Dublin headquartered Macalla Software has announced that it is to reduce its Irish and overseas headcount by 11. Nine of the jobs affected will be in Dublin. Macalla currently employs 65 people.

Macalla, an Irish provider of mobile e-commerce platforms and solutions, has been selected as a finalist by the GSM Associations in the "Best Wireless Developer" category for the GSM Association Awards 2002.

Macalla has formed a Technology Partner teaming agreement with Sun Microsystems to maximise mobile e-commerce opportunities amongst banks and mobile operators.

Dublin-based Macalla, a mobile e-commerce platform and solutions provider, has joined the Hewlett Packard Mobile e-service bazaar, as an applications provider to the telecommunications and finance sectors.

Macalla Software, the mobile e-commerce platform provider, has been instrumental in enabling mm02 [BT Wireless' new name] achieve 58% of its global customer growth for the third quarter of this year.

The ISA has announced details of the shortlisted companies in four categories. Firms shortlisted for Company of the Year are Eontec, FINEOS, QUMAS, Riverdeep and Smartforce.