April Release: Let Them Have Phones
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 3, 2007
MEDIA CONTACT: Kathie Legg,
kathielegg@mobilemonday.net;
Julie Barko Germany,
juliegermany@mobilemonday.net;
IS YOUR CAMPUS REALLY WIRED!
A LOOK AT HOW MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CAN KEEP YOU SAFE ON CAMPUS, ORGANIZE YOUR STUDENT ACTIVITIES & MANAGE COURSEWORK
April 16
EVENT: Mobile Monday DC (http://www.mobilemonday-dc.com/), the local chapter of a global movement of technology professionals, announces its April event, "Let Them Have Mobile Phones," a look at how Rave Wireless is using mobile phones to improve student affairs, campus housing, and academic coursework.
WHEN: Monday, April 16, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: GWU's Marvin Center, Room 309
800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20052
COST: The event is free to the public. Members of the media are welcome to attend the event.
SPEAKERS: Raju Rishi, COO co-founder, Rave Wireless
SPONSORS: GW's Student Association, Daily Colonial, & Rave Wireless (www.ravewireless.com)
BACKGROUND:
If you think your campus is wired, think again. It's 2007. And campus Wi-Fi, a land line in your dorm room, e-mail alerts are so late-90s. What if you could access all of your campus essentials - course outlines, campus directory, email, campus security, etc. - from your cell phone?
Rave Wireless develops a variety of programs and applications for colleges and universities. The event speaker, Raju Rishi, will discuss how students, campus groups, professors - and even campus security - can use mobile phones to make your college campus a more wired, safer place. Some of those programs include:
• A GPS-based application that enables students, faculty and staff to view the exact location of campus shuttle busses right on their mobile phone. No more waiting in the rain and snow, no more wondering if there's time to grab that cup of coffee before the bus arrives.
• Targeted blast text messages (e.g., safety alerts for a specific residence hall)
• University-created groups where members can participate in group text messaging and polls (e.g., Chess Club)
• Faculty-created groups (e.g., Chemistry 201) that enable students, faculty and staff to view course alerts on their mobile phones, so they never miss a course announcement, even when they are on-the-go. These groups also allow faculty to integrate survey questions into their lectures, to which the students can text message a response in class - those responses are automatically tabulated and provided as a web page for faculty member to display results real-time in class
• Student-created groups (e.g., road trip to the Final Four).
• School email on the phone.
• Student and staff directory.
About MobileMonday
MobileMonday is a community of mobile professionals founded in 2000. The open community promotes the mobile industry and fosters cooperation and networking among industry people and their companies by providing opportunities for personal and virtual contacts.
Mobile Monday DC exposes Beltway-area professionals to new innovations in mobile technology, and it gives opportunities for political, government, technology, corporate, and non-profit professionals to meet each other and share ideas. While Mobile Monday DC is not exclusively devoted to politics, many events will introduce new ideas and tools that can be adapted by political professionals in Washington, DC, including those in the public policy, advocacy, non-profit, lobbying, and campaign communities.
About Rave Wireless
Rave Wireless is the leading provider of mobile applications and managed mobile phone services that improve communication, build community, and enhance academics and safety, all while allowing colleges and universities to transition away from costly and obsolete landlines. Rave Wireless creates a truly tailored mobile phone experience for students by providing award-winning applications that are layered upon discounted handsets and plans available through Rave Wireless's partnerships with top mobile carriers such as Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) and AT&T (NYSE:T).
Customers include Baruch College of the City University of New York, California State University Monterey Bay, Montclair State University, Quinnipiac University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of South Florida.
Rave Wireless is headquartered in New York, NY. Investors include Bain Capital Ventures, Sigma Partners, and RRE Ventures.
About Raju Rishi
Raju Rishi co-founded Rave Wireless in 2004 to unlock the potential of the mobile phone as a community-building, academic and safety tool for higher education. Raju leverages his knowledge of the complex relationships between wireless carriers, content providers, application providers and consumers gained over a career in telecommunications. His previous experiences include EVP Product Management & Strategy of Vettro and executive roles at Avaya/Lucent/AT&T, where he was responsible for architecture, international R&D, product management, sales, and marketing for mobility & IP products. Raju is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, three children and two dogs.
For more information on the global Mobile Monday movement, visit www.mobilemonday.net.
For more information about the local Mobile Monday DC chapter, visit http://www.mobilemonday-dc.com/.
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