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One of the innovative highlights at MWC for this analyst was location-aware messaging, as demonstrated by Comverse. Mashing-up location with many forms of mobile messaging has many practical benefits. For example, mobile users can receive a map of the real-time location of the person sending them a voice, text or multimedia message.

When augmented reality mixes with social networking, one result is the ability to empower a user to point a handset camera at a friend and then click to see the person’s social networking links (like Facebook), to send messages and more. Filed from Mobile World Congress, this article includes an embedded video of the service in action — recorded live on the spot at the industry event.

Daphna Steinmetz, Chief Innovation Officer for Comverse, is prominently quoted in this article about the promise and the possible downsides of augmented reality, which overlays facts and figures from the Internet and other sources onto the real world to create a combined image rich in functional benefits. Steinmetz discusses current research in her laboratories regarding augmented reality mobile applications.

Pushpendra Mankad, Senior Vice President of Comverse, Asia talks about the new VAS offerings and the potential of the Indian VAS market in a one-on-one interview with CIOL.