CHETAN SHARMA
 
  Media and Public Speaking

 

 
Chetan Sharma Consulting's work is amongst the most quoted and referred to in the wireless industry. Our research is used by the mobile ecosystem on a regular basis for which we are quite grateful. Chetan also speaks and moderates various sessions at conferences and corporate events around the world. Below is the list of articles from past few months.

List of Public Speaking engagements here.

Best way to get a hold of us is chetan at chetansharma dot com or 425.657.0555

2010

March

US Today - Media Morning (MBS)

Seattle Times - Glaser on mobile biz, Apple and the Sesame Street problem (MBS)

Seattle Times - Former FCC boss on fed's free wireless proposal (MBS)

Techflash - RealNetworks' Rob Glaser on why Apple's model must be stopped (MBS)

Techflash - RealNetworks advice to startups: It's better to be lucky, than good (MBS)

Moconews - Former RealNetwork's CEO Rob Glaser Says For Now Apple Has Won (MBS)

Moconews - FCC Former Chairman Says Agency Lacks Control Over Handset Makers (MBS)

GigaOM - Rob Glaser Defines the Superphone and Predicts the Mobile Future (MBS)

GigaOM - Former FCC Chair Lays Out the Limit on the Agency's Authority (MBS)

PC World - Former FCC Chair Says More Fiber Will Help Wireless Crunch (MBS)

PC World - Rob Glaser Thinks Mobile Is the Next Big Thing (MBS)

B/OSS - Mobile Data Doesn't Have to be Expensive

NPR - SXSW and Mobile Data Network Traffic

TMC - Enterprises to Find Increasing Challenges with Wireless Networks

GigaOM - The Disconnect Between Subscriber Growth & Revenues in Broadband and Mobile

Reuters - Telecom groups sit uneasily on client data gold mine

NY Times - Do All Small Businesses Need a Mobile Strategy?

FierceBroadbandWireless - New report enforces why operators are talking usage-based data pricing

GigaOM - Mobile's Data Usage and Revenue Disconnect

GigaOM - US Mobile Market: Highly Competitive and iPhone Still Rocks

Techcrunch - In Mobile, Fragmentation is Forever, Deal With It

Mediapost - Coming Soon To A Wireless Store Near You

February

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: Still growing but realism sinks in

Connected Planet - Youtube dominates mobile Internet traffic; mobile VoIP on the rise

Business Journal - The Apple effect on AT&T brings good times and bad

Telemanagement - Cutting an operator's mobile data costs by 60% a year

Mobile Marketing Magazine - Report explains how operators can slash data costs

TMC - Research Shows How Operators Can Curb Mobile Data Costs

January

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

Businessweek - iPad: Pushing More Americans to Pay More for Wireless Service

Businessweek - Mobile-Ad M&A Frenzy May Continue

Businessweek - Verizon Wireless-AT&T 'Price War' May Boost Revenues

GigaOM - In Q4, Data Was Mobile's Hot Spot

RCR Wireless - RCR WIreless Digital Edition Jan 2010

Reuters - Are pico projectors the next big cellphone trend?

Mediapost - Verizon Cuts Voice Pricing, Streamlines Data Plans

MobileFuture - Net Neutrality Regulatory Proposals

Mercury News - Apple and Google: It's a mobile turf war

GigaOM - How Microsoft Can Get Back in the Mobile Game

GigaOM - Wireless Pricing from Verizon Wireless

Mediapost - Survey: Mobile Execs See Big Ad Gains in 2010

GigaOM - China Mobile Data Gold Rush Begins

Plastics News - Consumers like their phones mobile, smart

2009

December

AdAge - Can Google Sell -- and Market -- a Smartphone?

MobileHealthNews - The 15 wireless health VC deals of 2009

RCRWireless - The untapped mobile data opportunity

BusinessWeek - Managing the Wireless Data Deluge

Yahoo Tech Blog - Surprise! AT&T wins in 3G mega test

Christian Computing Magazine - What is 4G?

