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August 4, 2010: 4G TRENDS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
4G TRENDS: 4G - RETHINKING MOBILE APPS, RESHAPING PAYMENTS
THIS WEEK'S FEATURED ARTICLES:
- 4G World® 2010 Conference Program Released
- A Cautionary Tale on Operator Led Payment Consortiums
- WAC sets out anti-bitpipe campaign, but Vodafone gives up on carrier devices
4G TRENDS FEATURE:
4G WORLD® 2010 CONFERENCE PROGRAM RELEASED
By Kate Walsh, Sr. Director of Marketing, Events and Media Division, Yankee
Group Research
Official program brochure outlines 4G wireless industry’s premier event
October 18 to 21 at McCormick Place, Chicago
The Events and Media Division of Yankee Group has announced the publication of
the official conference brochure for 4G World 2010. With visionary keynotes
and more 4gworld brochurethan 175 speakers in 80+ sessions, 4G World 2010 is
the 4G industry’s “must attend” event of the year. The expanded and
comprehensive four-day conference program also features participation from more
than 250 sponsors and exhibitors and more than 10,000 attendees.
According to Eliot Weinman, conference chair and president, Events Division of
Yankee Group, “2010 has been a watershed year for the 4G wireless industry.
Around the world there are more than 110 operators in 48 countries that are
investing in LTE networks, and there are more than 500 WiMAX networks deployed
in over 145 countries. The global impact of 4G and the rapid expansion of the
mobile Internet will change the face of communications and computing for
billions of users around the globe. At 4G World 2010 wireless industry
business and thought leaders will share their insights and predictions for 4G
wireless and the mobile Internet.”
Highlighted keynote speakers include:
* Eran Gorev, President and CEO, Alvarion
* Glenn Lurie, President, Emerging Devices, AT&T
* Ashraf M. Dahod, SVP and GM, Mobile Internet Technology Group, Cisco
* William Morrow, CEO, Clearwire
* Mike Lanman, President - Enterprise and Government Markets, Verizon
Wireless
* Håkan Eriksson, Senior VP, CTO, Ericsson
* Matt Bross, Chief Technology Officer, Vice Chairman, Huawei USA
* Roger D. Linquist, Chairman, President & CEO, MetroPCS
* Bruce Brda, Senior VP, GM Networks, Motorola
* Michael Matthews, Head of Strategy and Business Development, Nokia
Siemens Networks
* Kim, EVP and GM, Telecommunication Systems Business, Samsung
* Bob Azzi, Senior VP, Network, Sprint
4G World 2010 also welcomes the “who’s who” of the world of 4G, including key
global industry sponsors, associations, media, research and training
organizations. Program partners include TM Forum, Award Solutions, Light
Reading, WCAI, Femto Forum, Forbes Magazine, 3G Americas, Fierce Markets, ETSI,
GS1, IEEE, Senza Fili, Maravedis Research, RCR Wireless and Rethink Research.
Major corporate sponsors of 4G World 2010 include Ericsson, Nokia Siemens,
Alcatel Lucent, AT&T, Alvarion, Sprint, Clearwire, Motorola, Cisco, Juniper
Networks, Huawei, Qualcomm and Samsung.
Attendees of 4G World will have access to a broad and comprehensive program of
critical current and forward looking business, technology and regulatory
topics. Sessions will examine Backhaul, Core Convergence, 4G Operator
Deployments and Business Models, 4G Technology Roadmap, Femtocells, 4G
Operational Transformation Strategies, Vertical Industry Apps and M2M, Future
of the Mobile Web, Evolution of m-Commerce, LTE/WiMAX, Mobile Internet
Innovations and more.
With a three-day expo, 4G World 2010 is poised to be the largest exposition
ever assembled focused on the 4G revolution.
Continue Reading…
http://4gtrends.com/?p=3951
RCR WIRELESS NEWS BUZZ ZONE AT 4G WORLD 2010
Join RCR Wireless Editor Dan Meyer at the RCR Buzz Zone for executive
discussions with industry thought-leaders. Located on the show room floor, the
Buzz Zone will host roundtables, keynotes, product demonstrations and Grand
Prize Giveaways throughout the 4G World Conference. RCR TV will be on hand
capturing all 4G World buzz-worthy announcements, interviews and discussions!
With discussions and keynotes covering:
• Coverage and Capacity
• Chipsets: Infrastructure & Devices
• Subscriber Management and Value Added Services
• Mobile Devices and Applications
• Spectrum & Regulatory Policy
Read more>
http://4gworld.com/2010/07/rcr-4g-buzz-zone/
MOBILE INTERNET TRENDS
A CAUTIONARY TALE ON OPERATOR LED PAYMENT CONSORTIUMS
By Nick Holland, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group Research
I have the strangest sense of deja vu all over again.
Today, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile publicly announced a contactless payment
consortium. It has no name, no CEO and no concrete details on cities of
deployment, payment processor or, really much of anything. HOWEVER. It will use
contactless (read NFC) technology to facilitate the payments and it may well
bypass the traditional Visa and MasterCard duopoly. Intriguing. So much so in
fact that my colleague Andy Castonguay published a report on this very topic
last month (available here).
Continue Reading…
http://4gtrends.com/?p=3935
WIMAX TRENDS:
WAC SETS OUT ANTI-BITPIPE CAMPAIGN, BUT VODAFONE GIVES UP ON CARRIER DEVICES
By Caroline Gabriel, Contributing Editor, 4G Trends
The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), formed in February to spearhead the
operators’ fightback against the bitpipe, has announced details of its formal
organization and business model. The platform will incorporate the existing
widgets-based framework created by an earlier carrier alliance, JIL (Joint
Innovation Lab). Its plans show that operators will look to gain power by
opening up a huge target user base, and value adding capabilities to
developers, in order to compete with over-the-top brands. But they are going
cold on the idea of controlling the user experience right down to the device
and operating system.
Continue Reading…
http://4gtrends.com/?p=3919
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