March 14th, 2010
Standard disclaimer: don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out.)
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March 12th, 2010
Raleigh, North Carolina has just been named “America’s Most Wired City” by Forbes magazine. Ironically, it’s Raleigh’s wireless chops that earned it this title!
“The city’s downtown is covered by a wi-fi network that is free to users. Operator Sprint Nextel ( S - news - people ) recently launched its “4G” next-generation mobile broadband in Raleigh and the rest of the ‘Triangle’–months before larger cities like Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., will get the service.”
Having started my telecom career working in Research Triangle Park, and enjoying the benefits of being surrounded by North Carolina State University (Raleigh), Duke University (Durham), and the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), I can appreciate the forward thinking-ness of the Triangle and why it’s been a great place for Sprint’s 4G service.
In fact, the Triangle was the first place we ever trialed “4G” services - way back in 2004, Nextel launched trials of a new service using technology from Flarion. What we learned there was instrumental to the definition of the services we later launched as Sprint 4G.
Way to go Raleigh! Maybe next year you can win the real prize - being named by Forbes America’s Most Wireless City!
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March 11th, 2010
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March 10th, 2010
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March 8th, 2010
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March 7th, 2010
The Law of Mobility talks about value increasing with mobility. The impact of this law is being felt because the barriers to building mobility in are being obliterated week after week. Here are examples of technology advances enabling this to happen:
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March 5th, 2010
Standard disclaimer: don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out.)
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March 3rd, 2010
Bonus: The Tomi Ahonen Cheat Sheet on all major mobile industry numbers
Research is good. Free highlights from expensive research reports are great. Here are some recent headlines:
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March 2nd, 2010
Bonus: GigaOm’s Stacey Higginbotham on “Connected Gadgets Need a Business Model That Works”
Converging products into a cellphone is one way that mobility is getting built into every product, but it’s not the only way. Every month, I’ll focus on devices that are integrating the power of mobility into products themselves in ways that create new value for the customer. Power up!
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March 1st, 2010
As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:
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