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Archive for February 16th, 2007

Observations on 3GSM Conference: It’s a 4G World After All

Location: Flying Back from Barcelona/3GSM

The conclusion I draw from just having spent most of the week at 3GSM is that the strategic bets that Nortel is focused on going forward - to accelerate 4G, to recreate the carrier wireline model, and to transform the enterprise communications experience - are exactly the right places to focus. How I come to that conclusion can be seen in the tone and tenor of 3GSM and some pretty clear common threads that are at the center of the mobile operators’ paradigm.

First, a bit about the show. This was a huge show, with attendance apparently up significantly from the last few years. Some estimates, in fact, were in the 60,000+ range. Every major ...

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