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Welcome to Day 1 of CTIA WIRELESS 2008® with a host of keynotes speakers and education sessions!  Read More...

Welcome to Day 2 of CTIA WIRELESS 2008®, as the show continues with prestigious speakers.  Read More...

Welcome to Day 3 of CTIA WIRELESS 2008®!  Read More...

Check out highlights from all of the keynote speakers, including wireless industry leaders, and ex-presidential candidates and former US Senators John Edwards and Fred Thompson. Hear what was said about wireless trends, the industry's future, new products and services... and how Senator Edwards made some interesting news in the political world from the keynote stage.

There are video wrap-up packages for each day at the show, and podcasts with industry insiders on topics ranging from network management and mcommerce, to industry adopted best practices for location-based services and a look at wireless in the US and around the world.

Day 1 of this year's show is kicking off from the keynote stage with a number of notable speakers: Lowell McAdam, CTIA Chairman, and President & CEO, Verizon Wireless; Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group; Robert Bach, President, Entertainment & Devices Division, Microsoft Corporation; and Dan Hesse, President & Chief Executive Officer, Sprint Nextel Corporation.

Day One will also feature a variety of CTIA Educational Sessions, several of which will be covered by CTIA podcasts and interviews. These comprehensive, in-depth sessions are categorized into three different "tracks": Mobile Blueprint, Mobile Lifestyles, and Mobile "Customer-ization."

And remember, for an exclusive look backstage and to see what everyone is saying about the convention, check out the CTIA Blog.

Day 2 of CTIA WIRELESS 2008® continued on the vivacious keynote stage with two prestigious speakers: Arun Sarin, Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Group Plc; and Marco Boerries, President, Yahoo! Mobile.

There was also an engaging Infrastructure Roundtable featuring: Lowell McAdam (Roundtable Chair), CTIA Chairman, President & CEO, Verizon Wireless; Patricia Russo, CEO, Alcatel Lucent; Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO, Ericsson; and Mike Zafirovski, CEO, Nortel.

The educational sessions for Mobile Blueprint for Day 2 were: Defining 4G Technology; Handset Feature Set Road Map; Cell Site Backhaul: Addressing a Top Cost & Reliability Concern; Operating Systems, User Interfaces and Browsers: Where is the Technology Going?; Addressing Network Security in the Era of Open Access & Fully Functional Mobile Multimedia Devices; and Software as Services: Moving Beyond the Service Plan.

For Mobile Lifestyles: mCommerce – Leveraging New Technologies to Facilitate Mobile Shopping; Carrier CMO Plenary Address: Creating New Business Models, Products and Services in a Changing Wireless World; Search – Solutions to Discovering Content on a Mobile Device; and The Wireless Internet – Enabling the Mobile ‘Infotainment’ Universe.

For Mobile "Customer-ization": Mobile Demographics – Finding Up and Coming Niche Markets; Will the Mobile Internet See the Creation of New, Billion-Dollar Startups; Innovative Solutions for Commercializing Location Based Services; and Selling Mobile Content: Bundles or a la Carte.

Remember, for an exclusive look backstage and to see what everyone is saying about the convention, check out the CTIA Blog!

The final day of this year's show continues with an eye on November, as former presidential contenders The Honorable Fred Thompson and The Honorable John Edwards are sharing the keynote spotlight.

Show attendees will also have their opportunity to check out the amazing exhibits on the show floor and experience all that wireless has to offer.

Remember, for an exclusive look backstage and to see what everyone is saying about the convention, check out the CTIA Blog.

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• CTIA WIRELESS 2008®: Over and Out

  April 3, 2008, 03:41 PM

  What a great way to spend a few days!

  We certainly wrapped up with a bang on the keynote stage, as former presidential candidate John Edwards made More »

• Day 3 Keynote Thoughts: Tying the Messages to Wireless

  April 3, 2008, 01:26 PM

  Just ran back from this morning’s keynote. This one was great.  While the topics of discussion were very often only tangentially related to wireless, I think there are some good lessons in the words of both Senator Edwards and Senator Thompson.  More »

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