I met with Steve Brumer of 151 Advisors about the upcoming CTIA Super Mobility 2015. He invited me to speak at their APP-SOLUTELY Enterprise event scheduled for this year’s CTIA show. The more we talked, the more interested I became. Let me explain.
Enterprise solutions are very important to the wireless industry. Brumer says 151 Advisors is a consulting firm that helps technology companies accelerate growth, revenue and operational initiatives. It builds and manages go-to-market strategies that drive revenue growth and increase shareholder value. It helps business-to-business, growth-stage companies as well as emerging technology, enterprise mobility, security, telecom, wireless, connected-car, machine-to-machine and the “Internet of Things.”
Their APP-SOLUTELY Enterprise event at the CTIA show is a highly interactive, fast-paced learning and networking event targeting CIO’s, IT leaders, application developers, end users, mobile operators and corporate decision makers. It’s scheduled to have presentations and panels on many areas including mobile app development, mobile security, enterprise mobility management, IoT and M2M.
Brumer said attendees will receive actionable intelligence from enterprise mobility experts to build their enterprise-wide mobile strategy, develop mobile applications, deploy IoT technology and manage their enterprise ecosystem.
Wireless growth for companies, workers and investors
This got me thinking about the wide range of companies, products, services and needs the CTIA show actually addresses from every area of wireless. There will be plenty of companies everyone knows and there will be plenty more that are not well known, but which are key to the growth of wireless over the next decade.
As I wrote in last week’s column, CTIA has invited me once again to be a judge in its 2015 CTIA Awards. As I review the different companies, their technologies and their entries, I can see so many different wireless categories in both the business and consumer space.
There are many new wireless ideas, technologies and companies in the consumer, business and government space. This continues to be a growing and important space, and I believe wireless is the center of the universe going forward.
Wireless is center of the universe
Winning at wireless takes more skills than most individual companies have on their own. That’s where a growing variety of companies provide help. While larger carriers handle much on their own, smaller carriers need more outside help to remain competitive.
These companies provide knowledge, services, support and equipment to make every wireless carrier, handset maker and app maker better in an increasingly competitive playing field. And that is key to success going forward.
Business, consumer and government
There are so many well-known companies in the wireless space. Networks like AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile US, U.S. Cellular, C-Spire Wireless, Tracfone, and even newcomers like Google Project Fi and others. Smartphone handset makers like Apple iPhone, Google Android, Samsung Galaxy, Microsoft, Nokia, BlackBerry and others. Plus there are plenty of other companies like app makers that themselves are large and small.
Growth at all these wireless companies comes from many different areas. And there are a variety of companies and technologies to help leading companies continue to lead.
Growth in wireless is becoming more important as every year goes by. Security is one of the keys to continue successfully building the industry. So are the IoT, the cloud and M2M. On the consumer side, apps and gaming continue to grow.
On top of all that, these companies and technologies make the industry better, faster and stronger. Wireless is also growing by helping other industries like health care, retail and automotive transform themselves. Just a quick look at the health care segment is always astounding.
There are so many great ideas introduced each year at CTIA. This year is no exception.
Hidden opportunities in wireless
In this explosive growth-oriented wireless world, there are plenty of companies like 151 Advisors that help wireless companies improve and become more competitive. And there are a lot of companies that need lots of help.
Wireless companies need to continue to improve. Fortunately there are many companies to help them do just that. These are just some of the many hidden opportunities in the wireless world. The world that most don’t know, yet make wireless work.
Wireless companies can’t do it all themselves, so they work with a growing variety of service providers to make their swords sharper. This is important as the wireless world becomes more competitive.
