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Section: Reader Forum

Reader Forum: Cable ready to partner with wireless on cell-tower backhaul

March 15 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Shridhar Kulkarni, Product Manager Access Network Solutions, Aurora Networks

-Shridhar Kulkarni, Product Manager Access Network Solutions, Aurora Networks-

Wireless service providers looking for greater sources of backhaul bandwidth can get help from an unlikely – yet uniquely qualified – fiber-rich source: cable system operators. ... Read More »

Reader Forum: 2010 – The breakthrough year for femtocells

March 15 2010 - 9:15 am ET | Professor Simon Saunders, Chairman of the Femto Forum

-Simon Saunders-

Over the past 12 months any doubt over operator commitment to femtocells has been silenced. There are currently 10 deployments around the world and analyst firm Informa recently found operator commitment to femtocells has ... Read More »

Reader Forum: The broadband stimulus application and beyond

March 8 2010 - 11:19 am ET | Christopher Cherry, director, communications vertical strategy, Pitney Bowes Business Insight

-Christopher Cherry, director, communications vertical strategy, Pitney Bowes Business Insight-

More than a third of United States residents do not subscribe to broadband service and in many communities, particularly in rural areas, broadband access does not exist, limiting the flow of information and restricting commerce. ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Mobile Giving Foundation founder says thanks

March 1 2010 - 10:06 am ET | Jim Manis, Mobile Giving Foundation

Editor's Note: Jim Manis, chairman and CEO of the Mobile Giving Foundation (MGF) reports from Hawaii just hours after the catastrophic Chilean earthquake. : ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Google phones, iPhones and cloud phones

February 22 2010 - 10:55 am ET | Mario Dal Canto, Chairman and CEO of SIMtone Corp.

Traditional smartphones – such as BlackBerry’s – or “bypass phones” such as Google’s Nexus One and Apple’s iPhone, leverage the intelligence on the device, which is owned/controlled by ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Rethinking mobile backhaul for maximum cost efficiency

February 15 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Gabriel (Gaby) Junowicz, VP Business Development and Marketing, Siklu

The introduction of 3G and 4G technologies have resulted in a mobile data explosion. At the same time, the equipment and operational costs associated with traditional backhaul methods are rising faster than the revenues generated ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Building Wireless Networks: The essentials of superior program management

February 8 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Gene Beall, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Services, Mobilitie

Beall--

Building wireless networks is a complex and expensive affair. It requires careful planning, strong leadership, cross-functional coordination and excellent program management. ... Read More »

Reader Forum: LTE: Will mobile operators deliver on the promise in 2010?

February 1 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Nigel Wright, Vice President of Marketing, Wireless at Spirent Communications

LTE is like a wireless Shangri-La, a shining paradise full of promise. What business, in any industry, wouldn't want to deliver more and better services and improve customer quality of experience while reducing operating costs? ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Mobile jumps in where COP15 stalls

February 1 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Gabriel Solomon, SVP Public Policy, GSM Association

Despite the hype, hysteria and hapless outcome of the recent COP15 climate change summit in Copenhagen, the world continues to turn. Some things do not change. ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Why HD voice sounds good today

January 25 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Oz Zimerman, DSP Group

The growing popularity of smartphones and multimedia-rich services has bombarded subscribers with new devices and applications. However, there is a simpler opportunity to improve the user experience that doesn't require any ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Moving to 4G: Why test automation is no longer an option

January 25 2010 - 6:00 am ET | David Gehringer, VP of Marketing, Fanfare

Today, we are using 10 times more bandwidth than we did three years ago. With demand for high-speed wireless growing, every major carrier will soon need to offer 4G technology to remain competitive. ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Creating a secure, redundant cloud-based solution for subscriber data

January 18 2010 - 6:00 am ET | Mohan Sadashiva, SVP of Marketing, FusionOne

In October 2009, T-Mobile USA was forced to halt sales of its Sidekick phones due to the loss of subscribers' personal contacts, calendar entries, to-do lists and photos due to a server failure at Microsoft/Danger, which makes ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Dynamic Bit Rate Adaptation – more than just bandwidth management for wireless multimedia streaming

January 11 2010 - 8:59 am ET | By Patrick Lopez, CMO, Vantrix

Lopez--Vantrix

In the mobile marketplace, the demand for multimedia content has increased impressively, creating new challenges as the race to be able to provide ubiquitous, superior streaming quality to mobile phones heats up. ... Read More »

Reader Forum: Telephony 3.0 - What is It?

December 21 2009 - 6:00 am ET | By N. Alan Wilson

Imagine your business with no telephones on the desk top. No large PBX to maintain if you have digital phones, no PBX configuration changes due to office moves. If you have Voice over Internet Protocol, the switches in the ... Read More »

Reader Forum: SMS evolution continues; content implications of Comcast/NBC

December 14 2009 - 6:00 am ET

Innovation in 160 characters: How SMS continues to evolve ... Read More »

Reader Forum: 2010: The Year of the Mobile Cloud

December 7 2009 - 10:25 am ET | Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of Funambol

According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the year of the tiger (apologies to Tiger Woods). Some people in the mobile industry believe that 2010 will be the year of 4G, Android or other smartphones. But in my book, 2010 will ... Read More »

Reader Forum: 4G to the rescue; challenge for app stores

November 23 2009 - 6:00 am ET

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. ... Read More »

For mobile broadband, it's the user that counts

November 16 2009 - 6:00 am ET | By Torbjorn Ward, CEO, Aptilo Networks

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. ... Read More »