile banking on iPhones or in any browser other than Internet Explorer.
• East Asia Internet as a whole: The crew and Gen Kanai discuss about the trends and observations about the web-tech in East Asia and surprisingly, Google is not dominant in the East Asia markets. Additional References: Japan Mobile Social Networking Statistics
• The Future of Technology is: BL narrates the HP event “The Future Is” and talks about the “Blog a Trend” competition open for Singaporeans.

On the whole, looking at how TenCube has evolved this year, they have made a lot of headway in both Google Android and Nokia Ovi, despite they are being shut out of the iPhone platform because of similar iPhone features. With their win in Google Android Challenge, TenCube is also now a Finalist at GSMA’s prestigious Asia Mobile Awards based on their work in partnership with mobile operators such as SingTel. TenCube has also acquired accolades over the year
like the overall champion of the Mobile Monday Peer Awards in Singapore, and the first runner-up in NAVTEQ’s global LBS challenge.

As of today from TenCube, the product WaveSecure has protected more than a 0.25M users in more than 130 countries. The product was originally designed for military and police use, WaveSecure has continuously been developed over the past 4 years with 7 releases and has 2 international patents. First launched in 2007 for consumers on Symbian and Windows Mobile Smartphones, the WaveSecure’s latest release for Android platform is now available on the Android Market.

SGE has covered TenCube and are happy on their achievements over this turbulent year of 2009. We wish them all the best and hope that they will make more headway in the coming year.

Now Android users will no longer have to lament the lack of a complete device and data security application for them. Responding to numerous requests from individual users and mobile operators, tenCube, the company behind the award-winning WaveSecure application, has now made the app available for Android users.

As WaveSecure for Android is currently in Beta, it is free for all to use. Users who download the beta during this period will continue to be able to enjoy the application permanently. That is an excellent way to get users on board early. They are also seeking your feedback while using the application!

To download the app, search for ‘wsandroid‘ or ‘wavesecure’ in the Android marketplace. Or alternatively, scan the bar code to the right.

TAWA Networking Forum is a series of high-tea style networking event whereby young professionals and students passionate about wireless technology will come together to share their knowledge and opinions on trends and issues in the wireless sector. The main objective of the TAWA Networking Forum is to foster stronger ties between education institutions and the private sector.

Details of the event:
Date: Saturday, 27th September 2008
Time: 2.00 pm
Venue: NTU@one-north
Theme: Wireless Security in Singapore
Invited speakers: Mr Ken Chua, CEO of iCELL Network & Mr Paddy Tan, CEO of BAK2u
Panel Chairperson: Mr Roderick Chia, VP Strategic Projects of Infocomm Asia Holdings

Be ready to meet up with other enthusiastic, technology-savvy people and have a fun, fruitful networking session!

This is the opportunity that cannot be missed! Sign up for the first TAWA Networking forum here.

Visit www.tawa.sg for more details.

For immediate press release – BAK2u Pte Ltd releases Mobile Security Software that protects Blackberry Device & Companies. Companies risk losing competitive edge through stolen BlackBerry devices.

Employees are risking themselves and their employers when they lost their BlackBerry to theft with loads of sensitive information in it that gives free access to bank account numbers, credit cards, project details, videos, photos, text messages and even emails to the public or competitors!

PhoneBAK BB (WipeOut) is the latest mobile security software from BAK2u Pte Ltd that wipes out all information and reports back the identity and location of the thief!

PhoneBAK BB (WipeOut) helps owner track down the thief through alert SMS text, email, IMEI*, IMSI* and even thief’s contact number when the device is stolen. The mobile security software also assist in wiping out all sensitive information (Contacts, Categories, Emails, Phone Logs, Events, Memos, To Do Lists, Home User Subfolders ) simply with a trigger to the stolen device.

About: BAK2u Pte Ltd is a leading startup from Singapore that develops mobile security solutions (patent-pending) to protect clients’ communication devices and sensitive information; identification of thief via contact number, location, IP address, machine serial number and even video of the perpetrator. BAK2u protects iPhone, PDA phone, mobile phone, laptop, digital camera, iPod,
External hard drive, USB Flash Drives etc. PhoneBAK BB (WipeOut) is now available as a standalone program in BAK2u.com and 28 other countries.

If you’d like more information about this software, please call Charlene Pan at +65 63376541 or e-mail sales(at)bak2u.com

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