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Hiroshi Ohta is a well-known mobile internet pioneer and visionary. For well over a decade at J-Phone, Vodafone Japan, and now Softbank Mobile, he led the development of many "world first" products and services in the mobile communication industry. He led the launch of Skywalker Wireless Internet messaging, world's first photo mail service "Sha-mail", J-Sky Mobile Internet service, world's first location based service J-Sky Station, J-Navi (GPS service), and MIDP extensions which enabled 3D mobile Java gaming, to name a few. Many of them evolved into global-standard services and technologies. At Cloudian, Mr Ohta led the specification and development of the first pan-European Vodafone Live! service in Dusseldorf, Germany. Mr Ohta was the recipient of numerous government awards for his outstanding contributions to the telecommunications industry.