IONA TECHNOLOGIES has made significant progress over the last 12 months and is well-placed to deliver value in the future, shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting heard yesterday.

IONA Technologies has announced that 3 Italy, the mobile video company of Hutchinson Whampoa Group Ltd (HWL), has selected IONA’s Artix to help achieve interoperability between the wireless providers’ multiple-packaged and home-grown middleware systems.