Esme Vos is the founder of Muniwireless.com, the portal for news and information about municipal and citywide public wireless around the world See full bio
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The BlogNotions Mobile Blog delivers a diverse series of perspectives provided by thought leaders in the wireless industry. Presented by NetLine, this forum delivers compelling updates on the latest technological advances, discussions of emerging technologies, best practices for working within the Web 2.0 culture, implications for the future, and much more. Here you can find helpful information, ask questions, and collaborate freely.
As android becomes the dominant mobile smartphone operating system it is also becoming the dominant platform for mobile advertising. This was the aim of android from the start – create a channel for Google’s advertising on mobile. There are a number of reasons why android is becoming the key platform for mobile ads, above and [...]
The Thai government has announced that it has begun the deployment of 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok; they will be installing 20,000 more in 2012. These Wi-Fi hot zones will be placed in government offices, police stations, municipal buildings and hospitals. TOT (the Thai state-owned telecom) will be running the network.
Happy New Year. It’s set to be an exciting one for the world of mobile and mobile advertising in particular. So here’s 7 predictions for the year ahead:
1. Mobile ads go rich media – whereas 2011 was all about mobile banner ads and mobile search taking off, 2012 will see mobile ads become increasing rich [...]
Problem: Providing Wireless Internet Connectivity in a Crowded Environment
J&J Telecommunications needed to solve a major customer problem. The 855-boat slip South Shore Harbor Marina located in League City, TX needed to provide WiFi Internet Connectivity to their customer’s Mobile, Laptop and Tablet devices without having to install customer-premises equipment on the customer’s boat. Adding to [...]
The Wireless Broadband Alliance has published a report on the state of the global public Wi-Fi hotspot market compiled by analyst firm Informa. It includes a comprehensive survey of 259 service providers and Wi-Fi vendors.
The report reveals that global public Wi-Fi hotspot numbers are set to grow from 1.3 million in 2011, to 5.8 million [...]
This year I will have the honor and pleasure to represent Small Screen Design at MAX 2011 in Los Angeles and showcase our Cassandra Stand application. This will be my first MAX, so if you’ll be there too and if you like, just stop by and say Hi!
A consortium of cities in North Carolina led by Charlotte using a $16.7 million BTOP grant from the NTIA for a public safety 700 MHz LTE network, has awarded the contract for building out the network to Alcatel-Lucent. The project is owned by CharMeck Connect, a joint venture among the city of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, [...]
This year I will have the honor and pleasure to represent Small Screen Design at MAX 2011 in Los Angeles and showcase our Cassandra Stand application. This will be my first MAX, so if you’ll be there too and if you like, just stop by and say Hi!
When admob first launched it was an absolute revelation for mobile publishers. For the first time there was a way of monetising mobile web inventory that didn’t involve selling ringtones or other mobile content. Admob went on to totally dominate the first wave of mobile advertising, launching innovation after innovation.
Flash Development for Android Cookbook by Joseph Labrecque is now out for sale and I’m very proud to be among the book’s technical reviewers! The book contains 372 pages of useful information and solid recipes for developing killer Android applications using Flash Platform technology.
The Flash Development for Android Cookbook enables Flash developers [...]
