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Need a New Car? Win a Mustang at ITEXPO in Miami Next Week

January 27, 2012

I think I may have one of the best jobs in the world. I admit it is a bit ADHD-inducing as I get involved in lots of areas from new media to the latest technologies in the market as I run this major media company which is TMC. Not only do I get help influence tens of millions of people online I also get to host live events where I meet many of the readers who frequent my blog and TMCnet - the main web portal of TMC where I am CEO.

But the most exciting part of my job comes twice a year when I give away a car to an unsuspecting attendee at ITEXPO. Next week - Friday Feb 3rd at 1:45 pm at the Miami Beach Convention Center, I get to give the next car away and it will be a Ford Mustang.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Amazon, Android, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Cloud Computing, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Fax, HD Voice, IP Communications, ITEXPO, M2M, MSP, Microsoft, Open Source, SIP, Skype, Speech Technologies, Super WiFi, TMC Team, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Wireless

Google Keynote at ITEXPO Feb 1st, 2012 in Miami

January 3, 2012

I am really thrilled to let my readers know that Rick Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel at Google will be the keynote presenter at Super WiFi Summit which is a collocated event at ITEXPO. ITEXPO kicks off this January 31st and continues until February 3rd and we expect this show to be very well-attended and one of the best places in the technology world for networking and choosing products and services for purchase.

Now getting back to Super WiFi – it is the concept of using white spaces – radio spectrum which for the most part isn’t in use to allow a super high-speed network to be developed. Think of it as WiFi but with far greater range and consider what happens when equipment can routinely communicate with other devices many miles away without the need for wireless service provider or 4G network.

TMC’s partner in Super WiFi Summit is Crossfire Media and Carl Ford from the company had this to say about this news:

The unused portions of the UHF white space spectrum can drive down the costs of consumer broadband access and provide a range of new opportunities for service providers and device manufacturers – and we’re all looking forward to hearing Google’s perspective on this topic.

In Whitt’s first keynote (he has two), which is scheduled to take place at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, February 1st, he will discuss how the use of White Spaces, is fostering innovation and providing new mobile broadband alternatives for local providers. Here are the details and a bit more on Whitt's background:

Whitt is Director and Managing Counsel for Telecom and Media Policy for Google Inc. He is responsible for Google's strategy and advocacy on all wireline, wireless, and media matters before the Federal Communications Commission, other Federal agencies and the U.S.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Amazon, Apple, Broadband, Cloud Computing, Conference, Consumer Electronics, Gadget, Google, Social Networking, Super WiFi, Technology, Verizon, Wireless

Thanks to Early 4GWE Conference Sponsors

October 27, 2011

I just wanted to say a quick thanks to supporters of the 4G Wireless Evolution Conference taking place Feb 1-3, 2012 in Miami. Mobility is one of the strongest trends in tech and this event has grown nicely attracting a wide range of global carriers. Special thanks to early diamond and platinum sponsors BridgeWave & DDB Unlimited as well as The Wireless Communications Association International (WCAI). Other associations supporting the show are as follows:

The WiMAX Forum The WiFi Alliance The Wireless Innovation Forum SIP Forum and the International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium (News - Alert) (IMTC)

Registration for 4GWE is now open. Sponsorship, branding and advertising opportunities are also available, and if interested, please contact Matthew Gleeson at 203.852.6800 ext.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE

Cisco's Ian Pennell to Keynote ITEXPO in Austin

August 22, 2011

We are thrilled to announce that Cisco's Ian Pennell The Senior Vice President, Small Business Technology Group will be keynoting ITEXPO in Austin, TX, Tuesday, September 13, 2011 between 9:15 AM and 9:45 AM. One reason I am excited to announce his participation is Pennell handles much of the carrier and VAR/channel partner relationships and these are integral parts of the ITEXPO experience.

It should be a great event and Cisco's participation joins a roster of truly crucial tech companies keynoting such as Mike McCarthy the VP of Cloud Computing Services at IBM, Mark Straton, Senior Vice President Solution Marketing Voice and Applications at Siemens, John Antanaitis, VP of Marketing at Polycom and Matt Groppe, Director of Global Business Development, DHL Same Day.

Update: Another event which takes place the same week at the same convention center as ITEXPO is StartupCamp4 Comms Edition and the keynoter for this event will be Bob Metcalfe, the inventor of Ethernet, VC, professor, cofounder of 3COM and author of the world-famous Metcalfe's Law.

By the way, speaking of DHL - if you doubt a shipping company is really in the tech space - check out this editorial from Marc Andreesen in the Wall Street Journal this past weekend which explains why software is eating the world. Here is an excerpt as a subscription my be required to view.

Posted in 4GWE, Broadband, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, IP Communications, ITEXPO, Microsoft, SIP, Technology, Unified Communications, Video, VoIP, Wireless

Does Sprint Merging with T-Mobile Make Sense?

March 10, 2011

As Tammy Wolf reports in the TMC Newsroom, Sprint and T-Mobile may merge, allowing the weakest national wireless carriers to merge resources and become more credible against the threat from AT&T and Verizon. If there is one thing the wireless industry has learned these past years is network quality is the largest differentiator from a marketing perspective and as these wireless companies all will support LTE and most likely many of the same devices, carrier's likely can't count on an exclusive killer device as much as they did in the past.

In other words, if Verizon and AT&T had both used the exact same network technology, we may have seen Apple support both networks earlier on. Moreover, if there is a merger, all three providers will likely be about the same size in terms of customers meaning better negotiating power with device manufacturers - not to mention equipment providers.

