(Originally posted at http://www.von.com/blogs/guest/2008/10/welcome-to-my-blog.aspx)
As proud as I am of our continued market leadership (market share
leaders from Q3 2007 to present), I’m equally proud of our thought
leadership over the past five years.
While this is implicit in product design and patent portfolio, the launch of this blog is a means for us to take a look back at previous predictions, as well as look ahead, through a bold, occasionally orthogonal, lens that may challenge the status quo.
It is my hope that this blog contributes to the industry discourse in exciting new areas such as the mobile Internet, 3G and 4G.
I will try to not contribute to the hype and inflated expectations that come with emerging technologies. Rather, I will try to articulate the rational, pragmatic view in these areas. I will endeavor to remain objective in my posts, but, as with all things, our biases may shade some of our thoughts. We encourage comments, but hope that the dialogue will be both civil and relevant.
The future of wireless is hugely exciting, but so is the present. And being on the front lines, we’ll be able to highlight many of the exciting things that are going on today. We also have scars from the lessons learned over the past eight years, which we’ll also share, as many of these may be relevant when looking ahead. And lastly, I’ll offer up some thoughts (and opinions) on macrotrends driving the future of wireless.
I hope that you enjoy and that you return often.
Martin Suter is vice president of business development at BelAir Networks, a provider of broadband mesh solutions for Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 4.9 GHz Public Safety and 5.9 GHz ITS networks. Previously, Martin was the CEO at Cohda Wireless, where he raised the company’s profile and negotiated a licensing deal with a Fortune 100 vendor in its core franchise. Prior to Cohda, he was vice president of business development at MeshNetworks Inc., a classic tech transfer/disruptive technology success story that achieved a major liquidity event for its investors in Q4/2004 with its acquisition by Motorola. Martin also was responsible for building several high profile alliances with and for leading technology companies, including Fujitsu, Microsoft, Netscape, Sun Microsystems, and Teradata. Additionally, Martin has successfully negotiated technology transfer, distribution and/or licensing deals with companies like 3Com, BioChem Pharma, Dow Chemical, Exodus, Fujitsu, IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, Netscape and Sun.
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