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VisTracks(TM) Selected for Telecom Council of Silicon Valley Innovation Showcase
VisTracks Launch of Position and Movement Analytics(TM) PaaS at CTIA Enterprise and Applications 2010
Posted on 13/08/2010
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Council member, Mingleverse wins 4G Symposium wins Innovation Award
"With so much communication migrating towards social networks, Mingleverse is well positioned to be the tool that people use to share..."
Posted on 30/06/2010
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Intuit Tweets on fireside chat with CEO at the Council
Great fireside chat with Brad Smith, Chris Hylen and @DerekKerton @TelecomCouncil on connected mobile commerce and opps for growth globally
Posted on 30/06/2010
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Finnish Mobile Association on the inclusion of the Council on US Mobile Tour
"Connects the companies in the communications technology industry for business development, collaboration and education."
Posted on 30/06/2010
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Qualcomm tweets on The Council
"Qualcomm joins Telecom Council to address future of mobile computing..."
Posted on 24/05/2010
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Verizon may release Microsoft phones
\"The Google Inc. Nexus One mobile phone, which use the Qualcomm Inc. Snapdragon processor, are displayed during the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley ...\"
Posted on 24/05/2010
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"Qualcomm pushes into software to seed smartbook market", Peggy Albright
"...The event was organised by the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley. Frankel said the guiding principles of Qualcomm’s software-enabling strategy..."
Posted on 24/05/2010
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Viodi.com post from Alan Weissberger on Connected Home Meeting
"This article covers the wireless networking aspects of the Connected Home – both inside and out..."
Posted on 24/05/2010
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Is Telecom Innovation an Oxymoron?
The telecom industry has become a fast-moving, energetic market, with explosive growth that attracts some of the best entrepreneurs and investors in the world.
Posted on 24/05/2010
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Edgewater Networks on their SPIFFY win.
Edgewater Networks, Inc. Wins 2010 SPIFFY Award for Best Fixed Telecom Opportunity ...
Posted on 15/03/2010
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Cooliris announces their SPIFFY win
Prestigious award presented....
Posted on 04/03/2010
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MicroPower Technologies Chosen “Most Disruptive New Technology”...
Competition for these awards is stiff because all startups are screened by Telecom Council Steering Committees...
Posted on 03/03/2010
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Mocana Honored as a Finalist at the SPIFFYS
...nominated for the prestigious 2010 SPIFFY Awards presented by the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley...
Posted on 03/03/2010
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Lithium announces their SPIFFY win!
SPIFFY Awarded to Lithium as Most Innovative Startup in Edison Category
Posted on 03/03/2010
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Gogobeans wins a 2010 SPIFFY!
Gogobeans has won the Zephyr Best Mobile Opportunity at the annual SPIFFY awards held in Palo Alto, California.
Posted on 01/03/2010
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Telecom Startups Get Their Own Oscars
The upbeat event was attended by heavyweights AT&T, Verizon, BT, HP, Intel Capital and others looking to find must-have killer apps or awesome infrastructure.
Posted on 28/02/2010
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SPIFFY Award 2010 winners announced!
Third Annual SPIFFY Award Winners Announced Global Telecom Service Providers Award Telecom Startups for Innovation and Impact
Posted on 26/02/2010
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And the 2010 SPIFFY Award winners are...
Congratulations to this year's SPIFFY winners for getting the attention of the 25 global Service Providers that make up the Telecom Council's SPIF Forum.
Posted on 26/02/2010
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Tiki'Labs on their SPIFFY Nomination
...nominated for best mobile investment opportunity...
Posted on 24/02/2010
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MicroPower Technologies on their SPIFFY nominations
MicroPower Technologies, Creator of the World’s Most Power Efficient Wireless Camera, is Nominated for Two Prestigious Awards from the Telecom Council...
