Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo
LRTV Interviews -
Ray Le Maistre -
February 27, 2009 : In his last interview with LRTV as CEO of Telstra, Sol Trujillo says mobile Internet access is starting to pay off for the carrier, as higher speeds encourage more downloading and higher non-SMS data revenues. For applications developers, this should encourage a change in the way services are delivered, he says
Neil Montefiore, former CEO, MobileOne
LRTV Interviews -
February 20, 2009 : The mobile sector of the telecom business is ""fairly recession proof"" says former MobileOne Ltd. CEO Neil Montefiore. But the challenge for operators, he says, is to decide whether to upgrade their networks, subsidize handsets, and embrace new technologies like LTE in uncertain economic times
CGAP's Mark Pickens
LRTV Interviews -
February 19, 2009 : Mark Pickens, Microfinance Analyst with CGAP’s Technology Program, explains CGAP's function, and talks about how mobile handsets and services can open a door to deliver banking services to the poor all over the globe
Santiago Tenorio Sanz, Head of Radio Network Products, Vodafone
LRTV Interviews -
Michelle Donegan -
February 18, 2009 : Santiago Tenorio Sanz, head of Radio Network Products at Vodafone UK, says the operator's trials helped it push the limits of HSPA+, finding it could deliver downlink speeds in excess of 20 Mbit/s, or around twice as much bandwidth as today's HSPA. The operator intends to begin offering service based on the technology this year.
Ian Chin, VP of New Product Development, BesTV
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Ray Le Maistre -
February 10, 2009 : BesTV's Ian Chin says telco IPTV in China is bundled with broadband subscriptions and comfortably coexists as an interactive supplement to a linear cable TV service in many households. But he says Chinese carriers want to soon make an IPTV subscription something that is delivered to consumer homes, office PCs, and mobile phones.
Deutsche Telekom's Dr. Randolph Nikutta
LRTV Interviews -
Ray Le Maistre -
February 02, 2009 : Deutsche Telekom's head of new media, Randolph Nikutta, tells us that the future of IPTV could be quite stunning. In an interview taped late last year, Nikutta told us the telco is rolling out interactive features in its IPTV service over the next few years, primarily with sports programming. But, he says, the technology exists to allow viewers to be their own directors in the next five to 10 years.
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