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Articles published in April 2008
Nokia's Tero Ojanpera
LRTV Interviews - Dan Jones -
April 17, 2008 : Nokia's head of entertainment and communications, Tero Ojanpera, says the way of the future is for hardware companies to transform themselves into software and services companies. We've heard that before, obviously, but Nokia actually has some interesting acquisitions and new mobile services with a really global reach that back up all the talk. Check it out!
Arun Bhikshesvaran, CTO, Ericsson North America
LRTV Interviews - Phil Harvey -
April 16, 2008 : The CTO of Ericsson North America, Arun Bhikshesvaran, makes his case for HSPA networks to continue for several years before 4G networks based on LTE become a reality. He also weighs in on flat-rate pricing, femtocells, the real role for WiMax, and how Ericsson and other infrastructure vendors can add value when the standardized way of building gear makes it all look the same from the outside
Analisa Roberts, RealNetworks
LRTV Interviews -
April 15, 2008 : The company that helped invent ringback tones has already developed a platform for serving mobile video. Now it's concentrating on how the content is portioned out and delivered. And what about open networks? Analisa Roberts at RealNetworks says it's a nice idea, but still a couple of years off from being a significant force in the US
Tony Melone, CTO, Verizon Wireless
LRTV Interviews -
April 14, 2008 : Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone says 2010 will be a significant year for the evolution of Verizon's 4G network, with LTE being its technology of choice. Also, he says that flat-rate voice and flat-rate data should be considered with different approaches to each. He's not an all-you-can-eat kind of guy
Philippe Keryer, Alcatel-Lucent
LRTV Interviews -
April 09, 2008 : Philippe Keryer, president of Alcatel-Lucent’s Mobile Access Division, weighs in on the timeline for LTE, how long 3G networks should be extended, whether CDMA is out of gas, the real benefit of the 700 Mhz auctions, and his division's quest for profitability
Leap Wireless's Greg Lund
LRTV Interviews -
April 09, 2008 : How low can they go? Greg Lund from Leap Wireless says the low-cost provider may not cut rates in response to AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint getting into the flat-rate pricing game.




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