Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
Incentive Auctions Means More Spectrum for mHealth Technology
The U.S. Treasury would gross more than $35 billion by conducting a voluntary incentive auction, according to a white paper released by CTIA and CEA. Speaking at the Institute for Policy Innovation seminar “Mobile Health: Innovations in Care & the Spectrum Challenge” on Capitol Hill, CTIA Vice President of Public Affairs John Walls says that [...]
mHealth Solutions: More Spectrum Needed
On Tuesday at the Institute for Policy Innovation panel on “Mobile Health: Innovations in Care & the Spectrum Challenge,” CTIA Vice President of Public Affairs John Walls describes to policymakers and their staff about how mHealth solutions are often bandwidth-intensive applications that need more spectrum. The rapidly dwindling supply of spectrum threatens to hinder or [...]
Campus Party 2011 Update
At the center of Campus Party is the network core, also known as the “UFO.” This is the heart of the event, as all campus participants demand maximum bandwidth. From the core, cables stretch out in every direction feeding the need for speed. Yesterday we lost power in the building, which meant no lights, but the [...]
Campus Party: Technology Extravaganza with 8k Hackers, Developers, Gamers and Geeks
Buenas tardes from Mexico City! I’m at Campus Party, Europe and Latin America’s largest technology extravaganza, focusing on innovation, science, social value and digital entertainment. It’s a 7-day, 24-hour festival where 8,000+ young hackers/developers/gamers and geeks–equipped with laptops–camp and immerse themselves in 12 content areas (e.g. astronomy, developers, photography, PC games, music, security/networks, simulation and [...]
July WOW Insider Interview: Global Growth in Wireless
Thanks to the relentless innovation, wireless technology includes a variety of products and services in the U.S. and around the world. Hans Vestberg, president and CEO of Ericsson, talks about the history of wireless technology and the incredible growth in the industry that provides consumers with products and services they demand.
Wireless Industry Innovation: We’re #1
In the last couple of weeks, the CTIA blog has been focused on some of the wireless industry’s innovations, such as apps and devices. We’ve also highlighted our members’ $71 billion investment in capital expenditures in 2008-10, the 110% increase in data traffic between 2009-10 and the additional 500 billion text messages exchanged in 2010 versus [...]
Wireless Industry Innovation: Devices
As I mentioned on Thursday, the U.S. wireless industry is 28 years old and shows no signs of slowing down… ever. This means consumers will continue to greatly benefit. Chris coined the phrase, but it’s thanks to the wireless ecosystem’s “virtuous cycle” of innovation. BUT, it only works as long as we have more spectrum. We’ve [...]
Wireless Industry Innovation: The Digital Revolution
Wireless is so much a part of our lives today, it’s hard to realize how new it is and how far we’ve come in such little time. Later this year, we’ll celebrate the 28th anniversary of wireless service in America, since the launch of commercial cellular service in October 1983. When I joined the wireless [...]
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