M8:  Panel Discussion: Deploying Linux-based Handsets in the Real World
08/09/2007, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Moderator:
Bill Weinberg, Embedded and Open Source Analyst / Consultant.

Speakers:
Sean Moss-Pultz, Product Manager, FIC.
John Ellis, Director of Carrier Market Development, Motorola.
Brian Coughlin, 4G Product Development, Sprint.
Satya Mallya, Director, Personal Sphere, Wireless & Terminals, Orange.

This panel will bring together handset manufacturers, carriers and other mobile ecosystem players to provide perspectives on the emerging role of Linux in the mobile marketplace "post platform". In particular, this panel will focus on the benefits and challenges of deploying Linux-based handsets and rolling out value-added services based upon them.


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