Fiber Optic Telecommunications Networks: Expect Apple to Lead Tablet Race Too

James F. Booth

For more than 25 years, James Booth has provided consulting and legal services to telecommunications carriers and to enterprise companies that manage their own telecommunications networks. Since June of 2009 he has also served as General Counsel of Spread Networks, LLC, which is the industry leader in the construction and operation of low latency high speed networks. Before joining Spread he was General Counsel for OnFiber Communications, a competitive telecommunications provider, and was the sole attorney for Qwest Communications International in support of its construction of an 18,800 mile fiber optic network spanning the United States. Earlier he was lead counsel for U S WEST in its wireless and cable television ventures in the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Expect Apple to Lead Tablet Race Too

The race to be king in the tablet PC market is heating up. Hewlett Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL), Lenovo (LNVGY.PK), Sony (SNE) and Samsung (SSNLF.PK) have all displayed their tablet PC offerings at the 2010 Consumer Electronics show. Microsoft (MSFT) is expected to release a courier tablet PC within the next few months. All of these companies are competing to be the first to market in the sizzling hot tablet PC market. The game changer however is expected to be Apple’s (AAPL) “islate” tablet PC expected to launch in the next few weeks.