Mobility and Wireless: Interviews

TREVOR CLARKE talks to Sybase director channels and alliances, Stephen Dolan, about the business intelligence vendor’s innovation agenda and solid results in the face of the economic downturn.

With most Americans switching their mobile handsets once every 18 months, the need to find safe ways to dispose of old mobile phones has only grown. ReCellular, a self-described "electronics-sustainability" firm based in the US, has spent the past two decades working with the US-based Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) to become a major recycler and reseller of mobile handsets and accessories. Every day, ReCellular processes thousands of unwanted handsets and either fixes them for resale or sends them off to be melted down and recycled. ReCellular Vice President Mike Newman spoke with Brad Reed about how his company is helping to reduce e-waste, as well as how enterprises can benefit from donating their mobile devices for reuse and recycling.

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse shared the company's WiMAX plans last week at CTIA Wireless. The plan to build a fourth-generation wireless network is a risky one, but Hesse explained to Denise Dubie why it's a smart strategy for Sprint.

WeFi is hoping to do for Wi-Fi connectivity what Facebook has done for social networking.

Shortly after the iPhone launched earlier this year, the head of microprocessor maker ARM said the new handset will stimulate growth in the smartphone market because the hype around the product would pique people's interest. Since then, the iPhone, and the smartphone market overall, have taken off.

After Google released an initial set of details about its plans to alter how mobile applications are created and distributed, industry watchers are compiling a long list of follow-up questions about the Android platform and the Open Handset AlliancE.

Chip giants, Intel and AMD, are at the forefront of the mobile computing trend. AMD's technical manager, Michael Apthorpe, and Intel's channel sales manager, Andrew McLean, shared their thoughts on market direction.

Nokia, the world's largest handset maker, is well known for its consumer devices but maintains a range of enterprise products. Mary McDowell is executive vice president and general manager of Nokia's Enterprise Solutions, a division that deals with products from the E Series phones to security appliances to software such as the Intellisync Mobile Suite, designed to manage a fleet of enterprise devices. She spoke with Jeremy Kirk about Nokia's direction in several enterprise areas.

ARN talks to Netgear's Peter Triantos

The launch of BigAir's WiMax wireless broadband service is opening the doors for its channel partners this year, according to managing director and founder, Jason Ashton. He talks to ARNI about his ISP heritage and plans for the future.