4GWE Keynote: Broadband stimulus offers opportunities, challenges for wireless

The evening keynote session of the 4GWE conference at ITEXPO West covered some of the key issues facing the evolution to a 4G, all IP, wireless network, and specifically the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for wireless companies who seek to take advantage of the broadband stimulus program.

Keynote speaker Jeffrey Thompson (News - Alert), CEO and director of Towerstream, explained the differences between unserved and underserved communities – key differentiators of rural areas by the federal government – as he addressed a crowd of carriers and wireless industry professionals on the applications, technology alternatives, timeframes, opportunities and challenges in the new age of mobile broadband...