NTT America to Speak at Mobile Internet World

NTT America, a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, today announced the company will join with other leaders in the emerging mobile internet ecosystem in a comprehensive, lively, and thought-provoking discussion exploring today's most important mobile issues and trends at the Mobile Internet World Conference & Expo, November 13th - 15th at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA. NTT Communications Global IP Network, a Tier 1 IP backbone, interconnects four continents with high-performance IPv4 and IPv6 capability. IP architectures are becoming critical elements in the delivery of ubiquitous mobile broadband services.

Director of Product Engineering for NTT America, Cody Christman, will present in the Mobile Broadband & Technology Track on the panel, "Optimum Network Architectures for Personal Broadband," on Wednesday, November 14 at 3:45 p.m. ET. Joining Christman on the panel: Brian Ponte of ArrayComm, Kurt Dobbins of Ellacoya and Jim Orr of Fujitsu. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Philip Marshall, vice president of the Yankee Group's Enabling Technologies- Telco group. The panel will investigate the salient characteristics of all-IP networks, legacy to all-IP migration challenges, and the roles of various access technologies in the context of current and emerging mobile Internet technology standards.

"The economics of traditional voice centric mobile networks cannot profitably support high bandwidth data services and thus IP architectures are becoming critical elements in the delivery of ubiquitous mobile broadband services," said Christman. "To stay on top of the game, NTT Communications Global IP Network, a Tier 1 IP backbone which interconnects four continents with high-performance IPv4 and IPv6 capability, has continuously been upgraded to accommodate such development."

Dave Matthews Band Concerts to Stream Live via AT and T Blue Room Webcast

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Next week, music fans worldwide will be given access to the set lists of one of the most popular bands of today – in real time. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T - News) has announced that live footage from two Dave Matthews Band performances in West Point, N.Y., will be delivered via the AT&T blue room (https://www.attblueroom.com).

On Wednesday, Nov. 14, and Thursday, Nov. 15, visitors to the AT&T blue room will be able to access streaming live footage from two Dave Matthews Band performances from their PC, whether at home or on the road. The shows will begin at approximately 7 p.m. (EST) with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, which will be followed by Dave Matthews Band. A collection of songs and footage from the two performances will also be archived at www.attblueroom.com.

In addition, exclusive footage from the performances will be made available across all three screens that consumers value most — their TV, PC and wireless device — via AT&T U-verse^SM TV, AT&T Homezone^SM and CV streaming video service. Taking fans beyond the music as part of the company’s entertainment strategy, AT&T’s production group will be creating and producing a free show based on the concerts that will be available exclusively to AT&T U-verse and AT&T Homezone customers. The exclusive content will consist of on-campus, onstage and backstage features, as well as interviews with Dave Matthews Band.

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Google lays out mobile strategy

It started with Apple, but here comes Google.

In the second major announcement this year by a Silicon Valley stalwart that aims to shake up the way people use mobile phones, Google Inc. officially announced Monday a sweeping plan to encourage a new breed of software development designed to make it easier to surf the Internet from a cell phone.

But Google's not going at it alone. It is working with a newly created global coalition of companies, called the Open Handset Alliance, that includes phonemaker Motorola Inc. and wireless carriers Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. And unlike Apple's iPhone, sold exclusively in the U.S. by AT&T Inc., the Google software platform could be available on countless phones and sold through multiple carriers.

Google is not introducing its own phone - one has been rumored - but a suite of software that can be used on phones starting in the second half of next year. Besides Motorola, other phonemakers participating so far include Samsung, LG Electronics and HTC.

Google's software platform, called Android, runs on open-source code, so any software developer can create a program for it. The idea is to encourage innovation, and thus improve the chances of developing an advanced mobile phone capable of enticing more people to use Web tools on their phones. It also creates new competition for handsets that use Microsoft's operating system for phones as well as Apple's iPhone.

'In order to get a tremendous new mobile phone experience, you need to attract' people who haven't had access to the mobile platform before, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in a conference call Monday. 'And that's software developers. This is a developer announcement. You can now build the great things you've done on the Internet' on a mobile phone.

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Verizon to launch HTC Titan (XV6800) next on November?

The HTC Titan, also known as XV6800, was first reported back in February, but it looks like Verizon will finally launch the device during the next month of November. The online sales are supposed to start on 2 November, and you can find it on Verizon stores starting on 16 November. Take in consideration that this information is not confirmed, call it a rumor if you really want to.

In terms of specifications the XV6800/HTC Titan will support the wireless connectivity WiFi, and microSD memory cards to be used as external storage systems. Other features include a sliding (full) QWERTY keyboard so you can type easily, a 2-megapixel camera to shoot some photos/videos, 64MB of RAM, and 256MB of ROM.

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