Mobile apps - state of Play - Appalliance

Information and Communication Technology

10/10 rencontre cluster TWIST

Agoria.be/appalliance

Tanguy De Lestré@appalliancebe

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APPS?

Re-imagination of computing devices

THEN NOW(desktops/notebooks) (tablets/smartphones)

Appification

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Mobile devices are selling big time

Source : Enders analysis

Users love apps

Emerging devices

Smartwatch growing 0,3 millionto 5 million in 2014 (Canalys)

vorig jaar naar ruim 5 miljoen exemplaren in 2014.

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400 million people predicted to have Smart TVs by 2016 (his screen digest)

vorig jaar naar ruim 5 miljoen exemplaren in 2014.

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10 million media playerspowering 22 million digital signage screens by 2015 (Intel)vorig jaar naar ruim 5 miljoen

exemplaren in 2014.

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App Alliance?

Launch

• Launch at Belgian booth Mobile World Congress (February 2013)

Mission• The Agoria App has Alliance been set

up to support the relatively new sector of (mobile) applications and to provide a bridge between companies that want to develop an application and these new app companies.

• The Agoria App Alliance aims to create an exchange platform between ICT companies and App development companies. (as part of Agoria ICT)

Target• App Developer companies• Companies interested in Apps• Companies interested in servicing App developers

Needs identified• App Developer companies:

– I want business and be considered as a serious company

• Companies interested in Apps: – Can you give me a list of companies? How can I develop

an app?

• Companies interested in servicing Appdevelopers

– I want to present and interact with app devs

Start to APP infosession/training

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• Starting mid-September a series of trainings and work sessions will be organized around Mobile apps directed to companies that are searching how to have a mobile presence. This presentation will focus on the different steps to take into account when starting an APP project: stats, what is an APP, Mobile APP project elements, the app development team, lean app development cycle, app alliance

Agenda

• 10/10 Business Development Cluster TWIST• 16/10 APP Alliance WG meeting • 22/10 BD session “Apps in the industry”• 22/10 Starttoapp Focus healthcare• 04/11 Mobile policy • 05/11 Mobileconvention Brussels• 13/11 Starttoapp in Brussels• 20/11 APP Alliance WG meeting on testing• 27/11 BD session “APPS in m-health

Communication channel 1

• Agoria.be/appalliance

Communication channel 2

• Mobile app : App Alliance• Includes detailled who’s who

Communication channel 3

• Twitter @appalliancebe

Contact

• Tanguy De Lestré• Business Development Manager• Information and Communication Technology•• AGORIA• Diamant Building• A. Reyers Ln 80• B-1030 Brussel• T: +32 2 706 7992, M: +32 486 38 46 18• tanguy.delestre@agoria.be - www.agoria.be @tdelestre