BKON Named a 2016 Cool Vendor in Mobile & Wireless by Gartner

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- BKON Connect, Inc., creator of the first proximity marketing platform to offer consumers direct access to content about nearby things and services through both apps and browsers, was named to the 2016 Cool Vendor list for Mobile and Wireless by research firm Gartner, Inc.

Gartner's report identifies five mobile solution companies as innovative, impactful and intriguing.

"We're flattered to be a Cool Vendor," said BKON CEO Richard Graves. "We consider it additional validation of our PHY.net platform, which simplifies mobile interactions and the management of those interactions."

In addition to the PHY.net platform, BKON makes Bluetooth® Low Energy beacon hardware that comes preconfigured for the Eddystone™-URL (Physical Web) protocol. This open beacon format from Google extends the core superpower of the Web – the URL – to everyday physical objects. Using Physical Web browsers, such as Chrome, Opera, BKON Browser, or any PHY.net enabled app, people can easily interact with nearby Physical Web-enabled objects.

PHY.net gives marketers control of Physical Web interactions that guide consumers from awareness and initial engagement, to managed loyal relationships. It enables them to use a single beacon to offer public content to casual consumers through browsers like Chrome, and a premium version of content to loyalty app users. Companies can enable existing apps with Physical Web functionality using PHY.net's Physical Web Software Development Kit (phySDK).

PHY.net dramatically reduces beacon deployment costs, simplifies content administration and improves cross-promotion opportunities. With active pilots in more than 40 countries, PHY.net can be adapted to incorporate other mobile engagement technologies like mDNS and NFC.

BKON and PHY.net joins a list of past Cool Vendors that includes Airbnb, Dropbox, Nest, Evernote, Shopkick, Lyft, FitBit and Instagram.

About BKON and PHY.net

BKON^® Connect, Inc., (https://bkon.com) is an Internet of Things (IoT) company that provides a powerful Mobile Engagement Solution: beacon hardware, the PHY.net Physical Web Platform, which allows intelligent, remote control of context and content and the Physical Web Software Development Kit (phySDK), which connects existing apps to the Physical Web.

Contact: 
Edwin Acevedo
(615) 861-1628 ext. 706
edwin.acevedo@phy.net

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Gartner, Cool Vendors in Mobile and Wireless, 2016, Leif-Olof Wallin, Nick Jones, Katja Ruud, Vishal Tripathi,  Tim Zimmerman, Mike Gotta, 20 April 2016

SOURCE BKON Connect, Inc.