Podcasts

Day One

• Wireless "Convergence"
  Innovation and competition in the wireless marketplace has given consumers low-cost, cutting-edge products and services previously unimaginable. The astounding capabilities of new devices and networks have created a new ecosystem of services available to wireless consumers. CTIA’s Mark Desautels and TNS Telecom’s Charles White discuss this “convergence” and the bright possibilities for the future.
• The Myth of "Net Neutrality"
  At constantly falling prices, wireless consumers enjoy better products and services everyday. So-called "net neutrality" legislation would stifle the innovation and competition that has made it all possible. Two experts uncover the truth behind the misleading term "net neutrality" and describe how it would harm the wireless consumer.
• AT&T Chairman & CEO Ed Whitacre
  Now that AT&T has completed its deal to buy Bellsouth, wireless is at the heart of the new company's plans for the future. Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre talks about the new AT&T and shares his thoughts about net neutrality, convergence, rebranding, and much more!
• Wireless in 2007: CTIA Chairman Mike Kalogris
  While the wireless industry continues to grow and innovate at an incredible rate, there are both challenges and opportunities ahead in 2007. CTIA Chairman and Suncom Wireless Chairman and CEO Mike Kalogris talks about the year ahead, and offers his unique perspective on the industry.
• CTO Roundtable – What’s next?
  We all wonder and debate the future of wireless services, yet what happens on the services side depends directly on the roadmaps being developed across an array of technologies. To learn at the future of those technologies, we hear from wireless pioneer Andy Seybold, who moderated a CTO Roundtable on where we came from and where we’re going.
• Turning up the Volume in the States
  CTIA - The Wireless Association VP for State and External Affairs Dane Snowden talks about the industry's relationship with state policymakers across America and what the best approach is to regulating wireless service.
• Tuning In To Mobile Music
  With carriers offering full-song downloads and other wireless music services, we check-in today with Motorola's Senior Director of Multimedia Chris White about the types of technology needed to support these increasingly popular products.

Day Two

• 700MHz Auction
  When Congress passed the Public Safety Act it allocated critical spectrum for public safety and left the rest for an important auction - detailing use of the auction proceeds. CTIA’s Christopher Guttman-McCabe discusses the importance of promptly performing the auction of spectrum that will bring better products and services to wireless consumers.
• Universal Service: Broken System, Fair Solutions
  Nearly everyone agrees the current universal service system needs a major makeover, and CTIA Assistant Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs Paul Garnett explains the wireless industry’s fair and simple solutions on how to accomplish that.
• Mobile Financial Services
  For many people in Europe and Asia, paying bills or trading stocks with a wireless device is a common practice. Why can’t the same be said for mobile financial services in the U.S. market? Jim Russell, Manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP, speaks to these questions and discusses hurdles of increasing mobile financial services roll-out in the U.S.

Day Three

• Mobile Search
  For wireless customers, the question of access has already been answered with innovative devices and outstanding services. The new question is finding the exact content they want and need on the go. Hear from Tracy Ford, Editor/Associate Publisher at RCR Wireless News about the panel she hosted on “Mobile Search.”
• Wireless in Good Times and Bad
  Wireless communication is having a uniquely positive impact on our nation’s economy, and has the ability to deliver even more benefits to Americans living in both rural and urban settings. It also plays a vital role in public safety, and CTIA Vice-President, Policy Carolyn Brandon discusses the panel she moderated at CTIA WIRELESS 2007 focusing on these areas.
• CTIA Emerging Technology Awards Ceremony
  While the show floor at CTIA 2007 embodies the fierce competition in the wireless marketplace, there was another competition going on at the show: the CTIA Emerging Technology Awards. Hear from the first place winner in the Consumer Applications category for Healthcare, Public Safety and Transportation.
• Common Short Code Case Studies
  Interactive television continues to flourish as the killer application d’jour involving common short codes. But what else is being done with this innovative technology? Jim Manis, Vice President of VeriSign, Inc., evaluates the future of short code use and offers insights into the next ground-breaking short code application.
• Off-Portal Opportunities
  There is tremendous upside to providing wireless consumers access to off-portal content, but it’s critical that the customer experience is a good one. Wireless Week Editor-in-Chief Rhonda Wickham moderated an educational session at CTIA WIRELESS 2007 on off-portal opportunities and the wireless consumer, and shares her thoughts on the insightful discussion.