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From: Bob Schmidt <schmidt@provider.com>
Date: October 21, 2009 11:19:01 EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Supercomm 2009 Keynote by Verizon's Ivan Seidenberg
Dave, for IP if you wish.
Ivan Seidenberg's keynote address today at Supercomm 2009 Chicago.
A few excerpts...
..fully fiberized home
... Broadband investment also creates jobs – 500,000 new jobs for every $10 B increase in digital investment. Or to put it another way, for every one percent increase in broadband penetration in a state, employment goes up 2 to 3 percent a year.
...Through our Open Development Initiative, we've certified more than 60 devices to run on our 3G network, ranging from inventory-management to smart energy meters to wireless medical charts.
,,,4G app store coming soon
...joint venture with Qualcomm to develop machine-to-machine devices and services
...partnering with Google to develop smart devices based on Android
...We can't move forward by pitting network providers and applications developers against each other in a zero-sum game, when the real promise of broadband is an expanding pie for everybody.
http://newscenter.verizon.com/leadership/speeches/supercomm-2009.html
Best regards,
Bob Schmidt
Provider Marketing Group
Orlando, FL