Yesterday I went to the MIT Forum’s Future of Wireless Event.
The audience was mostly suits from the telecommunications industry and the usual Atlanta networking crowd.
The forum itself was very TV like since it was being transmitted live to 26 other locations around the US.
Here are some of my notes. Nothing really groundbreaking or new was said though.
According to De La Vega, AT&T Invested an additional $500M in the 3G network just to compensate for the increased expectation of demand due to the release of the iPhone 3G.
RDLV: “We’re the one subsidizing the iPhone to really get it to the masses”. On why AT&T deserves part of the credit for the iPhone’s success.
On wireless bandwidth: Todays technology can go up to 14.4 MPBS. Already purchased the spectum for 4G. Will use LTE which can go to up to 100 MBPS.
Average per user bandwidth usage is decreasing as mass market adoption of the iPhone increases. First adopters had higher per user bandwidth usage.
World is drifting to LTE although some are stickin to Wimax.
Verizon is also going to LTE.
At AT&T 3G is being lunched also on 850mhz spectrum to improve the reach.
RDLV on Wifi: believe that Wifi is the unifiying force. Just purchased Wayport. Idea is to allow users to switch seamlessly from cellphone data to WiFi.
RDLV: Close to 290 million phones in the US
A whole world of machine to machine communications is comming. Sensor that allow them to know where they are and when to interact with each other. RDLV
RDLV: Would start a company to help devices network with each other and become temporary peripherals.
Many opportunities in emerging markets.
Retail channels are becoming “experience stores”, what they can’t get online.
Loopt is the killer app according to RDLV but Loopt+Twitter would be even better.
I gave a seminar on Monday at the American Press Institute (API) about the newsroom of the future. It was a quick trip except for a cancelled flight on Sunday that almost made me loose the conference entirely. Fortunately they rerouted me to a different airport and after a long taxi ride I made it to the hotel.
The conference went very well, the audience was engaged and I got many congratulations and requests for contact information.
Here are some pictures of the trip. Click on them to see them larger:
Working “multimedia” on the plane during Sunday’s Ground Stops.
The Hyatts are very good for me because they come iPod ready with a bedside radio and inputs on the TV
Introducing me and ready to start
I will be speaking at the exclusive “One Day with INNOVATION” event on October 24th. at Harvard’s Faculty Club.
This is the second day at the Next Newsroom conference. Today we had a non-conference format. Attendees suggested subject matters on the conference’s wiki and those were turned into break-out sessions. I led a session on Productivity Tools for the newsroom of the future. It turned out very well. Then I attended another session about the Business Models that would pay for journalism.
My breakout session was very interesting and makes me think of the possibility of focusing this blog on that subject matter.
Now I’m headed home because I’m feeling terrible with a cold.
Chris O’Brien opening the day
I’ll be part of a panel speaking about the Newsroom of the future at the NextNewsroom conference in Duke University.
Yesterday I gave a presentation at the American Press Institute in Washington DC as part of the seminar the 24/7 Newsroom. I spoke about the newsroom of the future. It went very well.
When compared to last year’s seminar, I was surprised to see the audience with Macs on a 2:1 ratio. Go Apple!
