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- Michigan Mobile Industry Jobs
- Mobile Business Development Manager / ForeSee / Ann Arbor, MI June 19, 2013
- Sr. Software Developer / Amway Corp. / Ada, MI June 18, 2013
- Front-End Developer & Web Designer / Gravity Works Design & Development / Lansing, MI June 18, 2013
- Account Executive- Business Sales(B2B) / Verizon Wireless / Detroit, MI June 18, 2013
- PHP Developer - Contract / Results at Hand / Waterford, MI June 11, 2013
- Andrew Seybold; Real-world Wireless Intelligence
- Wi-Fi Invades the Car? April 11, 2013...except for some hotels, I have not been asked to pay for a Wi-Fi connection in the past two years. But that is what Audi and T-Mobile apparently expect us to do. At the time of purchase of the car, you can pay an additional $450 and get 30 months of Wi-Fi in your car, fed by T-Mobile’s 4G network.
- LTE Around the World November 28, 2012It should be interesting to put together our session for the Mobile World Congress. We will have access to the GSMA’s Wireless Intelligence group, which has great stats and numbers, and we will be comparing and contrasting them to what is occurring in North America.
- U.S. Wireless Ownership October 24, 2012The issue I have is why the shift within the federal government to permit foreign companies to own a majority of these networks when we are trying to keep jobs and money in our own country.
- Broadband Spectrum: Finding, Consolidating, Swapping, Selling August 13, 2012Until the FCC and NTIA come together and decide what spectrum will be made available to fulfill the FCC’s promise of 500 MHz of additional broadband spectrum, it seems only logical that they would be in favor of deals that will put more spectrum into service as quickly as possible.
- Phones, TVs, and Computers May 31, 2012After returning from CTIA in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago, I observe that we have indeed made quite a lot of progress: Our televisions and phones are now as difficult to use as our computers!
- Wi-Fi Invades the Car? April 11, 2013
- Connected Planet
- Applying Real-Time to the Operator’s Tool Kit: Enabling the Second Side of the Two-Sided Model December 22, 2011The business process started with the network and then events fed into the billing-to-cash process. In that old-fashioned world, the billing process was an excellent audit platform and one of the key revenue assurance tools at an operator’s disposal.
- Court lends an ear to complaints against FCC's efforts on special access reform December 21, 2011D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear further arguments from Comptel-led coalition
- AT&T, T-Mobile deal dead, Sprint among the winners December 20, 2011With AT&T ending T-Mobile bid, Sprint said to be a winner, while T-Mobile expected to start shopping for a new partner.
- LightSquared adds money woes to GPS and Falcone problems December 20, 2011LightSquared's money situation isn't looking good, with only enough to get it to Q2, says Reuters. The funding woes join the LTE-hopeful's growing list of problems.
- Intellifiber thrives within Windstream fold December 20, 2011Connected Planet talks with fiber unit exec Sean Baillie about unit's unique account approach, the low-latency and cloud markets, Ethernet over copper and more
- Applying Real-Time to the Operator’s Tool Kit: Enabling the Second Side of the Two-Sided Model December 22, 2011
- Mobile Future
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- MMA Smartbrief
- Online video views are increasingly migrating to mobile June 19, 2013Tablet and mobile viewing of online video accounted for a record-breaking more than 10% of all video plays in the first quart -More- Smarter Digital Video Ad Buying YuMe's unique Placement Quality Index (PQI) helps media planners increase campaign brand lift while solving the problem of audience fragmentation and site list parity; this all while optimiz […]
- Smart Puffs' "Monster University" campaign builds mobile database June 19, 2013Smart Puffs is offering a $10,000 education sweepstakes as part of a texting campaign in partnership with Disney-Pixar. -More-
- Amazon gift card allows circle of Facebook friends to contribute June 19, 2013Facebook users can pitch in to buy a gift card for one of their friends using a new service from Amazon. -More-
- Meet the luxury retailers making the best use of mobile June 19, 2013Many luxury retailers have been slow on the mobile uptake, lagging particularly in efforts to drive both mobile commerce and -More-
- Many online merchants are not focusing sufficiently on mobile June 19, 2013About half of e-commerce merchants have not optimized their sites for mobile, and more than 4 in 5 aren't separating and anal -More-
- Online video views are increasingly migrating to mobile June 19, 2013
- CTIA Smartbrief
- DISH lets go of Sprint to focus on Clearwire June 19, 2013DISH Network has decided not to submit a new bid for Sprint Nextel to counter SoftBank's sweetened $21.6 billion offer for 78 -More-
- Alcatel eyes $2 billion in savings including asset sale June 19, 2013Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes laid out his plans today for turning around the telecom gear maker, saying the company will -More-
- Huawei touts thinnest smartphone yet with Ascend P6 June 19, 2013Huawei Technologies on Tuesday introduced the Ascend P6 which, at 0.24 inch wide, is said to be the world's slimmest smartpho -More-
- Vodafone steps up efforts vs. Liberty for German cable company June 19, 2013-More-
- Facebook, Samsung talk partnerships June 19, 2013-More-
- DISH lets go of Sprint to focus on Clearwire June 19, 2013
- Wireless Week
- HTC Launches Budget Smartphone for Low-End Market June 19, 2013It’s a segment that Nokia and Samsung know plenty about already and now HTC is getting in on the low-cost smartphone market. HTC Wednesday released the Desire 200, an Android touchscreen handset priced around $167, well below that of the company’s flagship HTC One, which sells for $600 or $200 on contract.Read more about HTC Launches Budget Smartphone for Lo […]
