Author Archives: Omar Tellez

Takeaways From the 2010 Connected Devices Summit – The Connected User Experience

May 20, 2010 – 11:01 AM

We were truly honored to be joined by over 50 participants representing a broad slice of the connected devices ecosystem (Accel Partners, Asus, Best Buy Mobile, Brightpoint, Cricket, CTIA, DELL, NTT DoCoMo, HP, Lenovo, Level 3, Motorola, Panasonic, Qualcomm, Samsung, Sony, Sprint, Time Warner Cable, and US Cellular) in Calistoga, CA to address the key [...]

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The Connected Devices Summit – Putting a Framework in Place for the Industry to Succeed

April 26, 2010 – 8:55 AM

We’ll be hosting the connected devices industry in Calistoga next month. The event, Connected Devices Summit – “The Connected User Experience” will be held at the Calistoga Ranch (May 16-18). We are truly excited about this event. Based on the number of RSVPs received from a broad set of companies representing the connected devices ecosystem, [...]

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CTIA Takeaways

March 29, 2010 – 8:23 AM

Just got back to the office after spending a few action-packed days in Las Vegas attending CTIA.  The energy and enthusiasm at this year’s event with respect to connected devices could have easily powered all the hotels and casinos in the desert for several years. Here are a few observations:

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Notes From The Mobile World Congress – Barcelona

February 23, 2010 – 9:16 AM

After a weeklong schedule of jam-packed meetings with communication service providers (CSPs), OEMs, and etailers/retailers, and some great Jamón Ibérico, I believe it is fair to say that this Mobile World Congress was in many ways much more effective for the broader wireless ecosystem than prior ones. Indeed the GSMA content team played a big [...]

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Looking Forward to a Different Mobile World Congress Experience in Barcelona

February 11, 2010 – 12:00 PM

Having been to many Mobile World Congresses (MWC) in the past, I always looked forward to the large communication service providers (CSPs) keynotes.  Whether it was listening to Arun Sarin (former Vodafone CEO) discuss the new features that Vodafone Live! had implemented (i.e.: WAP 2.0, WAP PUSH, MMS, LBS, etc.), or Didier Lombard (France Telecom [...]

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