Calls for industry to take the lead in building green infrastructure
by Sam Bookman
Former U.S. vice president Al Gore, the final keynote speaker at CTIA '09, sees wireless innovation as key to both economic growth and in solving the global climate crisis.
Wireless technology isn't just a consumer-centric feature any longer it's become an integral part of the U.S. healthcare industry, and will only continue to grow within this segment, says wireless healthcare advocate Dr. Eric J. Topol, M.D.
A co-located conference at CTIA Wireless Conference Downloads Now Available
How can the wireless operator add additional capacity at their cell site while reducing costs? Telecommunications gives you access to panels of industry experts that will explore the technologies and tradeoffs for deploying next-gen IP/Ethernet wireline and microwave backhaul solutions.
Sean began his career with Telecommunications in 2000, leaving in 2005 to cover the public sector and wireless networking as an analyst at Current Analysis. He returned to the magazine in 2006 to take over as Editor-in-Chief.
Sam joined Telecommunications in 2007 as Web Editor and publishes Telecom Engine's e-newsletters. She provides general coverage of the telecom industry. Sam is also editor of M2M Zone Newsdesk.
Targets short-range wireless technology towards consumers and utility segments
In this special Machine to Machine Audiocast series, Bob Heile, chairman of the Zigbee Alliance, talks about the role of Zigbee-enabled system and how it can serve the utility and consumer electronics markets.
In this special M2M focus edition of Telecom Engine's Audiocast series, Edward Drew, director of national utility market business development for KORE Telematics, talks about emerging developments in Smart Energy Grids and Automated Meter Infrastructure (AMI) for the utilities industry.