Imagine a group of carrier executives and a group of web 2.0 upstarts at a conference together. Now imagine that during the presentations the conference organizers provided a small terminal at each table that allowed attendees to submit feedback and questions, in real time, and anonymously.
Such was the scene in London last week at STL Partners Telco 2.0 brainstorm. On this morning’s SquawkBox we got a debrief from Thomas Howe on what he saw and experienced there. More than ever, it sounds as if the gulf between the carriers and the disruptors isn’t closing any time soon.
Technical difficulties resulted in the last 8 minutes of the recording being lost, but please enjoy the first 30 minutes.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
