Podcasting

Day One

• National Wireless Policy
  A national set of consumer protection standards and regulations for the wireless industry is the best way to encourage the most rapid development of wireless innovation. Congress has the opportunity now to prevent a mish-mash of state regulation from slowing down the great wireless technological revolution, one which can provide consumers with incredible benefits and businesses unparalleled efficiency and productivity. CTIA-The Wireless Association President and CEO Steve Largent talks about the need for a national wireless regulatory framework.
• Wireless Broadband
  High speed wireless networks are changing the way Americans communicate, in our personal and professional lives. Wireless broadband is bringing unequalled efficiencies and productivity to the enterprise, and is dramatically altering how millions of wireless users are able to be on the job, but very much out of the office. Wireless industry experts look at what wireless broadband means to America today and tomorrow, and what challenges lie ahead.
• Wireless Vertical Solutions
  Wireless Vertical Solutions are revolutionizing the American workday. In healthcare, insurance, transportation and finance, mobile solutions are responsible for enormous gains in productivity and efficiency. Joining us today is Yankee Group Vice President Eugene Signorini to talk about the mobile applications that are delivering today's enterprise solutions.
• LBS in Enterprise: Customer Successes with LBS
  Businesses are finding out how wireless communication can make them more efficient and productive, and ultimately, more profitable. But mobile is not “one-size-fits-all”. Sessions moderator Monica Alleven, Editor, Wireless Week talks about the numerous choices a company has to make such as selecting the right technology, network, devices, and applications, as well as other important considerations such as customer privacy.

Day Two

• Overtaxed on Talking
  Wireless consumers are being singled out by state and local governments to pay excessive and arbitrary taxes on their wireless bills. The average state and local taxes are a little less than double the average general sales tax, and the wireless industry thinks its consumers deserve better. Wireless tax experts talk about discriminatory wireless taxes and why they're bad policy.
• Mobile TV
  Wireless devices allow you to do much more than just talk these days, and mobile television and video is one of the newest and hottest applications on the market today. Sure mobile television can be entertaining, but industry experts also discuss what other tremendous impacts the technology can have on our lives.
• The State of Mobile Entertainment
  Downloading games, listening to music and watching your favorite videos... Mobile media is fundamentally changing the way we entertain ourselves. And in this segment, Mercer Management Consulting Director Martin Kon joins us for a look at the state of mobile entertainment.
• On and Off Deck - Virtuous Cycle or Zero Sum Game?
  The demand for premium wireless content is growing, and wireless providers and developers are working hard to meet that demand. Carriers are offering content through exclusive agreements, but they’re also providing consumers the chance to shop outside their walled gardens. Session moderator Linda Barrabee,Program Manager, Yankee Group discusses whether that’s creating new revenue opportunities, or just shifting consumer spending, and looked into the challenges of creating a richer and more compelling user-experience.

Day Three

• CTU and CTIA - FOX Goes Mobile
  CTU and CTIA- FOX Mobisodes Set the Pace. FOX broke new ground when it first produced “mobisodes” of its hit television show “24”. The segments are wireless-exclusive content, shot for the mobile device and running just a few minutes in length. Matt Michnovetz, “24” Story Editor is one of the driving forces behind the “mobisodes”, and he discusses FOX’s plans to expand its mobile content portfolio.
• LBS & Entertainment - Where Do They Intersect?
  You’re on the go these days, and because of wireless, your content, your stuff, can be on the go with you. And, it can find you out there, too. Session moderator Mark Teitell, Principal, Mercer Management Consulting, talks about location technology and how it’s being incorporated into applications to bring wireless consumers information they want, where they want it, while also balancing consumer privacy.
• Trends in Enterprise Mobility
  Mobile voice, email and broadband. The enterprise changes quickly, and mobile communication is the reason why. This segment focuses on the tools of enterprise mobility and how I.T. professionals and operational managers can put the right wireless tools to work so that their enterprise can become more productive and efficient in the next 24 months.
• Trammell Crow CIO Says - Go Wireless!
  CIOs all over the country are integrating wireless into their business communications to streamline their processes, improve their client services, and maximize their productivity and efficiency. But, it’s not always smooth sailing, as the ever-evolving wireless capabilities provide CIOs with a multitude of challenges and decisions. Trammell Crow Chief Information Officer Donald Goldman talks about the key role wireless plays for one of the country’s top real estate companies, and shares his experiences on integrating wireless into the Trammell Crow work flow.