Las Vegas, NV, April 6, 2006 (PodTech News) – “The man is a true inspiration to all of us,” noted Van Toffler in a tongue-in-cheek tone after demonstrating a Flavor Flav outgoing message. The president of MTV Networks says mobile telephony would be key to everything the company does, ...

Internet-enabled handsets have a lot of promise to transform the mobile web experience with video and music. But companies like NTT DoCoMo envision the phone as a wallet, among other things. The CEO of the company, Matsura Nakamura announced at CTIA Wireless 2006 that NTT ...

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – Compared to the rise of the Internet, the surge in cell phone adoption since the early 90s has been just as dramatic, perhaps even more. This is the first of three podcasts of a CTIA Wireless 2006 keynote speech by Nokia ...

In the second of three podcasts, Jorma Ollila (Chairman and CEO of Nokia) says IP networks offer amazing opportunities for industry growth. But he warns that simple products, like SMS services, that work well should not be forgotten.

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So far the U.S. has been a PC-centric country. The majority of consumers, paying for broadband services, do not believe it makes sense to buy a duplicate service just to download music or check email between their home and the office. Handset makers, wishing to keep harmony with the carriers, ...

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – This seems to be the year that many technology companies believe consumers will start to buy content and the services of content providers over IP and wireless networks. The technology has finally ...

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – When Karim Khoja’s company, Telecom Development Company (also called Roshan), first addressed the Afghan market the rate for a wireless phone call was $2 a minute. Today, coverage has been extended to 150 of Afghanistan’s largest cities and towns, and the ...

Las Vegas, NV, April 5, 2006 (PodTech News) – Disney has been working on developing a mobile strategy. Today the company announced at CTIA Wireless 2006 that Disney Mobile would unveil Call Control, which allows parents to program when their children can use a cell phone and to whom they ...

CTIA president Steve Largent interviewed FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on the keynote stage on Day 1 of CTIA Wireless 2006. Martin says that creating a level playing field for all the providers is the key to good regulation. “If you have different kinds of regulations that apply to different ...

Len Lauer kicks off the keynotes for CTIA 2006 Las Vegas, NV. Lauer talks about the analysts’ perception of the industry then and now. He asks, “Have we have reached points of saturation? Are we under pressure to differentiate? ” In 2006, he offers, there ...

Las Vegas, NV, April 4, 2006 (PodTech News) – CTIA Wireless 2006, the largest trade show devoted to mobile telephony and wireless technology, begins on Tuesday. CTIA officials expect about 40,000 attendees who will witness product demos from more than 1,000 exhibiting companies.

Though past shows have focused on wireless hardware ...

PodTech hosts John Furrier and Jason Lopez preview PodTech’s extensive coverage of CTIA WIRELESS 2006. PodTech’s Fresh Voices will be in Las Vegas covering the event from beginning to end (April 5 - 7).

PodTech InfoTalk and PodTech News will bring you keynote speeches, candid interviews, first reviews of new ...