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Date: 9/19/2012 ITEXPO West begins in: 12 Days. REGISTER NOW!

Featured Articles » Diametriq and Tekelec: Taking the Measure of Diameter Networking » Mobile Messaging Drives New Mobile Internet Revenue Opportunities in Asia » Boston Advertisers to Get Shot in the Arm from VoodooVox / JFL Marketing Alliance » Microsoft Signs Licensing Deal with Research In Motion Sponsored By: Mobility Tech Conference & Expo The Mobility Tech Conference & Expo explores how today's powerful mobile Internet ecosystem expands the range of services and applications being delivered to businesses and consumers. The conference focuses on how carriers, service providers, equipment manufacturers, vendors, and others, will meet unprecedented demand for mobile broadband services. Like wireline, mobile Internet devices are going to connect wirelessly using any network available. The key to profitability is to balance 4G/LTE and Wi-Fi growth with existing alternatives. Come spend three incredibly productive days with peers exploring the "bring your own device" consumer world and its ever-increasing population of mobile broadband users. Top Stories » Signals Research Group Tests Smartphone GPS Performance with Spirent Solution » Asia-Pacific Retail Telecom Revenue to Grow Through Mobility by $94B in Next Five Years » CExchange Sees Huge Trading Volume on iPhones » Bradford Networks Delivers Network Sentry 6.0 to Enable Secure BYOD Enterprise Strategies   From The Expert Corner September 19, 2012 Don't Look at the SUITS, it's the Size of the Portfolio that Matters By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media While I will be dealing with the issues of the lower layers of mobile Internet connectivity at the Mobility Tech Conference October 3-5, our friend Noreen Rucinski will be looking at the aftermath of the of the Portfolio War that is unfolding now that Apple has won its case at the SUITS Conference. The issue of Intellectual Property does not stand alone in the mix of problems we face. If the goal is an open Internet then the role of IP is a two edge sword that protects the originator and manages distribution, while navigating value with terms like just and reasonable. Personally, I felt that the Apple patent victory was a hometown win more than a true test of their SUITe of patents. Intellectual Property has been passed around these days like a game of Go Fish and I am not sure if the dust is settling anytime soon. Noreen has secured John Horvath of Google to come and speak about how he views the situation and I think it’s a perfect tie in to Google’s other discussants including Aparna Sridhar Telecom Counsel and Milo Medin, VP of Access Service will be sharing at the Super Wi-Fi Summit. As well as Rick Whitt (now on the Motorola Mobility side of Google) who will be talking about the Mobile Ecosystem. I am not saying that Google can do no evil, but I am saying it has ideas about what the Net should be that goes beyond its primary service and suggests a level playing field. The desire to open up spectrum and bring more access and connectivity in and of itself does not guarantee Google success, but like Cisco with packets, Google has never met a search it did not like. So whether it’s a local show, a map to store or a mobile inquiry, Google wants to be in the game... Read More Featured Videos DeviceLock Discusses Enterprise Data Security in a BYOD world Featured Resources » A Frost & Sullivan Executive Summary - Balancing Customer Experience and Profitability in a Mobile World » Ready for wireless? Fixed Cellular Wireless ready for prime time. » Mobile Value-Added Services with Sangoma TMCnet's Blogs » Fongo Adds Free Texting to Dell Voice » Before You Buy the iPhone 5 Ask Yourself where is the iPad4 » Is Apple's New Lightning Connector a Dead End? » Worldwide Mobile Data Traffic to Surpass 107 Exabytes in 2017, Says ABI Research Featured Channels » Mobile Device Management » Bring Your Own Device » Small Cells Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a MobilityTechzone columnist! Interested in reaching Mobility Techzone's Global Wireless and Mobile Communications Audience of 70,000 Unique Visitors? Please contact Matthew Gleeson to learn how at mgleeson@tmcnet.com or 1 (203) 852-6800 x145.

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