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Keynotes, Nokia Sesame Street App Contest, Gov't App Winner, Boxee Box, and Driver's Ed @ CES
Speeches from leaders of Nokia, Qualcomm and Hisense, a candid discussion with Federal Communications Chairman (FCC) Julius Genachowski were recent highlights at the 2010 International CES. Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo addressed a packed theater Friday morning as the opening keynote...
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Pre-CTIA I.T. and Entertainment Round-Up Update
The wireless industry likes to make announcements either on the days of trade shows or a few days before. This week kicks off some major stories for the wireless world, preceding the CTIA-The Wireless Association's "International CTIA Wireless I.T. &...
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May 16 MobiFest Tickets On Sale
Free tickets are available for MobiFest, SATURDAY, MAY 16 at Gangplank Headquarters in Chandler, Arizona.MobiFest is a multi-platform mobile event at Gangplank Saturday, May 16. MobiFest is where platform allegiance is checked at the door. The goal is to bring...
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Wireless Success Go Green Says Gore at CTIA
International CTIA WIRELESS 2009 closed on Friday after keynote address by former Vice President Al Gore, who emphasized that the wireless industry is "one of the great success stories in the American economy." The continued development of wireless infrastructure is...
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Journalists Can Now Attend Al Gore's Keynote at CTIA Wireless
After a lot of press and questions wondering why the press was banned from Al Gore's keynote address at CTIA. CTIA issued the following statement, "Due to a high degree of interest, Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize winner and 45th...
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Press Banned from VP Al Gore's Keynote at CTIA
CTIA has banned the press from covering Al Gore's speech at 9:30 a.m. on April 3 a CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas.The ban is at Gore's request. It appears Gore usually bans press from his talks. The press ban seems impossible...
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Mozes Connect Live Edition Demoed at SXSW
Mozes, announced its Mozes Connect Live Edition audience engagement platform is being used to help some of the biggest brand names and agencies in the world make a mobile impression at SXSW 2009. Mozes will be powering campaigns that include...
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Mobile World Congress Round-Up: Smartphones, Apps and Awards
Mobile World Congress appears to be a success and there were so many announcements, they begged to be summarized in one of our easy-to-read Cliff-Notes-Style round-ups.Smartphones Get Smarter and Cheaper at Mobile World Congress.Acer showed four smartphones and then revealed...
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Charge for Universal USB Chargers in 2012 by GSMA
The GSMA and 17 mobile operators and manufacturers announced that they are committed to a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. What this means is that one charger would work will all the phones.The move should...
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CES Mobile and Smartphone Top Stories on Wireless and Mobile News
On the mobile and wireless front, form the Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the top stories on Wireless and Mobile News were:The CES on-site announcement of the the Palm Pre smartphone with a Mojo SDK, developers love definitely won...
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CES 2009 Will Explore Every Segment of Wireless Market 1/8-1/11/09
The 2009 International CES will reveal the latest wireless technologies and trends. Produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the 2009 International CES, returns to Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2009. They have programs and exhibitors that will show advancements in...
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CTIA Works with NCMEC to Keep Child Porn Off Networks
CTIA has partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to keep child pornography off of wireless networks. CTIA and representatives from the wireless industry have created the Wireless Child Safety Task Force. Wireless companies will continue...
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VP Al Gore Keynote Speaker @ CTIA Wirelss Las Vegas in April
International CTIA WIRELESS 2009 announced that former Vice President and Noble Peace Prize Winner Al Gore will deliver a keynote address International CTIA WIRELESS 2009 takes place April 1-3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. In 2007, Vice President Gore...
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IMS Plugfests Set for January 12-16 2009
The NGN/IMS Forum, the only industry association dedicated to interoperability and certification of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Next Generation Networks (NGN) applications and services, announced today that its sixth IMS/NGN PlugfestTM will be held January 12-16, 2009 at the...
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Open Mobile Summit Opens November 19
The Open Mobile Summit conference explores the move to open up the mobile value chain, and deliver the mobile Internet. Taking place November 19-20, at Hotel 480 in San Francisco, The Open Mobile Summit features industry heavyweight speakers from both...
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CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Roundup All Days
Last week there were new announcements and findings from CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment. Attendees took part in an expanded education series, browsed new products from more than 250 exhibitors and heard from industry luminaries who discussed the future of...
