More Great news! Dr. William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will kickoff the broadband session of TFI’s Communications Technology Asset Valuation Conference in Austin, Jan 29-30, 2014. An economist, his current position is Research Scientist in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT and currently works with the Communications Futures Program ( http://cfp.mit.edu ). The working title of his talk is: “Gigabit Access, Transmission, Online Video, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Traffic Symmetry – How it Fits Together”. Blame the title on me, but we were looking for a speaker that could give us the big picture, and, after hearing Dr. Lehr speak several times at Columbia’s CITI conference in New York, I knew he was the right person.

Dr. Lehr has also been the Associate Director of MIT Research Program on Internet & Telecoms Convergence. His current research is on the convergence of the Internet and telecommunication services and the implications for corporate strategy and public policy.  I am really looking forward to what he has to say!

Larry Vanston

Great news! Professor Jeffrey Andrews, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, will return as our wireless keynote speaker at TFI’s Asset Valuation Conference in Austin, Jan 29-30, 2014. His topic will be “5G Cellular: How and Why will it Differ from 4G”. No rest for the wireless industry…the wheel keeps turning! Dr. Andrews spoke to us several years ago when we were on the verge of 4G and regular attendees have been asking for a return engagement. Since then he has been elevated to IEEE Fellow, awarded the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professorship in Engineering, and appointed “Editor-in-Chief” of the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (as of 1/1/14). Congrats and welcome back, Professor Andrews!

Larry Vanston

Welcome to Communication Assets Outlook documenting  important  trends and developments that impact the technology assets of the communications industry.  We would appreciation any comments, suggestions and corrections you may have. We are really looking forward to making this a tool everyone can use and to which everyone contributes!
Larry Vanston, Editor and President, TFI
512-415-5965, lvanston@tfi.com

Welcome to Communication Assets Outlook documenting  important  trends and developments that impact the technology assets of the communications industry. It is produced by Technology Futures, Inc. (TFI)  and, in part, sponsored by the Communications Technology Forecasting Group (CTFG) and the TFI Communications Technology Asset Valuation Conference held every January in Austin.

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Larry Vanston,
President, TFI
Editor