About Us
UK Mobile Media is a privately held technology and mobile services company, based on the south coast of England near Southampton. We specialise in interactive and location-aware mobile applications utilising SMS, MMS, Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi™. Our mobile platforms have all been designed and built in-house, with a proven track record of delivering excellent mobile solutions globally.
There is a breadth of expertise within the company including digital media, mobile/wireless technology, electronic engineering, aerospace and marketing. As a company we push technology to create exciting, innovative solutions within this fast-paced industry. We believe in open communication and ethical standards of business.
Matthew Poole | Founder
Matthew Poole is a mobile technologist working in the mobile space for over a decade. During this time he has led many development projects, built award winning mobile platforms and is the hidden face behind the technology running many of the mobile services in the UK and US today. Graduating as an electronics and communications engineer, he is also a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET) and registered with the Engineering Council UK (EngTech).
After graduating in 1992, Matthew joined the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as a trainee engineer and went on to become an air-traffic systems design engineer in their labs, designing and prototyping digital and analogue solutions for radar and radio applications. In 1995, Matthew moved into a software systems role as a freelance consultant and systems integrator, designing and building software solutions for organisations such as Johnson Controls, Credit Suisse, Cable & Wireless and Williams Lea FM. During 1996, he co-founded of Advanced Solutions Development, specialising in developing e-business solutions, rolling out global Web applications for organisations such as Buhrmann/Corporate Express and DTZ Debenham Tie Leung.
Matthew's move into the mobile space started when he prototyped SMS marketing solutions in 1999 at a time mobile was really starting to take off in the UK. Aggregators were still far and between so the main way to send and receive messages was using specialist GSM hardware units, or even mobile phones, connected to a PC. In 2000 he worked with business incubator Gorilla Park in London advising and proposing solutions to make their mobile businesses work from a technical perspective, and working with their mobile aggregators.
In 2001, he co-founded Cube:80 - a technology company building mobile platforms to empower creative people, non-programmers, companies and individuals alike, who do not possess inside knowledge of the "black art" of the wireless world to easily develop and deploy useful mobile services, establish and project their brand to mobile consumers, and generate profitable new revenue streams from a world that is increasingly connected via their mobile. Matthew took the company through the technical due diligence procedure during its several rounds of investment, merger and ultimate acquisition.
Matthew is now also working with US-based sister company Kloud Mobile where he heads up the UK and European operations.
UK Mobile Media is a mobile technology and services organisation with a strong presence in both the UK and US. Within the group we have a number of divisions, each providing leading-edge technologies and services:
Blue Onboard™ is the next generation bus passenger communication and advertising solution. Using Bluetooth® and location-based technologies you are now able to target your audience predictably whilst they are in a period of dwell time. Our flexible system allows for highly configurable campaigns to be created based on many different factors, include time of day, route, destination and even the weather if required! Go to the Blue Onboard site (Opens New Window)
UKHostNet is our infrastructure services division providing the network, server and Internet infrastructure and connectivity for our platforms. UKHostNet can also provide you with reliable high-quality Internet solutions including hosting for mobile and Web applications, email solutions and connectivity.
Other products within the UK Mobile Media portfolio include:
Numberator - fast online unique code generation
PhonyText - anonymous text messaging service