Sep 26th, 2009 by Dan Butterfield
The 2009 Silicon Valley China (SVC) Wireless Conference kicked-off yesterday in Mountain View, CA. Ever curious about mobile telecom in Asia, I dropped in to listen, learn, and do a bit of networking. While there were no major revelations at yesterday’s SVC sessions, it was interesting to hear directly from key players in China’s telecom industry, including the keynote address by Dr. Linzhen Xie, Standing Member of Communication Science & Technology Committee Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China.
The SVC afternoon sessions included a panel discussion on the Application Store Phenomenon – Develop, Distribute and Profit from Mobile Applications. The discussion revolved around the growth of app stores and the catalyst that has driven the ascendency of mobile applications – smartphones.