Partners of the MINDS project

The B.V. Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP, Den Haag) is the central national news provider of publishers and broadcasters in the Netherlands. With tailored business lines ANP is serving the needs of the diversifying information markets. (www.anp.nl)

The Austria Presse Agentur reg. Gen. m. b. H (APA, Wien) is the national news agency and the leading information service provider in Austria. APA covers the sectors news agency, information management, and information technology. (www.apa.at)
arvato systems GmbH (Gütersloh) is a subdivision of arvato AG, the global networked media service provider of Bertelsmann AG. At more than 10 locations worldwide the company plans, develops, operates and maintains complex IT systems. (www.arvato-systems.de)

CoreMedia AG (Hamburg) develops and provides modern standard software for content management, DRM (Digital Rights Management) and multi-channel delivery technology for prestigious enterprises and portals. (www.coremedia.com)
dpa-infocom GmbH is the information service subdivision of dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH (Hamburg), the leading national news agency in Germany and one of the major news organisations in the world. dpa-infocom develops and produces multimedia news products for the web, mobile portals and print purposes. (www.dpa-info.com)

eContent is a market-oriented programme which aims to support the production, use and distribution of European digital content and to promote linguistic and cultural diversity on the global networks. (www.cordis.lu/econtent/)
The Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS (Berlin) pursues a clear vision for the future information society: Information at any time, at any place, in any form, and according to personal preferences. The FOKUS infrastructure allows the development of multimedia management and mobility applications utilizing distributed object technology over global wired and wireless communication links. (www.fokus.fraunhofer.de)

Ifra (Darmstadt), the world's leading association for media publishing, is a service organisation dedicated to the publishing industry worldwide. More than 2.000 publishing companies and suppliers are currently Ifra members. (www.ifra.com)
Magyar Tavirati Iroda (MTI, Budapest) was founded 1881 as the national news agency in Hungary. Since then MTI serves as the backbone of the Hungarian media with its news, reports pictures and services. (www.mti.hu).
Schweizerische Depeschenagentur AG (sda, Bern) is the national news agency of Switzerland. sda provides news for the Swiss media in the three national languages German, French and Italian, and for mobile portals and web customers. (www.sda.ch)
 
Project news

2005, May - SMS in newspaper publishing (source: IFRA / newspaper technique)
2005, May - Delivering next-generation mobile content (source: www.istresults.cordis.lu)
2005, March - dpa-infocom startet Mobilfunk- Plattform für Tageszeitungen (only in German) (source: press release by dpa-infocom)
2004, November - dpa-Hamburg startet Initiative für mobile Geschäftsmodelle (only in German) (source: press release by dpa-infocom)
2004, October - dpa-infocom auf den Medientagen München (only in German)
2004, September - MINDS Establishes Network With Publishers and Mobile Operators (source: www.content-village.org)
2004, August 31 - Third generation mobile service can start in Hungary too(source: www.hif.hu)

2004, August 20 - CoreMedia Announces New Phase of MINDS Project (source: www.econtentmag.com)

2004, August - MOBILES GESCHÄFT FÜR ZEITUNGSHÄUSER
(only in German) (source: media release by Kontakter 31/2004)
2004, March - Mit Köpfchen zum UMTS-Erfolg (only in German) (source: VDI nachrichten)
2004, February 6 - Wenn das Handy einmal piepst (source: media release by kressreport)
2004, February 6 - Mobile data driving force in 2004 (source: EANA Newsletter 2/2004)
2004, January 8 - European news agencies create a new generation of mobile information services (source: press release by dpa-infocom)