Posted on 29/01/2010
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Proposed mobile/fixed merger in LatAm creates integrated telco with 220M subs
America Movil – Latin America's largest mobile operator by subscribers – announced last week it was planning to acquire Telmex, Mexico's incumbent fixed carrier
Posted on 26/01/2010
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Worldwide Telecom Industry Growing at Double Digit Rate
According to the new industry market study, telecommunications services revenues will grow at 13.8% CAGR to $3.7T by 2015, with 62% CAGR in wireless broadband.
Posted on 26/01/2010
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A SPIFFY Ground Breaker Award nominee, GeoVector, announces their nomination
GeoVector CEO - “This nomination tells Silicon Valley - and the world - that an impressive set of global service providers believes..."
Posted on 26/01/2010
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Lithium - Edison SPIFFY Award Nominee
"We're delighted then to be nominated for an Edison Award for the Most Innovative Startup, in this year's Telecom Council SPIFFY Awards."
Posted on 25/01/2010
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Another SPIFFY Award nominee - Mingleverse
Mingleverse Nominated For Outstanding Telecom Startup Award
Posted on 22/01/2010
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Mobidia on their SPIFFY Award Nomination
The Telecom Council Nominates Mobidia for the Zephar Award for Best Mobile Investment Opportunity.
Posted on 19/01/2010
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Gogobeans on their SPIFFY nomination
Gogobeans nominated for 2 SPIFFY Awards for 2010 by Telecom Council
Posted on 18/01/2010
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CES 2010 Video #2 of the Synaptics Touch UI Demo
Courtesy of Derek Kerton and The Telecom Council
Posted on 15/01/2010
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CES 2010 Video #1 of the Synaptics Touch UI Demo
Courtesy of Derek Kerton and The Telecom Council
Posted on 15/01/2010
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CES 2010 Video #2 of the Parrot Drone
Courtesy of Derek Kerton and The Telecom Council
Posted on 15/01/2010
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CES 2010 Video #1 of the Parrot Drone
Courtesy of Derek Kerton and The Telecom Council
Posted on 15/01/2010
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Another SPIFFY Nominee, Mobida, ackowledging their nomination
“We are excited Mobidia was nominated by this council of top-tier telecommunication operators,” said Derek Spratt, president and CEO...
Posted on 13/01/2010
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RCR Wireless on the SPIFFY Awards 2010
"Telecom Council of Silicon Valley and RCR Wireless announce 2010 SPIFFY Awards Nominees"
Posted on 12/01/2010
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Quantance acknowledges their SPIFFY Award 2010 Nomination
One of Silicon Valley's best start-ups identified by Telecom Council Service Provider Forum, SPiF
Posted on 12/01/2010
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Zuberance acknowledges the SPIFFYS
SPIFFY Awards: Why Are They Important For The Telecom Industry?
Posted on 08/01/2010
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CORRECTED LINK- SPIFFY Awards 2010 Nominees Announced!
Be sure to join us for the 2010 Awards - this won't be the one to miss.
Posted on 01/01/2010
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SPIFFY Awards 2010 nominees announced!
The Council is amping up for this year's awards. Should be a fun one - not the one to miss. Be sure to check out the nominees in the release here.
Posted on 01/01/2010
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Carriers to Silicon Valley: We need your innovation
RCR Wireless ran a feature on our TC3 Telecom Council Carrier Connections Summit and it recaps the carrier's talks nicely.
Posted on 21/09/2009
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"Telecom's New Dollars & Sense"
"Chris was invited to speak with a group of entrepreneurs at a Telecom Council event to provide her insight and guidance on how to best leverage..."
Posted on 28/07/2009
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Tweets from the 2009 SPIFFY Awards
Real-time tweets from the Silicon Valley Telecom Council’s Spiffy Awards Gala
Posted on 09/07/2009
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Connected Home Meeting Review
Check out Alan Weissberger's summary of our Connected Home meeting.
Posted on 09/07/2009
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"Following Your Start-up Dreams", by Peggy Albright, IEEE
Liz Kerton, Telecom Council President, is quoted in the article. She what she had to say about start-up fund raising.
