Students Awarded RM 50k in Mobile Content Competition (MMU)

Originally published on the MMU Homepage on 9 January 2007

20 December - A team of students from Multimedia University have emerged as a winner in the MSC Malaysia Mobile Content Competition 2006, held at the Cyberview Lodge Resort in Cyberjaya. As one of the five winners in the idea pitching competition, NexWave was awarded a RM 50,000 grant to develop the mobile and web content they presented.

The NexWave team consists of Hiew Chun Fatt, Yong Sau Heung, Moo Aun Li, and Chong Chee Chen, who are all MMU students.

"We worked hard and passionately throughout the whole competition. We conducted many discussions and brainstorming sessions in the process of preparing the proposal and presentation," says Hiew Chun Fatt. "We were really surprised when they announced us as winners since that we were one of the youngest groups there."

As a national competition, the competition saw a diverse group of participants including students from other IHLs, working individuals and experienced companies. A panel judges from the industry selected by MDeC had carefully reviewed over 40 submissions before choosing the finalists. The judges are from Maxis (Maxis Developer Program), Digi and Time DotCom.

The entries are judged based on criteria such as competitive analysis, development schedule and budget, completeness of documentation, commercialization prospects, strength of the idea and originality.

During the pitching day, the 13 teams that had been short listed made a 15 minutes presentation in three parts, 5 minutes for preparation, another 5 minutes to pitch their mobile content development, implementation, business module and ideas, and a final 5 minutes for questions and answers.

The NexWave team has since renamed itself to WaveRio, and will be an MMU startup under the CCTD Technopreneur Development Program (CCTD-TDP) for the development of user-centric Web 2.0 applications and mobile projects. With a team of undergraduates majoring in diverse fields such as IT, Engineering and Management, they are continuing to recruit members and staff to drive their ongoing projects.