Monday, May 11, 2009

Breadcrumbs to progress on fixed mobile convergence

Recent announcements from AT&T, Qwest, Verizon, and Cablevision indicate progress in the converged enterprise
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Breadcrumbs to progress on fixed mobile convergence

Steve Taylor By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick
Today we turn our attention to the world of wireless with recent announcements from AT&T, Qwest, Verizon, and Cablevision. Though each announcement has a slightly different topic, we think they collectively point toward progress in the converged enterprise and consumer-centric applications and content across fixed and mobile networks. Read full story

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. Larry Hettick is a principal analyst at Current Analysis.

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