- Nokia Shares Settle After Huawei Comments June 19, 2013Gains in Nokia stock were diminished today after Chinese equipment and cellphone maker Huawei denied reports that it was looking to buy the Finnish OEM. Read more about Nokia Shares Settle After Huawei CommentsComments
- First News Briefs: Anritsu, NFC Forum, Globalstar and C Spire June 19, 2013Anritsu Company introduced a TD-SCDMA signaling test capability for its Rapid Test Designer (RTD) solution. The new software enables chipset and mobile device makers to test their implementation of the 3G mobile communications standard used by China Mobile.Read more about First News Briefs: Anritsu, NFC Forum, Globalstar and C SpireComments
- Combes Shifts ALU to IP Networks, Promises $1.3B in Asset Sales June 19, 2013Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michael Combes has announced what he's calling "The Shift Plan", a three-year course of action that aims to reposition the company as a specialist provider of IP Networks and Ultra-Broadband Accesss. Read more about Combes Shifts ALU to IP Networks, Promises $1.3B in Asset SalesComments
- Dish Calls it Quits on Sprint Bid, Will Focus on Clearwire Deal June 19, 2013Dish has all but officially thrown in the towel on its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint.Read more about Dish Calls it Quits on Sprint Bid, Will Focus on Clearwire DealComments
- HTC Launches Budget Smartphone for Low-End Market June 19, 2013
- CTIA – The Wireless Association; podcasts
- Reflections from Marty CooperThe “father of the cellular phone,” Marty Cooper takes us back to 1973 when he and his team of engineers at Motorola developed the DynaTAC, & shares the story of placing the world’s first portable cell phone call to his rival at Bell Laboratories to tell him
- Mobile Commerce: On the Verge to SplurgeThe future is full of fantastic promise for m:commerce, but what's it going to take to really ignite this capability. CTIA WIRELESS 2008® educational session moderator Karen Webster talks about the obstacles, challenges, and long-term prospects for success.
- Wireless Industry Policy Hot TopicsCEO for Centennial Communications Corp., Michael Small, and CTIA VP for State and External Affairs, Dane Snowden, discuss relevant hot button issues in the wireless industry and which policies they think will best spur continued growth, innovation and evoluti
- The Role of State Regulation in a Mobile WorldIn a society where consumers regularly bring their devices across state and national boundaries, we ask Wisconsin State Representative Phil Montgomery what role states should play in regulating modern wireless services.
- Andy Seybold Explains the Ever-Changing Wireless LandscapeThe Dean of Andrew Seybold Wireless University tells us what`s changed and what's still to come in today`s wireless industry.
- Reflections from Marty Cooper
- App Dev News
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- CTIA – The Wireless Association; videos
- March Wireless at Work: Never Wait on Hold (Video) Hold-Free Networks CEO Lance Fried says that you don't have to wait on hold to talk to a customer service representative again. By using your smartphone to call for customer service, the Hold-Free app will provide your account details to the company so they can call you on your wireless device when they're prepared to answer your questions. […]
- March Insider Interview: Wireless Penetration Lithuania(Video) Paulius Lukauskas, Managing Director of Enterprise Lithuania, discusses reasons why the relatively small country has such an impressive wireless penetration rate (1.5 devices per person, highest in Europe), the country's extensive wireless build-out and the factors behind its prominent stature in wireless development. Lukauskas also says that Li […]
- March Policy Point: Int'l Travel with Wireless Device (Video) With millions of wireless consumers traveling internationally each year, many choose to bring their mobile devices on their trips. Prior to traveling abroad with your device, CTIA recommends you take several steps before you leave to ensure you have a successful wireless experience. Remember, if you need a passport where you're going, it's […]
- March Wireless Lifesaver: Wireless Helps Haiti (Video) Wireless proved to be an invaluable tool after the 2010 Haitian earthquake. Videographer Dan Wooley was working on a film project when the earthquake struck, pinning him in a collapsed building for several days. An app on Dan's iPhone gave him the crucial first aid information that ended up saving his injured leg and possibly his life. Providing […]
- February WOW: Wireless App for Healthier Living(Video) U.S. Preventive Medicine's Chairman and CEO Chris Fey showcases Macaw, a wireless application that uses preventative medicine tools to help consumers reduce their risk factors that cause poor health. Macaw uses a variety of health information inputs to determine how healthy the user is living and recommendations for changes to their daily routin […]
- March Wireless at Work: Never Wait on Hold
- Fierce Wireless
- Alcatel-Lucent unveils radical restructuring plan, will focus on LTE, small cells in wireless June 19, 2013Alcatel-Lucent CEO Michel Combes unveiled a massive restructuring of the company's business focus and balance sheet, intent on reversing seven years of losses at the vendor. He said the company will become more of a specialist by focusing on several core areas in IP networking, and in wireless it will put more emphasis on LTE and small cells and move aw […]
- Verizon confirms interest in Canada's Wind Mobile June 19, 2013Verizon Communications is considering jumping into the Canadian wireless market and could purchase upstart Wind Mobile in order to do so, Verizon confirmed. However, the company said it has not yet taken any firm steps to get into the market.