Posted on 20/05/2009
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Silicon Valley Deliberates Mobile Advertising; Provides Inside Track On...
Mobile marketing insights, an update on mobile search behavior, and a few choice stats were among the highlights at last week’s Telecom Council meeting
Posted on 10/04/2009
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OnCare by Gearworks names 2009 CTIA "E-Tech" award finalist
Company’s new location-based mobile business application among top three “emerging technologies” in enterprise healthcare
Posted on 10/04/2009
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Second Annual SPIFFY Award Winners Announced
The winners are announced after 20 carrier members voted on 96 startup telecom companies.
Posted on 07/04/2009
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Blog Posting: Notes from the Telecom Council’s Policy Luncheon
"When they say shovel ready, they mean real shovels" Blog posting by Steve Blum
Posted on 04/03/2009
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2009 SPIFFY Award Nominees Announced from Among 96 Telecom Startups
Telecom Council of Silicon Valley is announcing the nominees for the Annual SPIFFY Awards from among the 96 telecom startups who presented in 2008
Posted on 27/01/2009
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View To A Thrill: Nokia CTO Envisions The Next Phase Of The Wireless Industry
Exclusive gathering of 100 mobile execs; discusses open platforms
Posted on 16/01/2009
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Brilliant Telecommunications GM Selected to Speak at the 40th Annual...
Srinivas Bangalore, GM, OEM and IP business unit, has been selected to present at the Precise Time and Time Interval(PTTI) Systems and Application Meeting
Posted on 04/12/2008
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Exalt Powers Sparkplug's Six-State Broadband Wireless Network
Sparkplug Improves Backhaul Scalability With Exalt's Software Upgradeable Microwave Platform
Posted on 14/11/2008
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BlackBerry Fund Awards $150,000 To Three Companies: Poynt, Strands, Nobex Radio
The BlackBerry Partners Fund, a $150 million pool of money focused on apps and services for the RIM-made device awarded $150,000 to three companies.
Posted on 14/11/2008
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BlackBerry Partners Fund Announces Investments in buzzd, Digby and WorldMate
Mobile social networking, commerce and travel applications to receive funding from the BlackBerry Partners Fund
Posted on 14/11/2008
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OpVista to Present at the UBS Global Technology and Services Conference
CEO to Illustrate How OpVista DMC Technology Enables Carriers to Use Existing '10G' Network Infrastructure for 40 and 100G Services
Posted on 14/11/2008
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Meru Networks partners with Telematics
Meru appoints Telematics Networking & Communications for delivery of combined voice, data and video over wireless LANs
Posted on 14/11/2008
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Meru Networks First to Unveil Wireless LAN Virtualization Technology
Meru Networks has brought the techniques of virtualization to the wireless world, enabling the optimization of RF resources
Posted on 14/11/2008
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Meru looks to make Wi-Fi as reliable as Ethernet
Meru Networks announced virtual ports, a technology designed to make Wi-Fi networks as reliable as wired Ethernet.
Posted on 14/11/2008
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Gearworks set to tackle growing home health care market
Gearworks Inc. is now developing a platform for one the fastest growing fields in the country — home health care.
Posted on 14/11/2008
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OpVista CX8 Optical Networking System for 40G & 100G Services debut at NXTCOMM08
New DMC-based OpVista CX8 Optical Networking System delivers high bandwidth services on existing 10G networks w/ integrated ROADM & packet networking cap...
Posted on 24/09/2008
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CTIA: MobiTV launches business-focused TV
Mobi4Biz to debut on Blackberry Bold; Avot launches TipMotion
Posted on 24/09/2008
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Exalt Comm Introduces the Industry's Fastest 5GHz Microwave Backhaul Radio
New carrier-class Gigabit Ethernet radios deliver up to 440 Mbps throughput, native TDM and native Ethernet on tri-band platform
Posted on 24/09/2008
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NTT, KT Seek New Ventures
TOKYO -- KT and NTT announced today that they signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to search and develop new business models which will enable both compan
Posted on 02/07/2008
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T-Mobile Venture Fund makes Strategic Investment in Roamware
San Jose, CA – June 9th, 2008 – Roamware, Inc. announced that T-Mobile Venture Fund has made a strategic investment in the company.