MediaPost - Mobile Phone Rebound in 2010

Telephony Online - Mobile data set to explode

NY Times - AT&T takes the blame, even for iPhone's fault

NY Times - AT&T to Urge Customers to Use Less Wireless Data

BusinessWeek - AT&T Price Moves May Backfire

Yahoo Tech Blog - No matter the carrier, US 3G service is nothing to shout about

Moconews - The Sorry State of 3G In the US

Telephony Online - Open to alternatives

Telephony Online - Breaking down the walled garden

Moconews - Mobile Broadband is causing problems on all sides of the equation

GigaOM - Clash of the titans in the mobile ecosystem

November

AdAge - Verizon Wins Round 1 in Legal Spat with AT&T

Mediapost - Judge Sees No Evidence

Globe and Mail - Convergence at last

IBM - Tough Times Call for Superior Customer Care

Reuters - Demand for fast networks forces telcos to team up

GigaOM - With Wireless Data, Smaller Carriers Must Mind the Gap

Telephony Online - Carriers must be open to compete

FierceMobileContent - US mobile data revenues grow to $11.3B in Q3

Mediapost - Madison Avenue Backs Google-Admob Deal

RCRWireless - Solutions for the Broadband World

Telecom Paper - US mobile data market grows 27% in Q3

Reuters - Les opérateurs télécoms forcés de s'allier pour suivre le rythme

October

AdAge - Could the Droid Be the Device That Finally Dethrones the iPhone?

SNS - FireGlobal - West Coast CTO Challenge

Xconomy - Highlights from FiReGlobal

TelecomsEurope - Getting it right on mobile broadband

RCRWireless - Defining Mobile Broadband

Mobile Marketer - Mobile CPM measurement standards are essential

September

Fiercewireless - Mobile advertising measurements still lack standardization

GigaOM - US leading the Global Mobile Data Boom

GigaOM - Mobile Advertising Metrics: What matters most?

Moconews - Full speed ahead as US carriers invest billions, is it too much?

AdAge - Mobile Video Gets Ready for the Masses

MIT Technology Review - The New Faces of Android

NewTeeVee - With MediaFLO disappointing, Qualcomm wants to become a Mobile CDN

GigaOM - Don't Neglect the Network, The Ultraband Panel

NY Times - Customers angered as iPhones overload AT&T

RCR Wireless - The RCR Ecosystem - An Overview

IT Business Edge - The Death of the Early Adopter

GigaOM - New Metrics for Mobile Ad Networks

GigaOM - How the iPhone is driving a wireless bandwidth boom

August

Fortune - Bandwidth hogs - iPhone and other smartphones

Telecompaper - US mobile data market grows over 30% in Q2

Mediapost - Prepaid: Too much of a good thing?

GigaOM - State of the US Wireless Market Q2 2008

IT Business Edge - Data Helps Wireless Carriers Work Through the Recession

FierceBroadbandWireless - Report: 3G penetration about 40% in 2Q

FierceMobileContent - US mobile data service revenues jump to $10.6B in Q2

IT Business Edge - Good Times Ahead for Telecom Vendors

Mercury News - FCC probes Apple's rejection of Google Voice for iPhone

IT Business Edge - Cellular Data Explodes, Even in Bad Economy

Wireless and Mobile News - The worst is over says Chetan Sharma

July

WSJ - Big Phone Companies Are Unlikely US Antitrust Target

GigaOM - Mobile Broadband Will Trigger Global Innovation

BusinessWeek - The Wireless Data Boom Will Cost the Carriers

Xchange - Unwired

Gestion - Del compromiso a la compra (in Spanish)

BusinessWeek - AT&T's Designs for the Wireless Market

Mediapost - IAB Unveils Mobile Media Buying Guide

Xconomy - A Yotta Insights on Making Money in Mobile

Mediapost - AT&T Wants Devices To Expand Use of Wireless Networks

June

Wireless Week - Tough Times Call for Superior Customer Care

BusinessWeek - The iPhone's Wary New Rivals

GigaOM - How iPhone 3.0 Will Impact Wireless Networks

AdAge - Where to Find the Marketer Opportunities in the new iPhone

NY Times - Cellphone Locator System Needs No Satellite

Washington Post - Skyhook Wireless Hopes to Maintain Early Lead in Location Finding

TMCnet - Mobile ARPU Drops Globally, Traffic Grows

EConsultancy - Why ATT cares more about new iPhone users than existing ones

May

Business Week - GigaOM to Begin Subscription Service

GigaOM - Meet GigaOM Pro, Our Subscription-Only Research Service

TMCnet - AT&T Considers Cheaper iPhone Service, Device

Poynter - Summer 2009 Could Be Right Time to Expand Mobile News Services

Telephony - Verizon Wireless not messing with prepaid

Boston Globe - Surreptitious success

Business Week - Cheaper iPhone Plans from AT&T?

