RCR Wireless News Provides Expanded 'Live' Coverage of Mobile World Congress 2011
RCR Wireless News Increases MWC11 Coverage and Access to Editorial Staff with MWC11 Mobile Broadband Innovation & Opportunity Conference and RCR Wireless News Desk
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- RCR Wireless News is bringing its 2011 Mobile Broadband Innovation & Opportunity Tour and Conference Series to Mobile World Congress February 14-17 in Barcelona, Spain. From its news desk, the RCR Wireless News team will conduct interviews and produce video news segments to showcase the deployment of mobile broadband and its impact on carriers, device manufacturers, equipment companies, consumers, key vertical market segments, and the economy as a whole.
In addition, the RCR Wireless News editorial team will broadcast live from Mobile World Congress all week, bringing news and analysis straight from the show floor to RCRWireless.tv. Featured guests include executives from across the entire wireless ecosystem, including top wireless operators Deutsche Telekom, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and Telefonica, as well as top infrastructure vendors such as Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Juniper Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Powerwave. To see the complete news desk schedule, CLICK HERE.
"We have fundamentally changed the way we cover major industry events," said Tracy Ford, Executive Editor of RCR Wireless News. "By including RCR video interviews in our overall programming, we increase our coverage of the event, increase access to and productivity of our editorial team, and bring insightful, timely news to our readers."
Broadcasts from the Mobile World Congress show floor will take place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. When our editors are not broadcasting live from the Juniper Networks pavilion, we will be scouring the show floor to bring our audience top news, analysis and demonstrations taking place at the show.
"Mobile broadband will be a key global and local economic driver over the next couple of years," said Jeff Mucci, CEO and editorial director of RCR Wireless News. "In order for RCR Wireless News to continue its 30-year tradition of providing editorial excellence, we believe that it is critical for news sources to move beyond the veneer of press releases and provide readers with real stories from the field."
Speakers at the Mobile Broadband Tour and the Juniper Networks Sponsored RCR News Desk include executives from Telefonica, Verizon Wireless, Yankee Group, the Telecom Council, Sequans, Aricent and more.
To attend the RCR Mobile Broadband event or watch video coverage of MWC11, please visit http://mwc2011.rcrwireless.com/specialevents/agenda/. Speakers include: |
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– Matt Kapko, Features Editor, RCR Wireless News & Event Chair |
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– Adrian Scrase, Head of Mobile Competence Centre, 3GPP |
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– Chris Pearson, President, 4G Americas |
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– Ken Rehbehn, Principal Analyst, Yankee Group |
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– Lindsay Notwell, Executive Director, Verizon Wireless |
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– Craig Miller, VP Marketing & Business Development, SEQUANS |
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– Andrew Green, VP Marketing, Mobile Consumer, Sierra Wireless |
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– Pardeep Kohli, President and CEO, Mavenir Systems |
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– Sunil Marolia, VP Product Management, Wireless & Mobility, Smith Micro Software |
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– Olivier Beaujard, Group VP Market Development, Sierra Wireless |
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– Theo Forbath, VP, Innovation and Strategy Group, Aricent/frog design |
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– Derek Kerton, Principle Analyst, The Kerton Group |
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– Jose Valles, Head of BlueVia, Telefonica |
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– Don Troshynski, Vice President Solutions Architecture, Acme Packet |
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– Dr. Mike Short, Vice President, Telefonica Europe |
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– Weili Dai, Co-Founder, Marvell |
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– Pradeep Sindhu, Founder and CTO, Juniper Networks |
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– Stefan Wilhelm, VP Strategic Partnering, Deutsche Telekom |
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– Mark Yarkosky, VP, Sprint |
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– Michael Luna, CTO, SEVEN Networks |
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– Alan Hadden, President, GSA |
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– Manoj Leelanivas, VP/GM, Junos Ready Software |
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– Ken Denman, CEO, Openwave |
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– Jagdish Rebello, PhD IHS, iSuppli |
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– Jim McGregor, Chief Technology Strategist, In-Stat |
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– Aditya Khurjekar, New Business Development, Verizon Wireless |
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– Stefan Wilhelm, VP, Strategic Partnering and Business Development, Deutsche Telekom |
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– Greg Franklin, TeliaSonera |
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– Stefan Dyckerhoff, EVP/GM, Infrastructure Products Group, Juniper Networks |
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– Rajeev Singe-Morales, President APAC, Alcatel-Lucent |
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– Bill Ho, VP, Consumer and Small Business Group, Current Analysis |
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– Nagraj Kashyap, Vice President of Ventures, Qualcomm |
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– Mike Wehrs, CEO, Scanbuy |
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– Rich Nespola, Chairman, TMNG Global |
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– Khurram Sheikh, CTO, Powerwave |
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In addition to the RCR Wireless News conference and news desk @MWC11, RCR Wireless News will be livecasting the Huawei sponsored LTE Forum @ App Planet program titled "Monetizing Mobile Broadband." Featured speakers include: |
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– Zhu Haobing, CSO & CMO, Wireless Networks, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. |
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– Dr. Bernhard Scholl, VP, Telekom Deutschland GmbH |
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– Mats Lundback, Head of Network Architecture and Strategy, TeliaSonera Mobility |
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– Dr. Bernhard Scholl, Deutsche Telekom |
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– Reiner Klement, VP QCT Product Management, Qualcomm Inc |
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– Mats Lundback, TeliaSonera |
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– Zhu Haobing, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. |
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The RCR Wireless News Mobile Broadband Global Tour and Conference Series is sponsored by Crown Castle, Anritsu, Juniper, and Huawei and includes domestic stops in Philadelphia, Pa., Charlotte, N.C., Austin, Texas, Bellevue, Wash., Chicago, Ill., Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas, Atlanta, Ga., Washington, D.C. and the Silicon Valley region of California. International locations on the tour include Taipei, Taiwan, Barcelona, Spain, Toronto, Canada, and the nations of Argentina, Chile, Singapore and China.
About RCR Wireless News
Founded in 1981, RCR Wireless News provides uncompromising, editorial excellence, while connecting technology companies, in-person, in print, and online, with their industries, their customers and talent using its portfolio of publications, websites and events. RCR Wireless News is owned by Arden Media Company, which through its properties, RCR Wireless News, ITjobs.net, and TelecomCareers, pairs credible industry information with measurable sales and recruitment lead generation programs to procure customers and talent. For more information, visit www.RCRWireless.com.
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