Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of representing Alcatel-Lucent and the ng Connect Program at the Telefonica-Movistar Campus Party event in Mexico City.
The Campus Party is an annual week-long event that brings young participants together to share their experiences and perform different activities involving the internet, innovation, digital creativity, science and entertainment, and is [...]
Each New Year is a new opportunity, and the innovative Consumer Electronics Show that takes place in early January showcases new technology that will not just shape the year, but sometimes many years ahead. Since launching the ng Connect Program last February, we wanted to show the world of consumer electronics the advantages LTE and [...]
On November 3, we showed publically — for the first time — the LTE Connected Car project. The ng Connect member companies involved in the project (Alcatel-Lucent, QNX Software Systems, Atlantic Records, Kabillion, chumby and Toyota Motor Sales USA) all came together to make this concept car a reality. It’s physically the largest Solution Concept [...]
3D Mobile Gaming Ahead Of Its Time
We are a true pioneer in 3D multiplayer mobile gaming and have been working on games like V-Rally 3D - featuring online ghost racing and first person shooter Robot Alliance in a massively multiplayer online gameplay (MMOG) experience - all the way back in 2005. Of course, we had [...]
Music is coming to your fingertips. Looking at your iPod, you might think it’s already there, but really it’s only a few thousand files. With sites like MySpace Music, imeem, and Last.fm, we’re approaching a place where all the world’s music is available online for free. Users are increasingly becoming comfortable with the idea that they [...]
By way of background: LTE (Long-Term Evolution) is largely seen as a successor to current third-generation (3G) networks (UMTS, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA, CDMA2000, EVDO, call me if you want more acronyms…). And with this new standard, there will be faster connections. LTE is capable of delivering speeds well in excess of 10MB/s over wireless networks. So, world, be prepared!
It was quite a show for the ng Connect Program at this year’s CTIA Wireless in Vegas! Mixing it up with our customers at the 4G Symposium, hanging out with all the members at the Tao mixer, winning an award and having the booth packed with attendees interested in the ng Connect PoCs are just a few highlights!
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