Sprint Nextel's Atish Gude to Keynote Day Three of CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007.Head of Mobile WiMAX See WiMAX and 802.16. Development to Discuss the Carrier's Broadband Strategy WASHINGTON, D.C. -- CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007[R] today announced that Atish Gude, senior vice president of Mobile Broadband Description Mobile Broadband is a type of wireless internet access that differs from Wi-Fi. Mobile Broadband is the name used to describe the 3G services which are made possible by HSDPA and HSUPA, the latest technologies on the W-CDMA evolutionary path. Operations in Sprint Nextel's new Xohm business unit, will deliver the Day 3 Keynote Address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. on Thursday, October 25 at 9:30 a.m. CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment takes place October 23-25 in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden at the Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention and exhibition complex. The complex consists of two main underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone North and Moscone South, as well the three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street. , South Hall. Sprint is developing a nationwide advanced wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 network designed to mobilize the Internet, bring wireless innovation to devices and deliver new mobile multimedia applications to consumers, businesses and government customers. The company is working with ecosystem partners and others to incorporate WiMAX technology in a range of computing, portable multi-media, interactive and other consumer electronic devices, including the availability of Xohm WiMAX service in vehicles for navigation information, news and entertainment. Sprint plans to have WiMAX pre-commercial service available in the Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas by year-end 2007. Commercial service is expected to be available in a number of markets starting April 2008 and is anticipated to cover 100 million people by year-end 2008 in conjunction with a planned partnership with Clearwire. "The roll out of Sprint's Xohm WiMAX service is an important event taking place in wireless this year," said Robert Mesirow, vice president of business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets and show director for CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment. "Global audiences are closely watching the company's progress in mobile broadband development. CTIA is the perfect place to address this initiative, with a projected global audience of more than 15,000 wireless industry professionals eager to hear about developments in Sprint's mobile WiMAX program." "Sprint is changing the paradigm for telecom firms today with a progressive mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. strategy," Gude remarked. "The end result for our customers is a new form of interactive communications that includes high-speed Internet See broadband. browsing, social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network tools, and multimedia services like music, video, TV and on-demand products through a new mobile portal. We are honored to be a part of CTIA's industry-leading show." When Sprint selected mobile WiMAX as the technology platform for building its next generation mobile broadband business, Gude was appointed to build and run operations. In this role he is responsible for building and launching the Xohm mobile broadband business, including sales, marketing, product and service delivery, partnerships and customer management. Atish joined Nextel in 2000 as the vice president of Strategic Planning and later served as the senior vice president of Corporate Strategy for Sprint Nextel. He previously worked as a senior manager with Deloitte Consulting. About CTIA CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2007 is a one-of-a-kind event that reflects the dual nature of today's wireless data industry--technology that offers both mobile solutions to the enterprise and mobile entertainment to the consumer. This event brings together diverse audience segments to satisfy every mobile data need and respond to the ever-growing market demand for wireless services. For more news on the 2007 CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment convention visit http://www.ctia.org/wirelessit. CTIA-The Wireless Association is the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry, representing carriers, manufacturers and wireless Internet providers. CTIA is also recognized as the premiere producer of two annual technology events representing the complete wireless, mobile and Internet industries. CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment takes place in San Francisco October 23-25; CTIA WIRELESS 2008 takes place in Las Vegas, April 1-3. Note to Journalists: General press and analyst registration for CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment is open at: http://www.wirelessit.com/media/newsroom.cfm. |
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