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December 16, 2008 | A
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editor's
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Countdown to CES By Sarah Reedy
Last year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was
an eye-opening experience, to say the least. Coming off the manageable,
more approachable TelcoTV
conference, I didn't anticipate having to navigate enormous displays,
1.7 million square feet of
booths and thousands of exhibitors to discover the highlights of a few
niches at the giant show.
This year, the economy, unfortunately, may be responsible for making
this massive expo more
manageable. With many big names rumored to be backing out or opting for
off-site meeting rooms
rather than booths, the show likely will trend the way of most shows in
2008: smaller, less
grandiose and with less foot traffic. Still, CES promises to deliver a
number of exciting news
announcements, or at least notable trends, to kick off the year in
telecom.
Despite the economy, the event still will attract 300 first-time
exhibitors, including
Blockbuster, Huawei and Verizon Wireless, bringing the total exhibitors
to 2700. The host of the
show, the Consumer Electronics Association, expects growth —
albeit muted — across the gaming,
digital imaging, and GPS and location-based services product lines. As
such, these sectors likely
will ramp up their presence as well.
In the past, CES has been a popular venue for operators to announce new
services. In 2005, AT&T
kick-started U-verse with a pep talk and high hopes. In 2007, Verizon
launched V CAST, at the
time the first mobile TV service on the market, and an updated version
of its FiOS TV service.
Last year, cable stole the show with Comcast announcing its tru2way
service. This year, no big
name operators will address the audience, so the spotlight falls on
Microsoft to make a keynote
splash.
Read more of "Countdown to CES"
online.
E-mail me at sreedy@telephonyonline.com.
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Altair semiconductor Americas GM Mark Rice discusses the
chipset-maker's unique strategy in the 4G market, focusing on the
next-generations of embedded devices.
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1st Commercial Launch of Wireless CNAM
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It appears Verizon isn't going to grant Clearwire its two-year
grace
period to launch 4G unfettered in the U.S.
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Google's Android mobile operating system gained 14 new converts
today, most notably handset-maker Sony Ericsson, adding further
momentum
to Open Handset Alliance's efforts to reshape mobile computing.
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A growing number of 3G operators are looking to milk as much
capacity out of the current 3G standard before 4G’s anticipated rise
next decade.
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Between 2003 and 2008, U.S. telcos lost almost a quarter of their
historical core voice business.
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While smartphone adoption has helped the wireless industry weather
the economic recession thus far, the high-end handsets might be a mixed
blessing in 2009.
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Vanu is applying its software-defined radio techniques to the
problem of network sharing, announcing today a new cell-site
architecture that allows multiple "virtual" base stations to co-exist
in
the same box.
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Although application storefronts on high-end feature phones like
Apple's iPhone and Google's G1 have gotten the most attention this
year,
Everypoint emerged from stealth mode today to bring mobile apps to what
it believes to be a huge yet untapped mass market.
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