Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
2010 in Review: Wireless Industry Still #1 for Innovation, Competition and Investment
2010 has been another successful year for the wireless industry and more importantly, our customers. This year, government, third party organizations and our own semi-annual survey have all yet again shown that the U.S. wireless industry continues to be the most innovative, competitive and consumer-driven in the world. But my favorite factoid that shows how [...]
CTIA’s Blog Focus in November: mHealth; December to Highlight 2010 Wireless Industry Successes
CTIA’s blog was focused on mHealth in November. We spoke about a number of innovative programs, products and services which are helping improve people’s healthcare experiences. Whether it’s through something as simple as a text message (i.e. text4baby) or remote wireless monitoring for various ailments (i.e. congestive heart failure), mHealth is our future. We’ve focused a [...]
mHealth App Helps Army Members Recover from Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and Other Wounds
As Army Reservists and National Guard members return home, the U.S. Army’s mCare program is available to help them. According to this story, mCare was started in June 2009 and “is a downloadable mobile application that facilitates two-way communication between patients, doctors and approved third parties. The application lets users store health-care information on their [...]
Congestive Heart Failure Wireless Monitoring = Saving >$5 Billion
As we mentioned in an earlier blog post, more than 45 percent of the U.S. population suffers from at least one chronic condition (i.e. congestive heart failure, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)). This is why today’s post focuses on a mHealth initiative that is combating congestive heart failure (CHF). Right now, nurses are able [...]
mHealth Helps HIV-Positive Mothers and Their Newborns Fight HIV/AIDS
We continue to highlight innovative and life-saving applications that mobile devices can provide for people around the world. Today’s focus is on a recent story by Fast Company about Project Mwana, an initiative by UNICEF to increase mothers’ visits to clinics by 25 percent by January 2012. Goal number one is to stop the spread of [...]
mHealth: Apps Help
It’s amazing to think that in 2008, iTunes and Android opened separate “apps” stores which have completely changed the way Americans live and work. Today, there are almost 500,000 apps. While many of think of apps as being games or music, research that was released at last week’s mHealth Summit tells us that there are [...]
Chart on Why Government Regulation is Unnecessary for Wireless
In this morning’s Morning Tech, you probably saw the mention on what the wireless industry wants the FCC (and consumers) to be aware of as far as our sector. The last three years, 2006-2009, were largely considered to be the worst economic period in generations. Yet if you look at the chart, the wireless ecosystem has [...]
Updated “Freedom is Wireless” TV ad
Have you seen our updated “Freedom is Wireless” TV ad? If not, make sure to watch it! And let let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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