The document summarizes the history of mobile technology in Estonia and the current mobile startup ecosystem. It describes how Estonia first implemented mobile networks in 1991 after the fall of the Soviet Union, and has since developed mobile internet capabilities and mobile ID voting. The summary also outlines the growth of startup support structures in Estonia such as Garage48, MoMo Estonia, and investment funds, and notes some successful Estonian mobile startups like Fortumo and TaxiPal.

1. Mobile Monday Baltics
Nokia QT Training
8.-9. December, Riga
December 8, 2010

2. Schedule
18:00 - 18:20 Mikael Stendahl, Nokia
18:20 - 18:40 Werner Blessing BIOMETRY.com
18:40 - 18:55 Priit Salumaa, MoMo Estonia
18:55 - 19:15 Refreshment break
19:15 - 19:30 Juris Kaza, Latvian journalist
19:30 - 19:45 Algirdas Stonys, TeleSoftas
19:45 - 20:15 "App-Wars - Clash of the Titans"
20:15 - ... Networking and drinks as usual

3. Mobile in Estonia, What's Up?
December 8, 2010

4. Ancient History
E s to nia R es t O f Wo rld
1941-44 – wide scale
1940
radio telephony in use
(in German tanks) 1947 – cell concept proposed, technology not
available yet
1950s – car phones
1956 – Ericsson
launch first mobile
telephony network
in Stockholm
1971 - Finland launches commercial 0G network
1973 – US catches up: demonstrates phone
C ommunication dis couraged
- iron curtains interfered with
reception
1983 – 1G networks
start to take off
1991
1991 – singing was
for a while
a popular way to
communicate

5. Recent History
1991
• EMT started an NMT network in
1991
1995 • GSM was launched in Estonia in
1993
• Wap (early mobile internet) services
2000 reached here in 2000
• First in mobile parking and
emergency call location in 2000
2005
• Mobile-ID SIM card in 2007
2011 • Mobile-ID elections in March 2011

6. Startup Ecosystem
● Estonian Startup Leaders Club
● MoMo Estonia / Open Coffee
● Garage48
● Hubs popping up
● Investment funds
● Successful mobile startups

7. Garage48

8. Support structures
● Estonian Development fund, ASI, EE
● Tehnopol, Ülemiste City (Technopolis)
● Startup Garage, Garage48HUB
● Mobile startups
● Fortumo
● TaxiPal
● ...