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Design Competition 2008
CAT-iq blog
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Registration for Participants Closes on September 19, 2008
Berne, Switzerland, September 9, 2008. The DECT Forum, the worldwide association of the home communication industry, announces the closing of the registration for the CAT-iq Design Competition on September 19, 2008.
Design students from all over the world can win cash-prizes as well as market or licence their great ideas to leading companies of the home communication industry.
“The communication business changes dramatically. We call it overall IP communication. With your participation in the CAT-iq Design Competition you have the opportunity to shape the future of home communication. With some luck you can win attractive cash-prizes. But even more, since the
leading global industry players follow this competition very closely, the best ideas have a great chance to be manufactured and seen soon as innovative products on the market, in stores all over the world”, says Erich Kamperschroer, Chairman of the DECT Forum.
The CAT-iq Design Competition addresses two general categories:
- Leading-edge Products for broadband home communication
and/or
- Innovative and useful Services for broadband home communication
CAT-iq Student Design Competition Prizes:
First prize: 10,000 €
Second prize: 5,000 €
Third runner-up prize: 1,000 €
CAT-iq Student Design Competition Checklist:
Close of registration: September 19, 2008.
Submission of entries: October 10, 2008.
Announcement of winners: November 14, 2008.
More information, registration, contacts at: www.catiqdesigncompetition.org
About CAT-iq:
CAT-iq, the global technology platform for wireless communication, is the successor of the reliable DECT standard. CAT-iq is designed for the next generation of IP networks, operates in a protected frequency band and is available in almost every region of the world. The most important benefits of the CAT-iq technology are:
full in-house IP connectivity, applicable for CD quality audio and radio, widescreen messaging, intelligent device management and remote control, real plug and play, and energy saving.
About DECT Forum
The DECT Forum and Jakajima arrange the Design Competition. The DECT Forum, located in Berne, Switzerland, is the international industry association representing the worldwide home communication industry. Jury members of the Design competition are: Vincent Buet (Philips), Pieter Hermans (Jakajima), Erich Kamperschroer (DECT Forum), Nicholas Rhodes (St. Martins College London), Erik Stridbaek (Polycom),
Sofia Svanteson (Ocean Observations), Lesley Taylor (SGW Europe), C.H. Tong (VTech).
For more information please visit: www.dect.org, www.cat-iq.org, www.catiqdesigncompetition.org
About Jakajima
Jakajima is an independent market intelligence and innovation company for the telecom, ICT, and consumer-electronics trade chain. Jakajima is based in Nuenen, Netherlands. Please read more at www.jakajima.eu.
Contact:
DECT Forum – Press Office
Roland Schmidt
Phone: +49 30 2345 9717
Fax: +49 30 2345 9718
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