Monitoring the Friday Telecom Twittering

These are the current conversations I am following today on Twitter. They are the "what's happening" in mobile that is keeping me interested and tuning my analysis at the moment.

@sesemic is talking about Virgin Mobile Canada as the fifth outlet for iPhone sales.

@wirelessbroad is following the use of netbooks as this big push for mobile broadband.

The move to volume-sell and market computers is a major step for operators used to selling tightly specified handsets under long-standing commercial relationships. To ensure that this move is profitable, operators need to be alive to the risks and to maximise the opportunities for market share growth, pull-through revenue and data service ARPU.

Fair enough, but I'm more interested in what's being put on netbooks. What applications are the big heat-seeking missiles for users right now?

@andrewparkerft is reporting on what he's hearing at the FT telecoms conference and he points out that 3, the mobile provider, won't feel competition from a drop in market participants from five to four. He also, interestingly, points out that Etisalat warns that "network sharing" is urgently needed in Africa.

@Blackipresnews says that Deutsche Telekom is looking for US partners to help grow the T-mobile network, which is building out its HPSA+ network following the launching of that network in the US.

Who's Calling? The IBWS 2009

This year, the InBuilding Wireless Solutions conference in Las Vegas has become more international and more exciting and engaging.

Here's why:

I provide you the list of the newest speakers to sign on with us for May 12-15, 2009 at The Venetian, Las Vegas's premier hotel and casino.


The Palazzo Lobby

The Current List Stay tuned for interviews with some of these executives. We want to offer you the most engaging and intimate experience of any conference production company in the United States. We want to bring you front and center with the most intelligent and dynamic speakers in the Inbuilding Genre. Stay tuned in and turned on, with:

Lee Barney, Professor IT, Brigham Young University
Alisia Billups-O’Neill, Telecommunications Group, Metropolitan
Washington Airports Authority
Dr. Michael Brambley, Director, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratories
Darlene Braunschweig, Director – Custom Network Solutions
Technology, Sprint
Pilar Caudillo, Director de Ventas y Soporte Tecnico, Exitel Telecom (Mexico)
Jack Daniel, Founder & CEO, Jack Daniel Company
Bernie Devine, General Manager – IT Systems, Nakheel Asset
Management
Jim Erickson, Director – InBuilding Solutions, AT&T
William Flowers, Vice President – IT Services, DFW Airport
Jose Garcia, CEO, NII Holdings
Rodger Howell, Director, InBuilding Wireless Alliance and
PRTM Management Consulting
John Johnston, RF Engineer, Alltel
Bryan Kemper, Executive Vice President, Tri-Power
Tom LaDow, Colonial Properties
Yvonne Manns, RF Engineering Manager, T-Mobile
Tommy Russo, CTO, Akridge Properties
Dan Shey, Principal Analyst – Business Mobility, ABI Research
Denis Stelatus, Senior Real Estate Manager, Telus
Nick Stello, Vice President – IT, Vornad o Realty
Patrick Vinson, Product Manager – Video Services, iBahn
Ron Wells, Manager – InBuilding Systems, Sprint
Werner Wiedermann, Business Development – Strategic Projects
Research, Development and Cooperation, mobilkom austria AG
Terry Whitham, Director – Emerging Technologies, Association of
Public-Safety Communications Officials International and E911
Administrator, Delaware State Police
Eric Yapp, Sales Director – TPM, Rycom
Philip Ziegler, Director – Technical Staff, Verizon Wireless