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Heavy Reading’s Berge Ayvazian on how small cells can get smart about connections and help carriers improve data speed and coverage in traffic-heavy networks
The mega trend of BYOD is putting individuals and employers at risk. According to Juniper’s new global survey, the answer lies with the experts: service providers and security vendors. Mobile users want a more secure mobile experience
2:15 PM Consumers' expectation of privacy may be misguided, but the wireless operators have a ways to go to convince us we can trust them with our data
9:30 AM We don't either, so we asked a selection of people on the CTIA show floor what they thought this obtuse acronym from Lemko Corp. might mean and how it should be pronounced. Deemoowinnee, anyone?
The president and CTO of AT&T Labs discusses the network in the next decade and the growing importance of the cloud and mobile security. The former COO of Alcatel USA and CEO of Tellabs says AT&T should bring the cloud closer to its end consumers
FON chief operating officer Alex Puregger talks about the shared Wi-Fi network operator's progress, proposition, partnerships and business model and how the smartphone revolution gave it a lease of life and acceptance in the carrier community
At Ethernet Europe, Heavy Reading Senior Analyst Patrick Donegan talks about the challenges associated with small-cell backhaul, the evolution of wholesale mobile backhaul and the Bayern Munich vs Real Madrid Champions League semi-final soccer match
France Telecom's innovation arm, Orange Vallée, is hoping to convince operators to become OTT providers rather than compete against them, starting with their voice mail
Anritsu discusses challenges such as the need for Inter-RAT (Radio Access Technology) handovers and battery life as 4G technology evolves and test capabilities in place to overcome those challenges
LRTV catches up with Manish Singh, VP of Product Line Management at Continuous Computing (www.ccpu.com ), to discuss LTE and Policy Control - and how DPI and Small Cells are changing mobile network architectures and economics
Policy controls are increasingly being used to create more personalized services and as a core technology in yield management for broadband services. Grant Lenahan, VP & Strategist, discusses the operator’s role in the value chain
Anand Uppili, CEO, Torres Networks explains that with policy control taking the front stage, the focus is now on control plane components like policy control server, admission control, rating & charging, and dashboard controls to create new services
Jenifer Snyder of The mGive Foundation talks about how mobile giving works, what sets her nonprofit apart and how you can donate to the Red Cross to help Japan
Verizon this week added 59 new cities to its LTE rollout plans for 2011. VP-Technology Tom Sawanobori talks to Light Reading’s Carol Wilson about the challenges and opportunities of this 4G surge
Execs from AT&T, Samsung, Livewire Mobile, and U.S. Cellular offer some ideas on what mobile service providers can do to improve the customer experience
AT&T's Michael Antieri defines the carrier's approach to dealing with big-enterprise vs. small-business mobile plans and applications. Also, he comments on the challenge carriers face when helping CIOs manage device diversity while keeping data secure
Verizon's Jennifer Byrne talks about the carrier's plans to expand its mobile app store and how social networking and media sharing will get a big boost when LTE kicks in
Samsung says the real difference between enterprise and consumer smartphones is in the software. Also, the phrase 'going forward' makes a strong comeback
InformationWeek's Bob Evans speaks with Light Reading's Sarah Reedy about the balance among enterprise security, personal productivity, and unfettered mobility
Light Reading Mobile's Sarah Reedy chats to Sprint Nextel VP of network development and engineering Iyad Tarazi at the Green Broadband 2010 event in New York about the operator's network design philosophy
President and CEO Harald Braun describes trends in backhaul in the US market, solution offerings around these trends and a little background behind Aviat's new name
With the growing popularity of smartphones and the challenges that presents, Infosys is focusing on developers and operators. Infosys's Deepak Swamy discusses strategies and solutions that allow customers to more conveniently access a wider range of more diverse applications
Christian Fredrikson, head of Network Systems Sales at Nokia Siemens Networks, shares strategies and optimism about NSN's role as a leader in the smartphone challenge
Upon celebrating 25 years of operation and with the recent acquisition of NetHawk, Germain Lamonde, President and CEO, explains EXFO's strategy in the wireless market
Verizon's executive director of LTE ecosystem development explains what types of applications and devices might lend themselves to having LTE capabilities baked in
Qualcomm's director of product management for MediaFLO helps us appreciate the real power of the network carrying the FLO TV service. Interestingly, this media-friendly transport vehicle is not a direct mobile carrier competitor
How do you reach every major handset variant with the same video content? RealNetworks says it has an answer with a new service called the Mobile Video Portal
The chief revenue officer of Towerstream gives us a perspective on being a fixed wireless ISP at a time when valuations are low, government assistance is appealing, and connectivity demands for businesses are becoming more aggressive
Sprint's VP of network development and engineering discusses his company's 4G network, its 4G investment, femtocell development, and device possibilities
AT&T's Eric Krauss discusses machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies as a slowly emerging catalyst for the carrier's wireless business. Regulatory changes, tech pricing, and high-speed networks have all converged to make M2M healthier than it has been in several years
Verizon's VP of Open Development, Anthony A. Lewis, says his company has changed the way it allows devices and applications to use its network. And they really are open now. No, really. In fact, he says he hasn't turned down a single device yet
A robust product needs a robust network, and that's just the thing FLO TV, the Qualcomm company, has built, with mobile television in mind. In this interview we get a closeup look at the first FLO TV device and find out what's so special about the network supporting it
Clearwire's Barry West says WiMax is maturing as a technology and some new roaming agreements prove that point. He expects to see devices able to roam between different WiMax networks around the world in Q1 2010
What does the packet core of a mobile broadband network actually do? And what value can it add as Internet traffic increases? WiChorus CEO Rehan Jalil explains it all for us
The advertising market is down overall, but Transpera CEO Frank Barbieri says targeted mobile ads are starting to pay off for some of the world's largest content makers and carriers. Brand awareness and brand recall are high for some of the early adopters, and that early success is fueling more investment in the sector
Alcatel-Lucent announced the final piece of its end-to-end LTE platform strategy, the evolved packet core. Basil Alwan talks about the importance of LTE as an IP architecture and some of the driving factors for it
At CTIA Wireless 2009, Heavy Reading's Patrick Donegan discusses the mobile broadband boom, access independent gateways, and Alcatel-Lucent's new 4G product line
At CTIA Wireless 2009, we spent a lot of time talking about the future. But what about right now? How are service providers handling their customers and what could they be doing better?
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!
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
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
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
