Special Report: Telephony's Best and Worst of 2007

Best Game-Changing Products*

Android: Even before Google's Android mobile operating system shipped, mobile industry players across the board were embracing more open devices and apps — after years of full-on lock-down.

Personalized TV: Combine time-shifting, interactivity, targeted advertising, search and discovery, access to Web content, personal TV portals and an easy-to-use interface and you have a service for which consumers will pay more. As of this year you can find all of this — if you agree to live on a trade show floor.

Bendy fiber: New fiber available from Corning next year can be wrapped around curves and stapled to walls and floors with minimal signal impact. Great for those hard-to-reach places such as multiple-dwelling units.

Femtocells: What happens when wireless spectrum isn't the precious resource it is today?

*What, no iPhone? That's right; it doesn't make our list.

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