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Indy 500 Champ Scott Dixon: Speed & Teamwork


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November 9, 2012 : 8:00 AM Open-wheel racer Scott Dixon discusses why teamwork matters and how he finds balance between endurance and speed

Ethernet Expo 2012: What to Expect


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November 5, 2012 : What can we expect this week in New York? 100G, SDN, bar games, good info and good friends

Bill Me, Don't Bamboozle Me


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November 2, 2012 : 8:15 AM All the effort service providers put into a simple, powerful network experience is wasted if the bills they send to consumers are confusing and full of unnecessary jargon and analytics

4G World 2012: Does LTE Add New Jobs?


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October 30, 2012 : 7:30 AM Our salary report is making the rounds here at 4G World and carriers may need to fill very different types of jobs as more consumers start using LTE

Metaswitch Forum 2012: The CxO Show


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October 12, 2012 : 11:00 AM Metaswitch CEO John Lazar and CTO Martin Taylor talk about the company's place in an evolving network and its future as a software-focused business

HP's Saar Gillai: The SDN Advantage


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October 10, 2012 : Saar Gillai, the CTO of HP Networking, discusses the overall opportunity for software defined networking and HP's perspective on this new way of thinking about networks

MetroPCS: The LTE Value Play


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September 20, 2012 : 7:00 AM With no iPhone 5 coming this week, MetroPCS relies on unlimited data plans and contract-free devices to promote its LTE network and to communicate its value to customers

Where is the Customer Service Culture?


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May 22, 2012 : 11:15 AM Service providers want to manage and measure the customer experience, but what good are data and usage stats when a customer service culture doesn't exist?

Verizon's Borderless Life: A Quick Tour


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January 16, 2012 : 1:00 PM At CES, I put Verizon's Eric Bruno on the spot to walk me through a day in the 'Borderless Life.' The idea is that all your network services can be available on any connected device

Verizon FiOS TV on the Xbox


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January 14, 2012 : 11:00 AM Phil checks out Verizon's FiOS TV service on the Microsoft Xbox 360. But why put a subset of its TV service on a gaming console? Verizon's Joe Ambeault explains

CES 2012: Samsung Stays Connected


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January 13, 2012 : 10:00 AM With its new TVs, tablets and consumer cameras, Samsung is keeping consumers connected in a way that could make home networks less important

AT&T's Dev Con: The Takeaways


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January 10, 2012 : New devices, new network demands, developer unity and the great big iOS in the room

Verizon FiOS: The Mobile Experience


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October 8, 2011 : Verizon's Shadman Zafar explains how and why the carrier is making more use of mobile devices to complement its FiOS pay-TV service

So That's What LTE Means


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September 21, 2011 : 10:00 AM Ericsson's Keith Shank helps us take a step back and discuss what LTE means for consumers and service providers, as well as how it changes the mobile network

Verizon FiOS Demo: The Smartphone Remote


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September 8, 2011 : Verizon's Shadman Zafar takes me through a demo of remote-control, VoD and video-app capabilities available for FiOS customers on a smartphone

LTE Demo: A Socialized Life


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August 29, 2011 : 7:00 AM With a house full of connected mobile devices, Ericsson finds a friendly way to manage energy usage and home security via the Internet

LTE Demo: Ad Hoc Video Streaming


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August 26, 2011 : 7:00 AM Ericsson shows what's possible with an advanced mobile network and how service providers could charge for short bursts of big video streaming

Attack of the Bad Tab Ads


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August 12, 2011 : 4:00 PM The tablet computing market is so desperate to stand out against the iPad that it's taken to killing us with clutter and insulting early adopters of the technology

Pay TV Reaches the Mobile Masses


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July 25, 2011 : 7:25 AM Some recent moves by CNN and AT&T seem inspired by Netflix, giving consumers more options for getting content on the go (at no additional cost)

Putting IPv6 in Perspective


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July 14, 2011 : 2:40 PM Enterprises shouldn't let themselves be stranded by waiting too long to embrace IPv6

CTIA 2011:T-Mobile's Merger Upside


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March 22, 2011 : 11:20 AM T-Mobile seems to win even if the AT&T deal isn't approved. Phil Harvey and Sarah Reedy discuss the blockbuster merger

CES 2011: Take a Chill Tablet


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January 6, 2011 : 10:40 AM Tablet computers are great, but will all these new devices motivate service providers to step up their efforts in home networking?

