http://www.chetansharma.com/blog Tracking the AORTA evolution Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:20:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wednesday Morning we hosted the third edition (sold out) of the Mobile Breakfast Series and were grateful for the time and insights from two outstanding speakers. Thanks to our sponsors for the support: Motricity, Openwave, WDSGlobal, and Clearwire First up was Kevin Martin, former ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/03/12/mobile-breakfast-series-event-roundup/ I will have an update later in the week, but you can check out the coverage of the event - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2011306485_rob_glaser_surfaces_outlines_m.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/technologybrierdudleysblog/2011306195_former_fcc_boss_on_fedsfree_wi.html http://techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/rob_glaser_on_apple_android_and_the_future_of_mobile.html http://techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/rob_glasers_advice_to_startups.html http://moconews.net/article/419-former-realnetworks-ceo-rob-glaser-says-for-now-apple-has-won/ http://moconews.net/article/419-fcc-former-chairman-says-concerns-for-open-access-persist/ http://gigaom.com/2010/03/10/rob-glaser-defines-the-superphone-and-predicts-the-mobile-future/ http://gigaom.com/2010/03/10/former-fcc-chair-lays-out-the-limits-on-the-agencys-authority/ http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/191195/former_fcc_chair_says_more_fiber_will_help_wireless_crunch.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/191200/rob_glaser_thinks_mobile_is_the_next_big_thing.html http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/03/11/coverage-of-mobile-breakfast-series-event-3/ March 5, 2010, 1:06 PM Do All Small Businesses Need a Mobile Strategy? By LORA KOLODNY http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/expert-mobile-advice-for-small-businesses/ Jon MartGoin’ Mobile: Richard Wong at the Mobile Premier Awards At the Mobile Premier Awards — an international competition for mobile start-ups held last ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/03/09/nytimes-article-do-all-small-businesses-need-a-mobile-strategy/ Stories from Feb .. Reuters - What does the new LTE mobile technology offer? VON - Mobile Data Can Be a Cheap Date Billing & OSS World - Mobile Data Doesn't Have to be Expensive Businessweek - The Truth about Bandwidth TelecomAsia - Mobile Broadband: ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/03/05/in-case-you-missed-7/ US Wireless Data Market Update - Q4 2009 and 2009 Download PPT | PDF http://www.chetansharma.com/usmarketupdate2009.htm Executive Summary The US wireless data market grew 5% Q/Q and 24% Y/Y to exceed $11.8B in mobile data ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/03/02/us-wireless-data-market-update-q4-2009-and-2009/ http://www.chetansharma.com/mobilevoip.htm Mobile VoIP - Approaching the Tipping Point Sponsored by Skype This paper is a collaboration with Ajit Jaokar (FutureText) in London Over the course of the last decade, mobile devices have become the most ubiquitous consumer electronic devices ever invented. ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/02/17/new-whitepaper-mobile-voip-approaching-the-tipping-point/ The upcoming MBS program is shaping up nicely. We are fortunate to have two great speakers: Rob Glaser, Chairman, Real Networks who will be discussing “Mobile Media Innovation” His insights are always quite interesting, so really looking forward to his talk. Kevin Martin, former FCC Chairman and partner ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/02/02/mobile-breakfast-series-march-10th-2/ Stories from Jan 2010 NYTimes - The iPad - To 3G or Not to 3G? Businessweek - Apple iPad Adds to Pressure on AT&T NYTimes - As Devices Pull More Data, Patience May Be Required GigaOM - How AT&T Will Deal with iPad Data Traffic ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/02/02/in-case-you-missed-6/ Our media partner moconews is putting together a pretty good event on Paid Content. Given all the commotion around pay walls and monetization of content, should be a pretty good discussion. The speaker line up is terrific. Roster includes Hilary Schneider, EVP for Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) North ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/01/30/partner-event-paid-content-2010-coming-up/ Role of Optical Wireless Broadband in the Evolving Mobile Ecosystem http://www.chetansharma.com/opticalwirelessbroadband.htm Sponsored by Skyfiber These are exciting times in the wireless industry. The innovation in technology, services, and business models is driving the global industry to new heights. While the global markets were feeling the ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/01/27/new-whitepaper-role-of-optical-wireless-broadband-in-the-evolving-mobile-ecosystem/ Talked to Businessweek about the Mobile Advertising M&A frenzy and what to expect in 2010   Note: There is a small error in the quote, it should be 10c for online CPM and not $10 Mobile-Ad M&A Frenzy May Continue Google's purchase of mobile-ad company AdMob ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/01/26/mobile-ad-ma-frenzy-may-continue/ The predictions for mobile advertising M&A are finally coming true esp. the big ones with Google getting Admob and Apple snapping up Quattro, and there are others that are being planned right now, but who sets the tone going forward, who redefines the next evolutionary phase of mobile advertising, who ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/01/21/how-apple-can-redefine-mobile-advertising/ Very excited about our keynotes this coming march. Get ready for terrific insights and discussion. Have you registered yet? March 10, 2010 7:30-11am. Location: TBD Registration Kevin Martin, Partner, Patton Boggs and former FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is a former Chairman ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/01/11/mobile-breakfast-series-march-10th/ 2010 Mobile Industry Predictions Survey http://www.chetansharma.com/MobilePredictions2010.htm Mobile Predictions Survey (pdf) Mobile Predictions Survey (ppt) First things first. From all of us at Chetan Sharma Consulting, we wish you and yours a very happy, healthy, and prosperous 2010. Thanks to all ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/01/03/2010-mobile-industry-predictions-survey/ Happy New Year y’all. Hope you had a terrific celebration as we venture into the new decade. Here are some of the articles and news items we contributed to in 2009. Thanks to all who reached out. Here’s to a terrific 2010. December AdAge - Can Google Sell ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2010/01/01/chetan-sharma-consulting-in-the-news-in-2009/ http://www.chetansharma.com/untappedmobiledataopportunity.htm The Untapped Mobile Data Opportunity Sponsored by INQMobile The last two years in the global mobile market have been truly sensational. Over 1 billion new subscriptions added, over 2 billion new devices sold, and ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2009/12/16/new-whitepaper-the-untapped-mobile-data-opportunity/ Greetings everyone. What a year 2009 has been. Despite the recession, the industry continued to grow, innovation prospered and prospects for a terrific 2010 look better than ever. To help us figure out what might happen, we are doing our Annual Mobile Industry Predictions Survey (20 questions) to ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2009/12/15/request-for-participation-2010-mobile-industry-predictions/ Continued the discussion with Prof. Stross at the NYTimes on the mobile broadband data traffic question. Article will appear in tomorrow’s Sunday paper. Another discussion with BusinessWeek here. Pop Quiz 1. Which solution will gain the most traction for managing mobile data broadband consumption? 1. Tiered pricing ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2009/12/13/nytimes-article-on-mobile-data-consumption-woes/ Tiered pricing will be the hot topic for the next few months AT&T Possible Price Moves May Backfire Potential efforts to charge more for heavy data usage may alienate customers and stymie innovation and growth in the wireless Web By Olga Kharif AT&T giveth and AT&T ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2009/12/12/business-week-article-on-tiered-pricing/ I have long said that the current unlimited pricing on full browser smartphones is not sustainable. Over the last couple of years, I have written and talked extensively about the problem and solutions needed to address this issue (some thoughts were discussed with Business Week, GigaOM, NYTimes and others) and ... http://www.chetansharma.com/blog/2009/12/10/ny-times-article-att-to-urge-customers-to-use-less-wireless-data/