A positive chat with CEO Jonathan Bulkeley on the NeoMedia licensing deal

After the Scanlife blog broke the NeoMedia / Scanbuy licensing deal, I phoned Jonathan Bulkeley, Scanbuy CEO, to get the scoop.

Bena: Jonathan, it’s great to speak to you and I can only say “Hurrah”.

Jonathan:Thank-you. We are excited for the mobile barcode space and US market moving forward.

Bena: So, what happened these past two weeks?

Jonathan: Well, our two companies have been talking for a long time to solve these issues. We have been talking for years. In the past two weeks the companies spoke about getting the matter resolved. Now we have arrived.

Bena: How do you feel?

Jonathan:Very happy. But this is great for the whole US mobile barcode market.

Bena:So the deal is with Neustar?

Jonathan: No. It’s not. It’s directly with NeoMedia. The information will be made public shortly and that is about as much I can say.

Bena: No problem. Jonathan, it’s super news and I am very happy.

Jonathan: Yes and thanks for your support and for the industry.

So, once again in praise of this an overview of Scanbuy’s success in the mobile barcode space:

Scanbuy time line

Launched in 2000
Employees: 30
Litigation with NeoMedia started in 2004
Mobile operator customers: Sprint, Telefonica Spain, Vodafone Spain, Orange Spain, TelCel Mexico, TDC – Denmark, Telenor Norway and Telecom Italia Mobile in Italy.
Manufacturer partners: Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, HP and Pantech embed Scanlife with a global reach of about 15 million devices.