Over the next three days, several big names are expected to take the stage at the biannual wireless conference: Microsoft’s (MSFT) Steve Ballmer and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz are keynote speakers, to name a few. The show, officially called CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2007, brings together companies like Motorola (MOT), Nokia and AT&T (T) as well as smaller startups. Mobile music and advertising are expected to be two big themes this year.
Although it starts Tuesday morning, some companies were busy making announcements ahead of the conference on Monday: AT&T, for example, unveiled an upcoming music service with Napster. Look for new device launches from several companies (including T-Mobile) as well throughout the show.
As for Quincy Jones, he won’t be around the rest of the week, but he did have some parting words in a one-on-one interview after his keynote at Monday’s Billboard event:
“This is truly the information age,” he said. “But what’s yet to come will blow your mind.”
That’s not likely to happen at this year’s CTIA, of course, but maybe in the future.
