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WIRELESS BROADBAND FORUM AGENDA
May 19, 2004
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Welcome 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
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Guy Kelnhofer
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Margaret LaBrecque
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Brian Markwalter
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David Reeder
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
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Paul Berriman
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Atish Gude
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Doug Sobieski
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Bill Stone
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Richard Wong
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
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Rick Kunze
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Jeanette Radcliffe
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Scott Slater
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Charles Townsend
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
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Duncan Davidson
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Valerie Holt
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José Rodriguez
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Sai Subramanian
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Motorola
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 fcc504@fcc.gov, 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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