Posted on 18/06/2008
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25 Global Carriers Recognize 7 Telecom Startups with SPIFFY Awards
The Service Provider Forum of the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley awarded 7 young telecom companies for their innovation, execution, mgmt and technologies.
Posted on 25/03/2008
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The Telecom Council of the Silicon Valley Announces the First Annual SPIFFIES
The Telecom Council, which connects companies and individuals in the region's Communications Technology industry, announces the 1st annual SPIFFY Awards.
Posted on 25/03/2008
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Morpho, Inc. Receives Funding from Nokia Growth Partners
Morpho, Inc., a leading provider of image processing software solutions for mobile devices, announced it has received an investment from Nokia Growth Partners.
Posted on 25/03/2008
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Kyte Completes $21.1 Million of Series B Funding
Kyte, a mobile and online video provider, announced it has closed its Series B funding, raising a total of $21.1 million, after securing additional investments.
Posted on 25/03/2008
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Telecom Council: Service Provider Forum SPIFFY Awards
The SPIFFY Awards recognize the most outstanding telecommunications start-ups in Silicon Valley, as judged by the members of the Service Providers Forum (SPiF)
Posted on 25/03/2008
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Turn Raises $15 Million, Debuts Targeted Online Ad Network
Turn, a provider of online targeted advertising services, has raised $15 million in its second round VC funding. The company's backers include NVP.
Posted on 25/03/2008
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Retrevo nabs $8 million to grow electronics site - Alloy Ventures & NVP
Retrevo, a search service for electronics, said that it's raised $8 million in a second round of funding led by Alloy Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners
Posted on 25/03/2008
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25 Global Carriers Recognize 7 Telecom Startups with SPIFFY Awards
The Service Provider Forum of the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley awarded 7 young telecom companies for their innovation, execution, management & technologies
Posted on 25/03/2008
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Jajah wins innovation award
A panel of some of the world's largest telecommunications companies has recognised the achievements of VoIP (voice-over Internet Protocol) provider Jajah.
Posted on 25/03/2008
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Ruckus Wireless Wins SPIFFY Award for Engineering Excellence
Ruckus Wireless was honored the Ground Breaker Award for Engineering Excellence by the Service Provider Forum (SPiF) of The Telecom Council The Silicon Valley
Posted on 25/03/2008
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GeoVector Nominated for SPIFFY Award for Engineering Excellence in Telecom
GeoVector® Corp, the leading provider of mobile search capabilities for location-based applications, was nominated for the Ground Breaker Award by the SPIF
Posted on 25/03/2008
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Mobile Advertising Pioneer Smaato Nominated for SPIFFY Award
Smaato, a pioneering provider of mobile advertising platform technology announced that it has been nominated for a SPIFFY Award for Best Mobile Opportunity.
Posted on 25/03/2008
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Jabber Receives Runner-Up SPIFFY Award
Members of the Service Provider Innovation Forum of the Telecom Council of Silicon Valley Recognize Excellence in the Communications Technology Industry
Posted on 25/03/2008
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New Venture Partners Strengthens Investment Team
New Venture Partners LLC opened its first office in Silicon Valley.
Posted on 14/11/2007
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Evaluating tech startups: The risks and rewards
Tech startups are enthusiastic about the prospect of selling to businesses, and rightly so. Opsware, VMware, Salesforce.com--they're just a few recent examples
Posted on 14/11/2007
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Vindu's View: Wireless Silicon Valley getting little support
Does anyone believe in the vision enough to invest $500,000 for two pilot sites that would show us what the network can do?
Posted on 14/11/2007