Alec Saunders SquawkBox

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.

 

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The Economist article on Mobile Nomadism continues to generate comment throughout the blogging world. After the discussion on the SquawkBox call last week, Sheryl Breuker and Ken Camp discussed it on their Idea Incubators call. Later in the week, Dan York wrote calling the article a “must read”, and Randall Howard contributed some of his own thinking reflecting on two decades of nomadic workstyle. The photograph of the Hayes modem in Randall’s piece brings back memories.

If you’d like to join another interesting discussion on this topic, consider Jerry Michalski’s weekly Yi-Tan call happening today at 1:30 EDT. Jerry will have the author of the report as his guest. If I have time, I plan to join in.