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February 17, 2010: 4G TRENDS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

THIS WEEK’S FEATURED ARTICLES:
* Mobile broadband – a broader ecosystem with great expectations
* Live from MWC: More on Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series
* AT&T goes with Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent for LTE

4G TRENDS FEATURE:
MOBILE BROADBAND – A BROADER ECOSYSTEM WITH GREAT EXPECTATIONS
By Andrew Mitchell, Editor 4G Trends, Content Director, 4G World

As announcements of intentions to proceed with, or actual deployments of LTE and WiMAX continue to emerge it might be less than obvious that carriers are increasingly facing challenges that go beyond investments in infrastructure. At MWC 2010 vendors and operators shared their insights into “Broadening the Ecosystem through Mobile Broadband” in a panel discussion hosted by Emily Green, CEO of Yankee Group.

Hans Vestberg, President and CEO of Ericsson offered that the wireless industry has a tendency to “overestimate what will happen in 1 year and underestimate what will happen in 10 years.” He then bravely stated that the industry could expect to see as many as “50 billion connected devices by 2020.” Vestberg continued by emphasizing the need for standardization and collaboration throughout the industry as well as identifying the need to transform business models as markets move from once per week users to those who have become consumers and producers of streaming content.

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http://4gtrends.com/?p=3089

MOBILE INTERNET TRENDS
LIVE FROM MWC: MORE ON MICROSOFT WINDOWS PHONE 7 SERIES
By Chris Collins, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group

Carl Howe beat me to the punch on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 announcement, but having just played with a Phone 7 demo device and being briefed by Microsoft on the new OS, let me expand on three of Carl’s original comments:

• WP7S is focused on the consumer. Absolutely. In the words of Michael Chang, Senior Product Manager, “Microsoft in the past built for OEM’s – with this product, Microsoft built for consumers.” Consumers here means actual people, too, not office drones who need only productivity applications. Critics will highlight that WP7S doesn’t offer the most cutting-edge features, but Chang says this misses the point: “We don’t want to build a phone that does everything, but we do want to build phones that help you live.”

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http://4gtrends.com/?p=3106

WIMAX TRENDS:
AT&T GOES WITH ERICSSON AND ALCATEL-LUCENT FOR LTE
By Caroline Gabriel, Contributing Editor, 4G Trends

However greedily Huawei has been biting at the mobile vendors’ heels in their European heartlands, the US door remains firmly slammed in its face. AT&T has announced its LTE vendors, a year almost to the day since Verizon Wireless did the same thing, and has chosen exactly the same RAN suppliers – Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent.

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http://4gtrends.com/?p=3068