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Opportunities for innovation are essential if we are to provide the kind of communication services that enrich people’s lives and make them easier.

Betavine is one of the ways we encourage innovation in the area of wireless and internet communications. Run by Vodafone’s R&D team, Betavine is an online collaboration space for developers, testers and anyone interested in wireless and internet communications.

On Betavine, interaction between developers and testers provides a proving ground for the latest concepts and technologies. New technologies are tested in real-world conditions, key technologies are identified and winning concepts come to the fore.

Betavine is an open community that self-regulates. You are free to register and contribute to discussion threads and create or comment on blog entries. As a developer you can create a project space to upload your application, showcase your work and engage the Betavine testing community.

For students Betavine is a chance to be involved in developing mobile applications through internships, ‘externships’, resources and competitions. Winning projects will be featured on the student page, and taken further through collaboration with the Betavine community.

Anyone, from a lone developer to a company, can test their bright ideas for future communications applications on Betavine and benefit from collaboration with the Betavine community.