RACO Rises Above the Rest
May 8, 2012
Connected World | Mike Carrozzo
As the world of M2M descends upon the 'Big Easy' this week for
the annual CTIA show, I cannot help but think back to last year's
show and all the hoopla surrounding the proposed acquisition of
T-Mobile by AT&T. The news broke on the eve before the show
(which was in March, not May), and on the show floor it was all
that everyone was talking about-despite the fact no one was
"talking."
I take that back, one man was talking: John Horn. At the time
Horn was still heading up the M2M business for T-Mobile so of
course he was the man everyone wanted an opinion from on the
proposed acquisition. This is a man that built up T-Mobile's M2M
business to a point that it was a major contender on the B2B side
when it came to machine-to-machine connections. A carrier that many
regarded as being a distant number-four among the U.S. majors, was
actually fact a force in the world of M2M. This, alongside the
spectrum appeal, was no doubt an attractive piece for AT&T to
look to acquire at the time.
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