Carl Ford, co-founder of the 4GWE conference thinks the fact that there are relatively new CEOs at Sprint, T-Mobile and Clearwire bodes well for a deal which is currently at the rumor stage. I tend to agree.

It seems to me that the need for these companies to get together is predicated on the fact that there is a perception issue in the US that Verizon has the best network and the others just aren't as good.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Blackberry, Broadband, Consumer Electronics, FCC, Gadget, IP Communications, Social Networking, Technology, Verizon

Cisco Says HTML5 Part of Wireless Future

February 14, 2011

At the latest 4GWE event collocated with ITEXPO, TMC's Juliana Kenny spoke with Dr. Cullen Jennings, Ph.D., Distinguished Engineer, Cisco to learn about the future of mobile including HTML5 and other technologies which will part of the wireless multimedia future.

The video below has details.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Cisco, Communications Developer, E-Commerce, Google, ITEXPO, SIP, Smart Grid, Technology, Unified Communications, VoIP, Wireless

Verizon Drives Stake Through Heart of Net Neutrality

January 27, 2011

Updated with modified quote from Hunter Newby January 28, 2011, 8:15 AM EST

Updated again January 28, 2011, 4:37 PM EST for grammatical reasons

My views have shifted on net neutrality over the years - to the point where I firmly believe that carriers have the right to recoup investments they make in networks. At the same time, I understand fully that IP communications is dependent on traffic not being impeded by a carrier looking to promote an alternative service. Having said that, there are a number of peering points located around the US – only a few places where fiber exists in enough quantity to allow massive interconnections between hundreds of carriers, enterprises and web 2.0 companies such as Google and Facebook.

Terremark owns one facility – the NAP of the Americas in Miami. Telx owns another at 60 Hudson in New York, and CoreSite at One Wilshire in Los Angeles.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Broadband, Cisco, Conference, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, Facebook, Financial, Gadget, Google, ITEXPO, SIP, TMC Team, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, VoIP, Wireless

Austin, Texas Selected For ITEXPO West 2011

January 27, 2011

I have some very exciting news to share regarding ITEXPO. I alluded to it a few weeks back and now it’s here. ITEXPO West 2011 will be moving to the Austin Convention Center in Austin Texas, on September 13-15, 2011. ITEXPO was launched in San Diego, CA at the Hotel Del Coronado and moved to Long Beach and eventually Los Angeles.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Avaya, Blackberry, Broadband, CRM, Call Center, Cisco, Communications Developer, Conference, Conferencing, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Facebook, Fax, Financial, Gadget, Google, Green, HD Voice, IP Communications, ITEXPO, M2M, Merger/Acquisition, Microsoft, Nortel, Open Source, SIP, Skype, Smart Ecosystem, Smart Grid, Social Networking, Speech Technologies, TMC Team, Technology, Twitter, Unified Communications, Verizon, Video, VoIP, Vonage, WiMAX, Wireless, Yahoo

If Super WiFi is A Dream, At Least I'm in Good Company

January 27, 2011

Updated Jan 27, 2011, 8:01 pm EST.

It’s no secret that both Microsoft and Google are looking at white spaces and Super WiFi as an area of growth allowing inexpensive broadband wireless signals to be transmitted over long distances.

But technology is difficult to predict – we didn’t know for sure tablets were going to cannibalize PC sales but they are and we didn’t know small, cheap hard drives were going to cut the legs out from the large, expensive hard drive market. You may know that in 1997 when I went to COMDEX and told the world TMC was going to launch a magazine called Internet Telephony – people laughed and told me it wasn’t an industry.

Ten years later after a few “overhype” phases, VoIP software maker Skype has devastated the long-distance market and is hiring by the hundred.

The point is technology does what it does – sometimes it transforms markets and other times it gives us massive bubbles of hype.

Still, as I sit here in TMC headquarters – at River Park in Norwalk… A building which is also headquarters to Priceline, I can’t think of how many times people told me Internet travel was doomed. Yet, the name your own price for travel company has a market cap of $24.5B prompting me to even call it's success revenge of the dotcom. Ecommerce was also supposed to be overhyped – but look at Amazon.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Broadband, Cisco, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, E-Commerce, FCC, Facebook, Gadget, Google, IMS, IP Communications, ITEXPO, Microsoft, SIP, Satellite, Skype, Smart Grid, Social Networking, TMC Team, Technology, Unified Communications, Verizon, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Verizon iPhone Unlimited Monthly Data For $30

January 25, 2011

For a limited time you can get an unlimited data plan on AT&T when using the iPhone so you better hurry if you are planning on making the switch. Well, once it is available that is. TMC's Lance Whitney recently discussed the pros and cons of a move to the Verizon iPhone via a TMCnet article and now that more details are becoming available, those on the fence have more information to help them with the decision.

At some point in the future, Verizon may go to a tiered pricing plan meaning those of you who know you will switch to Verizon and are heavy data users will likely have to switch sooner rather than later.

One reminder - you will not be able to use Verizon's 4G network to surf the web and check email while using the iPhone on Verizon's network. AT&T has received much criticism for its voice quality and dropped calls but it does excel in allowing customers to simultaneously use voice and data.

Posted in 4G, 4GWE, AT&T, Apple, Broadband, Communications Developer, Consumer Electronics, FCC, IP Communications, SIP, Technology, Twitter, Unified Communications, Verizon, VoIP, Wireless

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