TMCnet - Smartphones Contribute to Mobile Ad Growth

BizReport - US mobile revenue tops $10 million

NY Times - US Pulls Ahead in Mobile Data Revenue

BusinessWeek - Wireless Industry: Engaged in Double Counting?

Washington Post - US Wireless Data Revenues Hit $10 Billion For the First Time Ever

TMCnet - US Mobile Data Services Revenues Top $10 Billion in Q1

Mediapost - Mobile Marketing Company Velti Acquires Ad Infuse

Telappliant VoIP News - US mobile broadband market grew by 24% in 2008

GigaOM - The iPhone Will Not Destroy the Wireless Business

FierceMobileContent - US mobile data revenues cross $10 billion milestone

Mediapost - US Mobile Data Revenue Hits $10 Billion in Q1

TelephonyOnline - Is prepaid growth an illusion?

Telephony - Verizon, Google duke it out for employees

Moconews - Dying or Thriving? The Debate Over CDMA

April

MIT Technology Review - A New Breed of Netbook?

Advertising Age - Who Needs the iPhone? Verizon beats AT&T in new customers

BusinessWeek - Wireless Carriers: Your New PC Retailer?

MIT Technology Review - Gmail Sidesteps the App Store

WIRED - Smartphone War Heats Up, Google Phones Still MIA

WIRED - Concept Phones go on Display at Wireless Trade Show

Washington Post - Is the Rush to Develop iPhone Apps Creating A Bubble?

FierceDeveloper - Gmail upgrade heralds leap mobile web apps

March

BusinessWeek - Prepaid Takes Off

NYTimes - Apple Shows Off Next Version of iPhone Software

Mercury News - Your phone, your life: New apps change how you use mobile devices

CNNMoney - US Wireless Data Revenues on the Brink

GigaOM - After Solid 2008, US Wireless Data Revenues may Slow

FierceMobileContent - US mobile data revenues grow to $34B in 2008

MediaPost - US Mobile Data Grew 39% in 2008

TelecomAsia - iPhone driving mobile data boom, says survey

TMCnet - Mobile Data Up, Data Cards Slipping a Bit

February

Advertising Age - Wireless-Phone Companies Fight Rising Churn Rates

GigaOM - With Latitude, Google Fires Another Shot at the Mobile Operators

Businessweek - Sprint Nextel: The Canary in Wireless's Coal Mine?

January

MobileMarketer - Economy makes business case for mobile advertising more compelling

iMEDIA - Mobile ad spend may fall flat in 2009

MobileMarketingToday - Chetan Sharma Consulting Survey: Respondents See Glass Half Full for Mobile Advertising in 2009

2008

December

WIRED - The Next Netbook Trend: Cellphone-Like Contract Deals

FierceMobileContent - 2008 Year in Review: The mobile data pendulum swings to the US

Nikkei Electronics - Smartphones Trigger Rapid Expansion of the U.S.Mobile Communication Device Market

TMCNet - US Wireless Data Prospects in 2009: Up, Down or Flat?

Investor's Business Daily - Will Wireless Provider's Data Growth Engine Sputter?

November

CNN Money - The iPhone and the Ensuing Wireless Broadband Boom

GigaOM - Handset Market Decline May Soon Affect Carriers

FierceMobileContent - US Mobile Data Revenues Increase to $8.8B in Q3

Washington Post - Data Revenue Growth Nearly Offsets Plunge in Voice Revenues 

CNN Money - How the Recession Will Affect Data Spending

Telecoms Europe - US mobile market sees rising data use

Unified Communications - New Must Read Book on Wireless Broadband

October

Wireless Week - Data Complicates OSS

Moconews - Mobile Advertising is More About Action and Marketing; Less About CPMs

Moconews - Carriers Invest in start-ups to avoid becoming dumb pipes

IEEE ComSoc - ComSoc/Wiley Book of the Month

GigaOM - Carriers spend billions on networks and millions to dress them up

September

FierceMobileContent - Mobile Data now 20% of worldwide operator revenues

GigaOM - Will the Google Phone give T-Mobile USA a boost?