- Backhaul strategies for next-gen networks June 19, 2013With today's network capacity challenges, backhaul can no longer be an afterthought for wireless operators. In fact, backhaul is currently one of the biggest investments for carriers. In a recent study commissioned by Tellabs and conducted by Strategy Analytics, the firm predicted that by 2017 wireless network traffic will require more than $35 billion […]
- Dish gives up on Sprint, focuses on acquiring Clearwire June 19, 2013Dish Network said it will not make a new offer for Sprint Nextel to counter SoftBank's revised $21.6 billion proposal to control 78 percent of Sprint. The move paves the way for SoftBank to complete its proposed purchase of Sprint.
- Confirmed: AT&T enables FaceTime over cellular for iPhone 5 customers with unlimited data June 18, 2013AT&T Mobility has begun enabling Apple's FaceTime video chatting service over its cellular network for customers who have an LTE-capable iPhone 5 and an unlimited data plan, according to an AT&T spokesman.
- Alcatel-Lucent unveils radical restructuring plan, will focus on LTE, small cells in wireless June 19, 2013
- MiTech Breaking News
- BioSavita Wins $100,000 SmartZone Award LANSING - Biotechnology start-up BioSavita won the $100,000 SmartZone Award at the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest 13th annual statewide business plan competition Tuesday night at the James B. Henry Center at Michigan State University.
- Survey: More Small Biz Owners Say Business Conditions Better Than In YearsNEW YORK - More small business owners say business conditions are good or excellent today than at any point in years, according to the latest Citibank Small Business Pulse released Tuesday.
- Tim Hortons Teams With MEDC For MIVirtualCareerFair June 26LANSING - Tim Hortons Cafe and Bake Shop is teaming up with the Michigan Economic Development Corp. up to host a live MiVirtualCareerFair event on June 26 from 10 am - 4 pm online and at participating restaurants around Michigan.
- Oakland University Robotics Team Wins International Competition HonorsAUBURN HILLS - For the first time, the Oakland Robotics Association took the top prize at the 21st annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition topping 53 collegiate teams from across the globe. Team members won the Lescoe Cup.
- Survey: Michigan Business Owners Plan To Make Investments In WorkforceLANSING - The latest Michigan Future Business Index survey shows business owners have seen added growth over the past six months and now plan to make investments in their workforce through increased wages and training.
- BioSavita Wins $100,000 SmartZone Award
- Connected Vehicle News
- Why Wednesday Hearing Could Be Connected Cars’ Moment of Truth: Viable Technology or Vaporware? May 14, 2013From Automotive News “In the software industry, people talk about vaporware — products that are heavily promoted but never seem to go on sale. Automakers are at the point that they must prove that connected cars, which talk to each other over Wi-Fi to stay out of fender-benders, are more than just vaporware.”
- The Case for Autonomous and Automated Vehicles May 14, 2013From Telematics Update “in this exclusive podcast with the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, we learn the compelling benefits of staying ahead of the game in how autonomous vehicles will affect the future of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technology in North America.”
- U.S. Department of Transportation Announces New Connected Vehicle Test Bed Affiliation May 14, 2013From RITA ITS JPO The U.S Department of Transportation released a memoranda that helps to create an affiliation of 5.9GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) infrastructure device makers, operators of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I ) installations, and developers of applications that use V2I communications. The goal of creating this organizational st […]
- Operating a Connected Fleet May 14, 2013From Fleet News “When a vehicle relays its location and payload condition to the dispatcher automatically, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is involved. M2M makes workflows simpler and processes leaner, facilitating entirely new business models, and can be put to good use in fleet management.”
- A Methodology to Estimate Capacity Impact due to Connected Vehicle Technology May 14, 2013From International Journal of Vehicular Technology International Journal of Vehicular Technology Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 502432, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2012/502432 Daiheng Ni, Jia Li, Steven Andrews, and Haizhong Wang Recent development in connected vehicle technology or equivalently vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET) has stimulated tremendous interests […]
- Why Wednesday Hearing Could Be Connected Cars’ Moment of Truth: Viable Technology or Vaporware? May 14, 2013
