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Mobile Devices Kevin Burden, Practice Director, Mobile Devices Mobile Handsets including Smartphones, Enhanced Phones, Low-Cost phones, Mobile Operating Systems including, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm/Access, WebOS, Linux, Android, OS X, Mobile Internet Devices, Ultra Mobile Personal Computers, Vertical Application Devices, Portable Navigation Devices, Enabling Technologies
Mobile Devices, Device Accessories Michael Morgan, Industry Analyst, Mobile Devices Mobile Handsets including Smartphones, Enhanced Phones, Low-Cost phones, WiFi Handsets and Voice-over-Wi-Fi, Mobile Accessories, Mobile Software, Mobile Services
4G, Wi-Fi Phil Solis, Practice Director, Wireless Connectivity 4G (WiMAX, LTE, 802.16m, LTE-Advanced), 4G chipsets/ICs/semiconductors, 4G devices, 4G networkds, 4G ecosystem, WiMAX (802.16d, 802.16e, 802.16m), LTE (LTE, LTE-Advanced), 4G deployments. Wi-FI, 802.11, 802.11n, Wi-Fi chipsets /ICs/semiconductors, embedded Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspots, SRW, Bluetooth, UWB, combo chips (Wi-Fi+Bluetooth+FM)
Mobile Networks Nadine Manjaro, Senior Analyst, Mobile Networks GSM, EDGE, CDMA,  UMTS, HSDPA, LTE, TD-SCDMA, Mobile Backhaul,  Managed Services, IMS,  Wireless Infrastructure Core, and Cell Site Equipment
Femtocells, Clean Telecoms Aditya Kaul, Senior Analyst, Mobile Networks Femtocells and Picocells, In-building wireless, Distributed Antenna Systems, Repeaters, Software Defined Radio, Single RAN/Multi RAN base stations, Active and Passive Infrastructure Sharing, Mobile Networks in Emerging Markets, Clean Telecoms, Green Carriers and Green Equipment Vendors, Alternative Energy Solutions for Base Stations and Sites, Smart Grids on Mobile Networks
Semiconductors Lance Wilson, Research Director RF Components and Systems, RF Power Amplifiers, RF Power Semiconductors
Mobile Money Mark Beccue, Senior Analyst, Consumer Mobility Mobile Money Services including (Mobile Banking, Mobile International Remittances, Mobile Domestic Person to Person Payments, NFC and other forms of Mobile Commerce, Mobile Wallet), Consumer Mobility, Service Personalization, Mobile Marketing, Data Roaming, PTT, Mobile operator strategies and distribution, Mobile Cloud Computing applications, Subscriber Data Management
Netbooks, MIDs, & CE Jeff Orr, Senior Analyst, Mobile Devices Emerging mobile device form factors including Netbooks, MIDs UMPCs, Cellular Modems including USB modems, Express cards, MiFi cards, 3G Routers, Mobile Operating Systems, Application Storefronts, Mobile Search, Mobile TV, Mobile Browsers
Jake Saunders, VP Forecasting China – all topics, Handsets, Hutchison and 3, Mobile Network Operators, MVNOs, Vodafone, Wireless Operators
Business Mobility, The Mobile Consumer Dan Shey, Practice Director, Mobile Services Business Mobility, Consumer Mobility, Mobile Money, Content and Applications, Fixed/Mobile Convergence, Mobile Broadband, Mobile Device Management, Mobile Messaging, Consumer and Business focused mobile applications, Operator Strategies and Distribution
Telematics, Location Based Services Dominique Bonte, Practice Director, Telematics and Navigation Consumer Navigation Devices, Consumer Telematics, Outdoor GPS, Digital Maps, Traffic Information, Navigation Content, ITS, PC-based Location Applications, Automotive Operating Systems, Automotive Infotainment, Person Tracking, Location-based advertising, Social Networking, GPS Fitness devices and solutions, Off-deck LBS
Digital Signage Zippy Aima, Industry Analyst, Digital Media Content Management and Distribution, Digital Rights Management & Conditional Access, Digital Asset Management, Digital Signage, Digital Watermarking, Video Servers, Transcoding, Digital Media, Ad servers, Ad splicers, encoders.
Digital Home, Home Networks Mike Inouye, Industry Analyst, Digital Home 3D TV, Cable Television-CATV, Direct Broadcast Satellite-DBS, Telco TV-IPTV, Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), IP Video, Internet Video, Over the Top (OTT) Video, Digital Media, Peer to Peer/P2P networks, Social Networds, Web 2.0, Set-top Boxes (STBs), Networked HDTVs, Widgets, Consumer Electronics Devices
Serene Fong, Industry Analyst, Broadband Market Data (Global Focus) on: Broadband, IPTV, STB, Consumer Electronics, WiFi (WLEQ only)
Digital Home, Home Networks, Consumer Video Technologies Jason Blackwell, Practice Director, Digital Home Broadband and Consumer Electronics ICs, Consumer Electronics Devices, Broadband Video, Internet TV, Conditional Access, Digital Asset Management, Digital Cameras, Digital Media, Digital Media Distribution/Management, Digital Rights Management, DVR/PVR, HDTV, Home Networking, HomePlug, HomePNA, MoCA, Instant Messaging, Internet Radio, LCDs and OLEDs, LEDs, Portable Audio/Video, Residential Entertainment, Secure Video Processors, Video Gaming, Wireless Home Video, Wireless Video Distribution.
Jonathan Collins, Principal Analyst Short range wireless connectivity, Near Field Communication, Bluetooth, ZigBee, 802.15.4, Biometrics, Mobile Messaging
Wireless Security, Wireless Healthcare Stan Schatt, VP and Practice Director, Security and Healthcare Wi-Fi - Equipment & LAN, Financial Industry, Healthcare, SMBs, telepresence, Hospitality, Hotspots, Security, RTLS (Real Time Location Systems - RFID, Wi-Fi), Security (Network), Voice Over Wi-Fi (VOW), Video Surveillance, Enterprise Wi-Fi
M2M, Wireless Sensor Networks Sam Lucero,Practice Director, M2M M2M, wireless sensor networking, IEEE 801.15.4, ZigBee, 6loWPAN, ISA100.11a, WirelessHART, home automation/security, industrial automation, smart metering/smart grid, telematics, EPOS/vending, fixed wireless terminals/WLL, telehealth/telemedicine, smart services
M2M, Wireless Sensor Networks Sam Lucero,Practice Director, M2M M2M, wireless sensor networking, IEEE 801.15.4, ZigBee, 6loWPAN, ISA100.11a, WirelessHART, home automation/security, industrial automation, smart metering/smart grid, telematics, EPOS/vending, fixed wireless terminals/WLL, telehealth/telemedicine, smart services
RFID Mike Liard, Practice Director, RFID All RFID, RFID Readers, RFID ICs, RFID Transponders/Tags, RFID Software, Contactless cardsand Tickets (NOT MOBILE HANDSETS), RFID/Wi-Fi/UWB Based RTLS (Real-Time Location Systems), Container Tracking, Item-level RFID, RFID Aerospace & Defense, RFID Border Security, RFID Consumer Goods, RFID in Auto, RFID in Pharmaceuticals, RFID in Transportation, RFID in Manufacturing, Biometrics, Anti-counterfeiting