Sharon Vollman

This year, we have the great pleasure of bringing you TWO incredible OSP EXPO 2013 Keynote Presenters: Diane McCarthy from Verizon and Ernie Carey from AT&T.

By the end of 2012, it’s said that 100 million smartphones were using more than 1 GB of data each month. That’s a lot of data moving through the wireline and wireless infrastructure.

Why do I still feel this excitement after 15 years of living and breathing OSP EXPO each fall? I think it's the natural outpouring of ideas that bubble up when all of us OSP-junkies gather in one place.

Parks Associates recently shared some research about service providers' efforts to dominate the connected home. That's no surprise since nearly 71% of all U.S. households will have broadband by the end of 2012. And with revenue and subscriber growth rates already down, it makes everyone eager to tap end users' digital lives for some much needed revenue. Can you impact this in anyway? Yes!
 

I also remind myself that I AM a leader and can lead in quiet ways that don't involve standing on my chair yelling, "I'm a leader! Did you get that? I AM!" (We're ALL true leaders if we choose to be. Right?)