Between Xohm's delayed launch, the FCC quiet period affecting the 700MHz auction winners, and no huge product announcements, CTIA this year was fairly uneventful. The only exception was Richard Branson's keynote, during which he announced Virgle, Virgin and Google's JV to the stars.

In this article from Network World, we see an interesting example of how when marketing hype meets physics, physics generally wins until someone clever enough comes along to solve the problem.