Mobilize - The Carrier Panel: Strategies to Keep Mobile Data Growing

Mobilize - Signals from the near future: The Mobile Guru Panel

August

GigaOM - Data Shows That 3G Still has Room to Grow

GigaOM - More Proof that the Internet Will Save Wireless Carriers

Cellular-News - US Data Market Grew 40% in Q2 08

FierceWireless - US mobile data market grew 40% in Q2 08

PiTech - Interview with Ravi Venkatesan, Chairman, Microsoft India

MarketEdge with Larry Weber - Mobile Advertising

July

San Jose Mercury News - IPhone 3G ready for global debut

The News Journal - iPhone 3G expected to lure early birds

San Jose Mercury News - IPhone 3G has business appeal

MIT Technology Review - Why Helio didn't connect?

June

WIRED - Google's Open Source Android Phone Will Free the Wireless Web

International Journal of Mobile Marketing - A Five Point Measurement Framework for Mobile Advertising

Brandweek - Did AT&T make the right call with Apple's iPhone?

NY Times - Apple aims for the masses with a cheaper iPhone

Time - The next frontier for iPhone

San Jose Mercury News - New iPhone unveiled today?

GigaOM - Is 3G Ready for the iPhone Stress Test?

May

NY Times - The guessing game has begun on the next iPhone

AdWeek - Mobile without mistakes: Lessons from the early days of the Internet

Milestone Group - Mobile Advertising Measurement

April

PiTech - Interview with Padmasree Warrior

CTIA Wireless Wave - Moving Targets: Mobile Marketing Reaches Consumers on Their Terms

Online Center for Media Studies - Mobile Advertising

WTIA - Mobile Data - The State of the Union

Barron's - Personalized promotions: sending the right ads to your phone

Brandweek - Mobile Marketing - Fantasy vs. Reality

March

Strategic News Service - Mobile Advertising - from captious optimism to contextual nirvana

MSearchGroove - Mobile Advertising Book Podcast

January

GigaOM - What can wireless operators learn from politics?

BusinessWeek - A warm welcome for Android

GigaOM - The Operators vs. the Media Brands

2007

December

NPR - US a late adopter on Smartphones

Seattle Times - Tech panel recaps what was cool, not so cool in 2007

November

GigaOM - Google’s Android

GigaOM - EV-DO vs. WCDMA: Who's ahead?

NY Times - Google Enters the Wireless World

The Christian Science Monitor - Hurdles ahead of Google’s cellphone plan

O’Reilly OnLamp - Google Calling: Inside Android, the gPhone SDK

Inside Digital Media - Android (Podcast)

October

CTIA - Global Mobile Markets: Does the US Measure Up? (Podcast)

Wireless Wave CTIA - The Continental Divide

September

NY Times - Apple Cuts iPhone Price Ahead of Holidays

July

Business Week - GeoVector: Walk This Way

3G Americas - UMTS Evolution

June

Time Magazine - The iPhone’s Carrier Problem

NY Times - AT&T Hoping the iPhone Has Coattails

RCR News - US Quarterly Results

NY Times - Fever Builds for iPhone (Anxiety Too)

Nikkei Electronics - Mobile Widgets

April

Internet Retailer - Mobile phone expected to have big impact on retail

March

Msearchgroove - Mobile Search - Improving Findability of Content

Wireless Week - 2006 US Wireless Investments

Wireless World Magazine - It’s the User Experience, Stupid!

February

Nikkei Electronics - iPhone

Wireless World Magazine - Mobile Advertising Part II

Mobile Communications International - Mobile Search 2.0: Relevancy Rules

January

NY Times - A Personal Computer to Carry in a Pocket

Wireless World Magazine - Perspectives: Wireless Data ARPU

Wireless World Magazine - Mobile Advertising Part I

GigaOM - For Cingular, 2007 is about 3G

 

 

 
 

 

 
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