Wall Street vs. LTE


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June 24, 2010 : 2:30 PM Investors don't seem thrilled with LTE. Is it because no one sees a clear path from bigger bandwidth to higher profits?

The iPhone 3GS: It's Better on 2G


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June 17, 2010 : 5:30 PM On AT&T's network, the best network available for voice is indeed the 2G network. For data? Nothing beats WiFi

AT&T's Data Caps


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June 2, 2010 : 12:15 PM Why applaud AT&T's mobile data caps? Most people will pay less for data, and video services on specialized networks might catch on

AT&T U-verse: No OTT


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May 27, 2010 : 5:15 PM With all that's coming up with AT&T's U-verse service, the prospect of integrating over-the-top content with pay TV doesn't seem likely

CTIA 2010: Distributed Packet Core?


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March 30, 2010 : 6:00 AM Following Light Reading's DPI conference at CTIA, Heavy Reading's Patrick Donegan explains the challenges with a distributed packet core

CTIA 2010: Putting Handsets to the Test


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March 25, 2010 : 9:00 AM At Metrico's (poorly lit) booth, we see a way of objectively testing handset performance before the devices get to a carrier network

CTIA 2010: Can Carriers Cash In On Mobile Payments?


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March 25, 2010 : 7:00 AM In talking to several mobile payment services, I get the feeling the carriers are missing a big opportunity to... Look! Girls!

Real. Mobile. TV


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March 24, 2010 : 7:00 PM As with any other real TV service, the game changer appears to be having a dedicated network that can stand up to consumer demand

Worst Demo Explanation Ever?


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March 24, 2010 : 5:45 PM At the Ericsson booth, Phil attempts to explain an unmanned demo station

Ericsson: Mobile Data Is King


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March 24, 2010 : 10:45 AM Social media will accelerate data consumption, eventually changing how we pay for services

Mobile Gaming at CTIA


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March 24, 2010 : 10:20 AM Mobility has changed gaming forever, especially if you have a giant, cable-connected race car in your living room

Details on Sprint's EVO


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March 23, 2010 : 6:15 PM Sprint's new superphone seems all set for video sharing and filling up a fat 4G pipe

Android Attack


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March 23, 2010 : 5:30 PM Phil makes an obvious point about why developers should take a look at Android, even though it doesn't have a huge market share

Interview Tease: Sprint's Iyad Tarazi


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March 23, 2010 : 2:45 PM In our coverage of Sprint, we talk about Sprint's coverage of us. Hmmm...

A Cell Phone Recycler


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March 22, 2010 : 10:00 PM The former CEO of Radio Shack has started a company to help recycle cell phones, and Sprint is its first customer

Cablevision Takes On Internet Video


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February 26, 2010 : 10:55 AM Jeff Baumgartner and I fight through a bad Skype call to discuss a new service idea from Cablevision that consumers may really like

Handicapping Clearwire


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February 24, 2010 : 3:05 PM Does Clearwire have the stuff to compete with AT&T or Verizon? Sidecut Reports analyst Paul Kapustka says they may have a different idea

400G or Terabit?


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February 23, 2010 : 11:20 AM Craig Matsumoto says there is a debate brewing on what will be the next big bandwidth jump in the Internet's core

Cisco, the Universe & Everything


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February 15, 2010 : 11:05 AM Way back on Feb. 5, Phil and Rayno talked about Cisco, its economic vision, and how the company seems to be evolving