http://edaily.vonexpo.com/ VON Conference & Expo 2009 eDaily en-us Copyright © 2012 Virgo Publishing, Inc. By Tara SealsI spent most of VON introducing and covering the wireless mobility education track and talking to people about 3G, 4G and related various and sundry topics. The biggest thing people wanted to talk about? Hold on to your hats: The iPhone has shown us that wireless data could clog networks. Sure, I was tempted to say something mildly sarcastic like, ... http://edaily.vonexpo.com/?m=art&a=evil-iphone.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:40:43 PDT By Tara SealsHow would the competitive landscape change if the government no longer looked at wireless spectrum auctions as cash machines?Things would be pretty healthy, actually, according to Rod Ullens, CEO at VoIP number provider Voxbone. “Mobility is defining telecommunications going forward,” he said. “But the regulatory attitude towards spectrum is hampering innovation and competition.”Ullens argues that if spectrum were ... http://edaily.vonexpo.com/?m=art&a=wireless-competition-what-competition.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:29:58 PDT By Richard Martin I was never a Miami Vice fan in its TV-series days, though I am a fan of some of director Michael Mann’s later work, particularly Thief and Heat. That makes it all the more surprising that I was induced to don the outfit to the right and appear on stage for the opening of the VON Conference & Expo on ... http://edaily.vonexpo.com/?m=art&a=its-not-a-vice-to-look-cool.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:18:29 PDT As the VON Conference & Expo wound down in Miami on Sept. 23, it was clear that the telecommunication industry has entered a new era in which traditional business models, and traditional approaches to product and technology development, no longer apply. If any theme dominated the three days of the show, it was “Growth through openness.” That’s a rather Maoist-sounding term ... http://edaily.vonexpo.com/?m=art&a=at-von-expo-open-era-dawns.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:41:02 PDT By Tara SealsI have to admit, I still guffaw when someone puts the words “smart” and “metering” together. That’s because here in Northampton, Mass., the parking meter maids have set new standards of cleverness, like lurking by about-to-run-out parking meters in order to be in position to write a ticket the second the thing switches over to red. That seems ... http://edaily.vonexpo.com/?m=art&a=gettin-griddy-with-it.html Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:00:04 PDT By Khali HendersonMarket trends toward mobility, unified communications, fixed mobile convergence and cloud computing stand to change Skype’s value proposition and reputation in the telecom marketplace, said the peer-to-peer VoIP provider’s chief strategy officer, Christopher Dean, in his joint keynote address on service provider transformation Wednesday at the VON Conference & Expo and the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Miami.“Skype ... http://edaily.vonexpo.com/?m=art&a=skype-not-just-telecom-bad-boy-cso-says.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:17:02 PDT By Kelly TealNext week, the feds will announce the first round of broadband stimulus grant winners. So far companies including U.S. Cellular, Zayo Bandwidth, ERF Wireless and Leap Wireless are in the running. But don’t forget – the stimulus initiative isn’t just about building the networks to bring broadband to unserved and underserved areas. Rather, the stimulus is about bringing ... http://edaily.vonexpo.com/?m=art&a=are-there-any-losers-in-broadband-stimulus.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:00:26 PDT Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:40:43 PDT Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PDT