Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
“Appy” Holidays: The First Billion Download Week
I ran across this headline earlier in the week, and the clever turn-of-phrase both extended the holiday cheer here at CTIA and highlighted a remarkable achievement in the mobile market: 1.2 billion apps were downloaded during the last week of 2011, and that’s just for iOS and Android, according to Flurry. One-point-two-billion! While the growth [...]
U.S. Wireless Ecosystem is Robustly Competitive
Competition drives the U.S. wireless industry. When one objectively looks at the major market indicators, competition is the reason why we lead the world in efficiency and value for consumers. These indicators include capital expenditures and network investments; infrastructure deployments; subscribership levels; subscriber growth; number of devices manufactured for the U.S. market; growth of device [...]
CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement on the House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Spectrum Mark-Up
After the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee announced the mark-up of the Jumpstarting Opportunity with Broadband Spectrum (JOBS) Act of 2011 on December 1, I issued this statement: “CTIA and the wireless industry welcome the mark-up of the JOBS Act of 2011. This bill takes the important step of authorizing voluntary [...]
Medica 2011: U.S. Dept of Commerce Director General on Power of mHealth
President Obama is an ardent believer in the positive power of technology and the critical need to continue leading the way in global innovation, particularly in the area of wireless communication. mHealth is one of the areas in which the federal government is especially interested, and Director General Suresh Kumar of the Commercial Division, U.S. [...]
Wireless Devices That Are Ready for Battle
The U.S. Army is turning to smartphones to provide soldiers the capability for enhanced mission planning, monitoring, communication and situational awareness. A program called “Nett Warrior” is currently under development that would allow soldiers to see the location of themselves, their fellow soldiers and known enemies on a moving map. The Army recently exhibited an [...]
CTIA at Wireless EdTech: More Spectrum for Mobile Learning
CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent spoke at the Wireless EdTech Conference 2011 in D.C. on October 20-21. In his remarks, he explains that the U.S. is facing a looming spectrum crisis due to ever-increasing demand for wireless data. Largent describes that for the second year in a row, data traffic has increased [...]
Citigroup vs. Engineering: I’ll Take Engineering
When the wireless industry gathered in San Diego this month for the 2011 CTIA ENTERPRISE & APPLICATIONS™ show, the overarching theme from the keynotes to the show floor was unmistakable: American citizens and American businesses are increasingly harnessing the transformative nature of mobile broadband. This growing demand results directly from what we’ve termed the “virtuous [...]
CTIA statement on Citigroup Spectrum Report
In response to the Citigroup report on spectrum, I released the following statement: “As we have said multiple times in the past, and has been recognized by a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and the Senate, the President, and the Chairman of the FCC, there is a need to bring additional spectrum to [...]
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