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CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment News Roundup Day 1
There have been lots of announcements on or before the first day of CTIA Wirelss IT and Entertainment 2008Verizon launched social networking SocialLife, V Cast Video mobile website, Ringback Buddies on Facebook, City ID from Cequint and that the New...
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CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Starts Tommorrow
At this fall's CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008 tradeshow and conference, starts tommorrow , at Moscone West in San Francisco.The keynote stage will host a variety of industry leaders and provide attendees with new perspectives on the future of...
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Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks 2008 Conference, 11/5-11/6 Dallas TX
The Active RFID, RTLS & Sensor Networks 2008 conference hosted by IDTechEx will be held on November 5-6, 2008 in Dallas TX. This conference is in its fourth year and the only event in the world dedicated to the technologies...
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40,000 Attended CTIA Wireless 2008
CTIA WIRELESS 2008 played host to a global contingent of more than 40,000 attendees from 125 countries at the Las Vegas Convention Center April 1 - 3, says the CTIA Wireless Association. More than 1,200 exhibitors showcased the latest in...
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CTIA Day 1 Round-Up April 1
The CTIA Wireless convention on Tuesday, April 1- showed the diversity and new directions of the business. They are moving forward and upward with new devices and services to bring the Internet to the masses at faster speeds with ease of use. Nokia...
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Nokia Demos in Upwardly Mobile WiMAX Boardroom in the Sky
Driving into Vegas on the Way to CTIA Wireless, amongst the cranes constructing mega massive hotel casinos, hanging from one crane was a bunch of blue-suited early adopters strapped on a flying mobile office. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is...
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CTIA 2008 Pre-Show Round-Up
Before we head across the desert to Las Vegas, we'd like to summarize the pre-almost-show buzz for CTIA Wireless 2008. Handsets announced pre-show:Motorola Q9c from three new carriers.Verizon's release of the Moto Q9c, enV2, BlackBerry Curve 8330, Verizon XV6900, and...
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Thompson and Edwards Keynotes for CTIA Day 3
Former presidential candidates Fred Thompson and John Edwards are expected to keynote the third day of CTIA Wireless....
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Leaked YouTube Video Shows Kodak on Moto Phones for CTIA?
A YouTube Video has been discovered that looks like a professional promotional video for Motorola. In the video is a shot of a Motorola phone with Kodak logo on it as a photo clicking sound is heard. It is suspected...
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CTIA 2008 Sneak Peaks from Wireless & Mobile News
We've been getting a lot of phone calls, invitations to events and briefing requests for CTIA in Las Vegas. Although we can't release embargoed announcements, here are some pre-show announcements some of which we find a bit confusing and others...
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Mobile World Congress Draws 55,000 Visitors
More than 55,000 visitors* attended the GSMA's Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, making this year's event the largest yet. The three-day conference, which featured more than 230 chief executives and other high-level speakers from across the world, attracted more than...
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CES 2008 Cell, Smart and Mobile Phone Round-Up
The buzz after CES about mobile phones, proves, "What happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas." The Consumer Electronics Show 2008 estimates that 130,000 attendees viewed the latest technology along with over 4,000 journalists. Motorola, Nokia, LG, Samsung, Sony...
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W&M News First Day @ CES 2008
If traffic is any indication of a successful and exciting trade show, then the traffic on the freeway into Las Vegas this afternoon at 4:00 pm for CES proves something spetacular is going on. It was bumper to bumper starting...
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CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Ent. Day 3 Wrap
As far as news go, the presence of Microsoft at CTIA permeated the coverage of CTIA. In their assessment of the show, writers commented on the following: Sascha Segan at PC Magazine in his analysis of the show pointed out...
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CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Ent. Day 2 Roundup
While Southern California was still burning, the news from Day 2 of CTIA included more announcements and SMS help for SoCal:The announcement by Dustin Moskovitz, founder of Facebook and Mike Lazaridis, founder of RIM, during a keynote address at CTIA...
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CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Ent. Day 1 Roundup
Although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was a keynote speaker and announced a new server smartphone software from Microsoft there were lots of other news stories at CTIA. Tom Kraznit at CNET posted a blog entry about how a panel talked...
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CTIA News On the Way
Tuesday, October 23, is the first day of CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007 in San Francisco, expect lots of news, announcements, and new services. We will be consolidating information about the event, at the end of each day....
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