August 16th, 2012 — Issue 34 Summer 2012
As LTE is commercialised in an increasing number of markets across the globe, Laura Merling, Alcatel-Lucent’s senior VP of Application Development Platform and Strategy, details how service providers, enterprises and developers can work intelligently to ensure they remain an integral part of the rapidly evolving wireless data ecosystem 
Laura Merling is Alcatel-Lucent’s senior VP of Application Development Platform and Strategy
August 11th, 2012 — Issue 34 Summer 2012
With smartphones having entered the affordability ranks, the device game is being spruced up with the drive towards enhancing supporting applications and content. Set to up the stakes in the mobile content space, Qualcomm is taking new routes to drive the content ecosystem
Moheb Ramsis is senior director of business operations for North Africa, Qualcomm
July 31st, 2012 — Issue 34 Summer 2012
I was quite surprised when I attended the now traditional Arab Advisors telecommunications conference this year. Not by the topics. Not by the content of the presentations. What was most surprising to me was the “mood” expressed publicly or in private by many of the senior managers present: for the first time in nearly ten years, I could not sense a clear direction about where the industry is going and what the industry needs to do. That was a first.
Philippe Vogeleer is an executive with Vodafone Group. He works on long-term development in the Middle East and Africa region
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