The Internet Society is organizing a briefing panel on Tuesday, 6 November,
from 11:45am to 12:45pm, at IETF 85 in Atlanta. This is to provide information
on the topic and on registration for the panel.
Internet Untethered?
The mobile data network world has changed significantly in the course of the
last 4 years as game-changing smartphones have come online, tablets are hitting
the scene. Users have taken up these devices with enthusiasm, and put them to
uses not ever envisioned by their creators or the operators of the networks
that support them. And with increasing speed and power (of devices and mobile
data networks), users are expecting broadband Internet experience while on the
move. This panel will explore the evolution of the mobile data network reality
through key questions:
How have these new devices impacted the evolution of mobile data services and
offerings of mobile Internet, especially in terms of bandwidth management?
What are the key factors in evolving from a mobile data service to mobile
Internet?
Many ubiquitous web-based services (Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter) are
increasingly accessed through dedicated applications on the smartphone. What
are the drivers for this and where is it taking the Internet user's reality?
Information on the briefing panelists will be posted at:
http://www.internetsociety.org/internet-society-panel-ietf-85
Due to high demand for limited seating at Internet Society panel events, we are
providing you with advance information about registration. Online registration
will open in two time blocks to account for the broad range of home timezones
of IETF participants. Half of the available seats will be open for
registration at 09:00 UTC on Wednesday, 17 October, and the other half will be
made available at 21:00 UTC. Look for a registration form link at the webpage
above at these times.
For those unable to attend, we plan to provide a live (and archived) audiocast,
information on which will also be available at the above webpage.
Kevin Craemer
Senior Events Manager
Internet Society
craemer(_at_)isoc(_dot_)org