CTIA Fall 2011 Keynote Liveblog
Oct 11, 2011, 9:00 AM by Rich Brome
updated Oct 12, 2011, 2:33 AM
The CEOs of AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint will all grace the stage at the CTIA event in San Diego this morning. The last keynote like this was a lively one. Tune in to our liveblog here at 12:30 Eastern / 9:30 Pacific for the blow-by-blow.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:42 PM: Aww, no roundtable. Keynote over. That's all, folks.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:42 PM: Mead out.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:42 PM: Mead: "We like competition and collaboration. We don't like gov't regulation." Duh.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:35 PM: Hey, Verizon has "innovation centers" and does M2M. Someone should tell Dan that these things are hardly unique. Now yet another promo video for M2M.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:30 PM: Mead talking about wireless' role in emergency response, from 9-11 to lost hikers.
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Oct 11, 2011, 12:27 PM: Next, Verizon: CEO Dan Mead.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:26 PM: De la Vega talking up wearable wireless tracking devices, such as kid location trackers, athletic performance trackers, and devices that detect when a senior falls, etc.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:23 PM: Well folks, most of what Hesse and de la Vega have talked about so far today has been just promoting the industry and their own company. No real news yet. I don't expect Verizon to be much different, but I hope it'll get more exciting in 20-ish minutes; we're looking forward to a roundtable with all three CEOs on stage at once.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:20 PM: What an exciting AT&T promo video. A lady tells us how she dropped a bag of cat food on her leg. Whee.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:16 PM: AT&T's new Toggle and Drive Mode apps were inspired by AT&T employees submitting ideas to the company's internal app innovation program.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:12 PM: (Foundry promo video)
Oct 11, 2011, 12:10 PM: De la Vega talking about "AT&T Foundry", for developers.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:06 PM: De la Vega refers to Hesse's quote about the John Wilkes Booth movie actor: "that's nice coming from the greatest actor in wireless."
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Oct 11, 2011, 12:05 PM: Ralph de la Vega takes the stage.
Oct 11, 2011, 12:05 PM: Hesse signs off with: "The future will be better tomorrow."
Oct 11, 2011, 12:01 PM: Promoting app that locks phone when moving over 10 mph. Callers get special voice message that callee is driving.
Oct 11, 2011, 11:59 AM: Hesse is now on to distracted driving, one of CTIA's priorities this year. CTIA supports all laws banning texting and driving.
Oct 11, 2011, 11:54 AM: The CTIA is on track to meet its goal of 50% of smartphones using a standard micro-USB charger with Energy Star rating by January 2012. (Only 50%? Seems underwhelming compared to Europe.)
Oct 11, 2011, 11:52 AM: CTIA goal is to recycle 90% of phones by 2017. Already half-way there.
Oct 11, 2011, 11:51 AM: Hesse is now picking up where Largent left off talking about environment. Talking up even his competitors' efforts, such as AT&T installing Bloom Energy boxes.
Oct 11, 2011, 11:48 AM: Blah blah... "wireless is awesome." (It's a huge industry, it's useful in emergencies, for health care, etc.)
Oct 11, 2011, 11:45 AM: ...that was in reference to AT&T acquiring (uh... killing, I guess) T-Mobile.
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Oct 11, 2011, 11:43 AM: Dan Hesse just compared Ralph de la Vega to John Wilkes Booth. Wow.
Oct 11, 2011, 11:41 AM: Sprint's Dan Hesse about to take the stage.
Oct 11, 2011, 11:40 AM: Largent talking about how companies and gov't can use wireless tech to cut costs and help the environment. ...which comes back to need for more spectrum... for the environment.
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Oct 11, 2011, 11:37 AM: Largent is making the case for more radio spectrum for the industry. Skyrocketing data demand, the gov't needs the money, etc.
Oct 11, 2011, 11:34 AM: Largent: The iPhone "raised awareness" of spectrum issues. Interesting way of putting it. Heh.
Oct 11, 2011, 11:34 AM: Steve Largent, president of CTIA, has taken the stage, starting off by paying tribute to Steve Jobs.
Oct 11, 2011, 11:31 AM: The keynote - and our liveblog - starts now!
Oct 11, 2011, 11:23 AM: We're seated right up front. The show should start in a little under ten minutes.
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