Neuralitic has been selected by SAS for its expertise in the field of mobile data intelligence, to participate in a panel discussion on the topics of Social Media, Fraud and Analytics.

The panel will take place at the Canadian Telecom Summit on June 8 in Toronto . Stephen Kerwick, Vice-President, Marketing Science & Analytics will participate for Neuralitic and draw from his 15 years of experience with business intelligence solutions for mobile operators.

The panel will be moderated by Pat...

TORONTO, Canada, May 27, 2010 - International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a new study that profiles ten emerging companies to watch in Canada that are offering mobile/wireless solutions. The IDC study, 10 Canadian Mobile & Wireless Companies to Watch (IDC #CA2TIW10), provides insight into the companies' solutions, go-to-market strategies, partners, customers, and general trends in the mobile and wireless market and their impact on Canadian startups.

"There's some really cool...

3:45 PM -- Aepona Ltd. is having an interesting time of it.

The Irish specialist has been at the heart of service delivery platform (SDP) developments for a number of years now and has found itself a niche as a provider of technology that helps connect carrier networks with third-party application developers. And now it has a new round of funding to the tune of $10 million, courtesy of Toronto-based BlackBerry Partners Fund . (See Aepona Banks $10M.)

That money's going to help it develop its...

Aepona, the Belfast-based developer of a software engine that powers the "Network as a Service" (NaaS) business model for mobile operators, has just raised a $10M round, led by new investor BlackBerry Partners Fund, a Toronto-based global fund focused on applications, services and supporting infrastructure for mobile platforms.

Existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Polaris Ventures, Innovacom, Nordic Venture Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures also participated in the round.

The company...

The BlackBerry Partners Fund have led a $10M investment in UK-based Aepona. The company provides a software engine that powers the "Network as a Service" (NaaS) business model for mobile operators. Aepona allows carriers to monetize network and billing assets to open Mobile Cloud revenue opportunities. Aepona will help carriers monetize the services they provide such as messaging and voice, allowing them re-assert themselves in the app value chain.

More information about Aepona from their site.

As Michael Crossey puts it, it's ''buzzword bingo'' at Aepona, a Belfast software firm that has defied the economic gloom to complete a $10 million funding deal.

The firm last week brought in Blackberry Partners Fund, a Canadian firm with links to the Blackberry maker, as a new investor, while its existing backers also stumped up more cash in the fundraising drive.

They were attracted by the potential for Aepona's technology, which lets telecoms operators use their ''network as a service''...

Will operators really be able to make money by opening up network APIs to content and application developers? And if they do, will it be through the GSMA's OneAPI initiative?

These are the key questions that face operators who hold the line that they can become the intelligent pipe, adding value to applications by providing interfaces to advanced call control, messaging, location, billing or payment capabilities.

Michael Crossey, vp marketing of Aepona, whose technology sits behind the GSMA's...

Mobile software provider Aepona announced a new $10 million investment round led by BlackBerry Partners Fund, the $150 million venture capital fund formed to focus on mobile applications and services across Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform. Existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Polaris Ventures, Innovacom, Nordic Venture Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures also participated in the round. Aepona's Network-as-a-Service model promises mobile operators the tools to create new revenue...