Subject: [NEXTEL-1] FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR WIRELESS BROADBAND FORUM

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 17:47:27 -0400

PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
445 12th Street, S.W., TW-A325
WASHINGTON, DC  20554          DA 04-1376
News media information 202/418-0500 Fax-On Demand 202/418-2830 Internet:
http://www.fcc.gov   ftp.fcc.gov

Released:  May 13, 2004

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR WIRELESS
BROADBAND FORUM

This Public Notice advises interested persons of the agenda for the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Wireless Broadband Forum,
which will be held in the Commission Meeting Room at FCC Headquarters,
445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2004.  The meeting
is open to the public, and no advance reservation or registration is
required.

AGENDA - May 19, 2004

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Welcome
 FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell

9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Panel I:  Wireless Broadband Technologies
FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy, moderator

Topics:
o Latest technology developments
o Creation of seamless, integrated networks
o Device factors, such as battery life and screen size
o Wireless broadband technology standards

Speakers:
o Pierre de Vries
Chief of Incubation, Advanced Strategies and Policy Group Microsoft
Corporation

o Guy Kelnhofer
Chief Executive Officer
NextNet Wireless

o Margaret LaBrecque
Regulatory Task Force Chairperson
WiMax Forum
Director of Industry Programs, Broadband Wireless Division
Intel

o Brian Markwalter
Senior Director, Technology and Standards
Consumer Electronics Association

o David Reeder
Vice President Sales, North America
Airspan Networks

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Panel II:  Broadband Business Strategies
FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein, moderator

Topics:
o Mobile and fixed wireless business plans
o Impact of Wi-Fi
o Gauging consumer demand
o Ways to integrate landline and wireless networks

Speakers:
o Michael Anderson
Chief Information Officer
PDQLink
Chairman
Part-15.ORG

o Paul Berriman
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Marketing
PCCW Limited

o Atish Gude
Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Strategy
Nextel Communications

o Doug Sobieski
Vice President, Broadband Wireless Services
XO Communications

o Bill Stone
Executive Director, Network Strategy
Verizon Wireless

o Richard Wong
General Manager, Messaging Applications
Openwave

12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Demonstration Room Open

12:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. Lunch Break

1:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Afternoon Opening Remarks
Lauren Van Wazer, Associate Chief, Office of Engineering & Technology
Joel Taubenblatt, Chief, Broadband Division, Wireless Telecommunications
Bureau

2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Panel III:  Barriers to Entry in the Broadband
Market
FCC Commissioner Kevin J. Martin, moderator

Topics:
o Examination of regulatory and other barriers, including deployment
costs, cost of capital, and access to spectrum
o Impact of regulation on investment
o Ways to maximize flexibility in allocating and licensing spectrum

Speakers:
o Andrew Kreig
President
Wireless Communications Association

o Rick Kunze
President
ColusaNET
Part-15.ORG

o Jeanette Radcliffe
Manager of Spectrum Marketing
Australian Communications Authority

o Scott Slater
Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor
Personal Broadband Industry Association

o Charles Townsend
Managing General Partner
Aloha Partners
700 MHz Advancement Coalition

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break

3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Panel IV:  Looking to the Future
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps, moderator

Topics:
o Steps to making wireless the glue that will link disparate broadband
networks
o Which broadband applications will be successful?
o Convergence and integration of wireless and wireline, fixed and
mobile, licensed and unlicensed technologies

Speakers:
o Martin Cooper
Chairman and Co-Founder
ArrayComm

o Duncan Davidson
Chairman
SkyPilot Network

o Valerie Holt
Consultant and Advisor
Reciva Limited

o José Rodriguez
Chief Executive Officer
Hispanic Information Television Network

o Sai Subramanian
Vice President, Product Management and Strategic Marketing
Navini Networks

o Motorola
Speaker TBD

4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
John B. Muleta, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

Webcasting

Audio/Video coverage of the event will be broadcast live over the
Internet from the FCC’s Audio/Video Events web page at
www.fcc.gov/realaudio.  Copies of any materials made available to the
public at this meeting will be available on the FCC’s website at
http://wireless.fcc.gov/outreach/2004broadbandforum.

Reasonable Accommodations
Open captioning will be provided for this event.  Other reasonable
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.
To request such accommodations, please include a description of the
accommodation you require along with your contact information.  While
all requests will be accepted, last minute requests may be impossible to
fill.  Requests may be sent via e-mail to [email-masked], or call the
Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202)
418-0432 (TTY).
Additional Information

Parties interested in submitting information, such as presentations of
white papers, relevant to the wireless broadband industry may do so via
the FCC’s website at
http://wireless.fcc.gov/outreach/2004broadbandforum.  Additional
information concerning this event may be obtained from the FCC’s website
at http://wireless.fcc.gov/outreach/2004broadbandforum.

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