The WWJ team spent a day at the Gartner Predicts conference held inTokyo July 3; We came, we saw, we interviewed. The conference was a five-section event covering worldwide telecom trends and what is (maybe) going to happen in Japan. Note that we didn’t catch Gartner’s top analysts during breaks between the (generally interesting) presentations: we corralled them downstairs afterwards where we could fire off the questions we really wanted to ask. Our feature interview with Dean Eyers, Gartner Group vice president and worldwide director telecommunications, commented on the Japan vs. over-seas user profile, and offers an insight on the combination of WLAN and WCDMA for handsets of the future. Full Program Run-time 6:25

For the complete event details visit the Gartner Group site.

Voice – Data and Telecom media convergence is gaining momentum. Overlap of telecom and IT services market is becoming visible. The networking and telecom market is now getting into an era of convergence and collision in every aspects of the industry including technology, services and players. Despite several negative factors such as structural change due to technology evolution, hangover from over investment and the economic downturn; the networking and telecommunications market continues to represent more than 50 percent of expenditures across the entire IT industry.

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Some sage advise when entering new turf; Stop, Look and Listen.. it’s also good to secure a local guide. Japan is the cradle of mobile civilization – we have been dedicated to this space since 2001 – trust our archives here offer some useful material.

Domestic activities continue to set the pace, and sharp players are looking at global markets. We have hard-earned industry expertise and trusted network of contacts with access to advanced intell. and potential deal flow. Need a lift.. Ok, buckle-up!