Tag: Wireless
-
Global Telcos come to Silicon Valley In Search of Innovation and Partnerships
Introduction: Global mobile app downloads will reach nearly 18 billion this year with sales of $15.1 billion, nearly triple last year’s revenues, according to Gartner Research. How much of that $15.1B went into the pocket of carriers (versus Apple and Google)? We would expect that number to be close to zero! Having missed the first…
-
Viodi View – 08/17/11
Alan Weissberger may have said it best when he suggested that the Google purchase of Motorola Mobility is representative of what has become a sort of patent mania these days. At approximately $734k per existing patent or $500k if pending patents are included, this is a good deal compared to the $750k per patent that…
-
Emerging Devices and M2M Team Up for Explosive Growth- Part 2
Editors Note: This is the 2nd of 3 articles that explore new telco markets and opportunities. Much of the information gathered for these articles comes from the 2011 Connections conference in Santa Clara, CA. The 1st article, New Telco Services Enable the Connected Home, described different versions of a “connected home,” including consumer electronics for…
-
Viodi View – 07/20/11
Where were you 42 years ago today? Those of us old enough to remember that historic day were probably fixated on a black and white moving image of Neil Armstrong taking a giant step for all of us. Like a modern-day Columbus, Armstrong and his partner Buzz Aldrin, were exploring terrain that was a mystery.…
-
Prelude to TiECon: TiE Silicon Valley Announces TiE50 2011 Winners
The Indus Entreprenneurs (TiE) Silicon Valley chapter today announced the winners of the TiE50 Awards, which will be presented at TiEcon 2011, May 13 – 14th, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. TiE 50, the 3rd annual awards program to recognize the “Top 50 Startup Companies”, will be a prominent part…
-
Highlights of Monte Jade Annual Conference, March 26, 2011
While there were many interesting sessions at this conference, this article will only cover the sessions most relevant to Viodi View readers -Communications & Computing and Leadership for the Future. The first session was all about trends and forecasts for wireless technology as well as cloud computing. The second session highlighted important leadership qualities for…