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Alan Reiter
Member Since: October 23, 2007
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Since 1996 I have been the president of Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing, a consulting firm in the Washington, D.C. area (Chevy Chase, Md.) that specializes in helping companies to enhance existing services or develop new services in wireless data. My firm focuses on business development, marketing, white papers, tutorials/workshops and corporate weblogs.

I'm especially interested in wireless multimedia, such as the business models and worldwide societal ramifications of camera phone photos and videos, live streaming broadcasts, omnipresent wireless broadband, and mobile location technologies and their integration with social networking.

I've been analyzing wireless communications for more than 30 years. I started by helping to develop and run the first trade association in the United States for the independent providers of pagers and mobile phones.

In the past, I created the world's first: Wireless data newsletter, wireless data conference, cellular conference and FM radio subcarrier newsletter. I also helped develop and write for the first cellular magazine.

I've been blogging since 2001, and Forbes magazine listed one of my sites as one of the top five technology blogs

Website: www.WirelessInternet.com

Please feel free to contact me, either by leaving a comment on my columns or by sending me e-mail to reiter@wirelessinternet.com. Thank you very much for reading.

Favorite Sites:

Much too many to list. Just a few include:

http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/

http://www.engadget.com

http://www.techdirt.com/wireless

http://www.gigaom.com

http://www.techmeme.com

http://scobleizer.com

http://www.news.com

http://www.cnet.com

http://www.gottabemobile.com

http://www.lifehacker.com

http://www.iwantmedia.com

http://www.lostremote.com

http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch
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