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Tara Neal

Tara Neal

Executive Editor and Telecoms Strategist at The Fast Mode | 5G | IoT/M2M | Telecom Strategy | Mobile Service Innovations 

Tara Neal heads the strategy & editorial unit at The Fast Mode, focusing on latest technologies such as gigabit broadband, 5G, cloud-native networking, edge computing, virtualization, software-defined networking and network automation as well as broader telco segments such as IoT/M2M, CX, OTT services and network security. Tara holds a First Class Honours in BSc Accounting and Finance from The London School of Economics, UK and is a CFA charterholder from the CFA Institute, United States. Tara has over 22 years of experience in technology and business strategy, and has earlier served as project director for technology and economic development projects in various management consulting firms.

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Fujitsu, NTT & NEC Successfully Tested 400Gbps Optical Transmission Ahead of Commercialization

Sunday, 14 September 2014 10:25
Fujitsu, NTT and NEC last week announced that they have successfully tested the 400Gbps/channel-class digital coherent optical transmission technology up to a distance of 10,000km,…

AT&T Customers Can Soon Add Connected Cars to Shared Plans at Just USD10 per Month

Sunday, 14 September 2014 05:09
AT&T's Mobile Share plan will enable customers to share data among phones, tablets and their Audi connected car. AT&T partnered with Audi earlier this year…

Cross Platform and Mobile Advertising Market to Grow to USD76 billion by 2018

Monday, 15 September 2014 05:00
A new study at ReportsnReports forecasts the cross-platform and mobile advertising market to grow at a CAGR of 38.3% from USD 15.13 billion in 2013…

Porsche S.E. Buys 10% Stake in INRIX as Demand for Connected Car Grows

Wednesday, 17 September 2014 05:55
The connected car is fast becoming the next big thing in the auto industry. Auto-makers are building new partnerships with providers of in-vehicle digital systems…

Airbiquity's Choreo Connected Car Services Platform OnBoards Reuters And Yelp

Sunday, 14 September 2014 05:15
Airbiquity has added Reuters news and Yelp app to its Choreo platform. Choreo is Airbiquity's cloud based connected car services delivery platform that offers a…

Connected Automation a Big Theme at the ITS World Congress 2014 in Detroit

Saturday, 13 September 2014 04:27
There were plenty of 'connected cars' at the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) World Congress which took place this week in Detroit from 7th to 11th…

Super Mobility Week CTIA2014 at Las Vegas

Friday, 12 September 2014 09:45
The Super Mobility Week drew to an end at Las Vegas, with all the shakers and movers in the industry done their bit to showcase…

By 2020, Two-Thirds of All Mobile Phones Will Be Smartphones, Total Mobile Connections to Reach 9 billion

Saturday, 13 September 2014 05:17
GSMA, the leading industry organization representing mobile network operators globally said in its recent study “Smartphone forecasts and assumptions, 2007-2020” that by 2020, two thirds…

Apple To Take Lion's Share in Wearable Smart Band Segment in 2015, Total Band Shipments to Hit 43.2 Million

Friday, 12 September 2014 05:41
Canalys, an independent analyst company said in the release of its recent report that wearable band shipments will grow 129% year on year to reach…