Posted: 20 February 2006
UCD Spin-off ChangingWorlds' Wins DHL Exporter of the Year 2005 Award
ChangingWorlds, a spin-off company from UCD’s School of Computer Science and Informatics has been chosen as the overall winner of the DHL Exporter of the Year 2005 Award. The company is a leading provider of intelligent mobile communication portals and personalisation technology that is deployed by 30 leading mobile network companies worldwide including Vodafone, O2, and Swisscom Mobile.
Luke Conroy, CEO, ChangingWorlds and Michéal Martin, TD,
Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Michéal Martin, TD, formally presented ChangingWorlds with a specially commissioned trophy, EUR5,000 worth of international shipments and a EUR10,000 cheque towards its overseas marketing programme.
ChangingWorlds, founded in 1999 by Professor Barry Smyth and Paul Cotter to commercialise research carried out at UCD, recently located an R&D team at NovaUCD in order to develop a pipeline of mobile technology products in close collaboration with researchers in the School of Computer Science and Informatics.
ChangingWorlds' ClixSmartTM advanced personalization technology improves the usability of mobile portals by building up a profile for each individual subscriber and automatically adapting the mobile operator's standard service menu to suit the user's changing interests.
ChangingWorlds' ClixSmartTM Intelligent Portal Platforms increase mobile data revenue for operators and are used by more than 30 leading mobile network companies worldwide including Vodafone, O2, TeliaSonera, Swisscom Mobile and Mobilkom groups. ChangingWorlds exports its technology to 30 countries and generates over 90 percent of its annual revenue from export sales.
Headquartered in Leopardstown, Dublin, ChangingWorlds has recently opened new offices in San Francisco, USA, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to support its business development activities in North America and Asia respectively. The company employs over 70 staff.
ChangingWorlds was awarded the title of DHL Exporter of the Year 2005 in recognition of its ability to develop innovative technologies that are being used by some of the world's biggest mobile operators.