May 5, 2010: 4G TRENDS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
4G TRENDS: 4G - power, performance and profit
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED ARTICLES:
- 4G WORLD 2010 - Empowering Mobile Networks, Applications & Services
- 4G World Roundtable
- New markets will be key for pressurized European carriers
4G TRENDS FEATURE:
4G WORLD 2010 - EMPOWERING MOBILE NETWORKS, APPLICATIONS & SERVICES
By Kate Walsh, Senior Director of Marketing, Yankee Group
Since our inaugural event in Chicago last September, we have seen a rapid
acceleration of announcements for 4G deployments globally. At last count, there
are more than120 operators worldwide who have committed to either LTE or mobile
WiMAX. In addition to the mobile broadband technology adoption of 4G, there is
a vast ecosystem of participants also entering this market to serve the broader
network, software and application needs of operators deploying these networks.
Indeed, that is exactly the theme of this year’s 4G World: Empowering Mobile
Networks, Applications and Services.
The 4G World 2010 conference program runs four days, and is the largest program
in the world focused on 4G. 4G World 2010 is expected to draw more than 10,000
attendees, up from about 8,000 in 2009. This year we have greatly expanded our
program partner participation. 4G World 2010 includes broad industry support
from across the entire ecosystem of operators, vendors, analysts/researchers,
associations and media channels. In all, we expect to have more than 250
sponsors and exhibitors participating, as well as more than 150 members of the
press.
4G World Conference Program Update
This year we are pleased to announce our early line-up of business leaders who
together are paving the path towards 4G. These include executives from Sprint,
ATT, Clearwire, KDDI, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, Ericsson, FCC, nPhase, Samsung,
Motorola, Nokia Siemens, Alvarion and Huawei.
Here’s a quick summary of our very active program development partner programs
that we have in store.
The first day of the program (Monday, Oct 18) will feature partner summit and
training programs, including:
- The 16th Annual WCAI International Symposium: WCAI’s program will span three
days of the event, with one track running all day on Monday, and then
additional 1/2 day tracks which will run on Tuesday and Wednesday. The WCAI
will also host an International Operator breakfast.
- We are very pleased to announce that Light Reading will be hosting a special
summit on Monday as well, entitled the “Backhaul Strategies and Core
Convergence for Mobile Operators Summit”
- Continuing from last year, our training partner, Awards Solutions, will be
running several training courses, including an LTE Overview course on October
18-19, an LTE Advanced Course on October 20, and an IP Backhaul Course on
October 21.
Continue Reading…
http://4gtrends.com/?p=3564
MOBILE INTERNET TRENDS
4G WORLD ROUNDTABLE
By Yankee Group Staff
In preparation for 4G World 2010 Conference and Expo in October, we brought
together the core Yankee Group team responsible for the content of the show -
Eliot Weinman, conference chair; Kate Walsh, marketing director; Andy Mitchell,
content director and Chris Nicoll, distinguished research fellow - a skilled
team to talk about the state of 4G and what to expect from this years event.
What’s the current state of 4G?
Chris Nicoll: 4G is in a dichotomous situation in terms of definition. From an
advertising standpoint, it’s simply “next-generation”-whatever that is. There’s
a gap between that mainstream term and the technical definition. In fact, we’re
at least two years away from true 4G service.
Continue Reading…
http://4gtrends.com/?p=3558
WIMAX TRENDS:
NEW MARKETS WILL BE KEY FOR PRESSURIZED EUROPEAN CARRIERS
By Caroline Gabriel, Contributing Editor, 4G Trends
The Wi-Fi roaming deal, announced recently by Cablevision, Comcast and Time
Warner, is part of a far bigger picture about the collective efforts of the US
cablecos to keep up with their senior telco rivals, AT&T and Verizon.
Real results from the deal seem to be off in the future though, and appear to
help Cablevision most, since it already has a massive investment in Wi-Fi in
the New York area (but only in that area), to compete head on with Verizon’s
FiOS broadband/TV system.
Continue Reading…
http://4gtrends.com/?p=3573
UPCOMING EVENTS:
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