'TIA 2011: Inside the Network' Leading Technologists, Policymakers Share Visions of Broadband-Enabled Future.(Conference notes)

Participants at the Telecommunications Industry Association's annual member conference and industry summit - TIA 2011: Inside the Network - heard more perspective from keynote speeches about the future of the broadband network this week in Dallas. TIA 2011 is focused on the value of the network ecosystem; the infrastructure; the intelligence that goes into the quality of service, reliability, sustainability and security of "The Network."

During his opening keynote Thursday, Verizon Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Anthony J. Melone recognized that lines between fixed and mobile networks are now blurred to the point that there really is only "one network" that needs to work …