Accessibility is an issue that affects aging and disabled communities. Wireless technology can enable people to take control of their lives, especially in these communities. This podcast illustrates how wireless technology is improving people’s lives and what the wireless industry and the organization Wireless Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) is presenting doing to help.

Please also check out the education session presented by Wireless RERC at the Wireless Accessibility Forum: Wireless for All? Yes We Can! on April 2 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Room N261.

Mobile health is a central issue this year at International CTIA WIRELESS 2009®. Dr. Bernhardt from the Center for Disease Control illustrates how wireless is enabling patients and doctors to communicate like never before! Listen to a podcast to hear more about how the CDC is using wireless to better our health.

For more information on mobile health, please attend our Healthcare IT and Wireless event hosted by eWEEK on April 2 from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm in Room N252, moderated by Stephen Wellman from Ziff Davis Enterprise.

Please also visit our education session:  Healthcare-An Industry Vertical Using Cellular Successfully also on April 2 from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm in Room S219.  Monica Alleven from Wireless Week will be moderating this session.

In conjunction with Harris Interactive®, we conducted a survey with 700 small, medium and large American businesses on how the wireless industry impacts their businesses.

45% of the business decision makers said that wireless applications were an important or absolutely essential to being competitive.  When we asked how much they thought wireless application deployment would increase productivity or cost reduction, the companies said they expected a 15% improvement in their bottom-line. 

I know I don't have to tell you that a 15% improvement in a company's bottom-line is astounding, but when it's coupled with today's economic situation...well, it's impressive. 

When you combine our Semi-Annual Survey with this one, it’s clear that the wireless industry has greatly changed (and improved) the way we work, play and live.

If you would like to learn more take a listen to a podcast we did with Harris Interactive Vice-President Joe Porus.

  Wireless & Enterprise Survey

Mobile health is the theme of Day Two at CTIA WIRELESS 2009® as Robert Bach, President of the Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation; Eric J. Topol, M.D., Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute & Chief Academic Officer of Scripps Health; and Benjamin Wolff, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Clearwire all take the keynote stage. Watch video highlights of the keynotes and floor activity, listen to podcasts featuring a selection of educational sessions, and take a tour through the camera phone photo gallery. Your one-stop shop for complete show coverage!

On the issue of Intelligent Transportation from the wireless prospective, Dominique Bonte joins us from ABI Research, an analyst firm. Dominique is the Practice Director of Telematics and Navigation. Take a listen for ABI Research’s prospective on this important topic

Today we are releasing the results of the biannual CTIA Survey at International CTIA WIRELESS 2009®! Bob Roche, CTIA’s VP of Research, talks about the exciting results and how the wireless industry has been affected by the economy.

  CTIA Year-End 2008 Survey: Growth Continues Podcast

To kick off the first day at International CTIA WIRELESS 2009®, we released our Semi-Annual Wireless Industry Survey. 

While you can read the specifics about the survey, I thought I’d highlight a few interesting statistics which clearly demonstrate the wireless industry’s growth, despite these tough economic times.

• Wireless data service revenues in 2008 increased 39% more than 2007 to $32 billion. 
• There are more than 270 million wireless subscribers.
• 1 trillion text messages were sent in 2008, meaning 3.5 billion were sent every day.
• 2.2 trillion minutes were used in 2008, an increase of 100 billion minutes from 2007.
• Finally, we had record-breaking six-month wireless service revenue of more than $75 billion with annual service revenues reaching $148 billion by year-end 2008.

I’m looking forward to visiting our exhibitors and learning more about the new products and services they offer. It’s an exciting time to be involved in the wireless industry!

Intelligent transportation is the theme of Day One at CTIA WIRELESS 2009® as CTIA Chairman & CEO of T-Mobile USA, Robert Dotson takes to the keynote stage along with the President & Co-CEO of Research in Motion, Mike Lazaridis, and Chairman & CEO of Verizon Communication, Ivan Seidenberg. Watch video highlights of the keynotes and floor activity, listen to podcasts featuring a selection of educational sessions, and take a tour through the camera phone photo gallery. Your one-stop shop for complete show coverage!