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1999 WCA Meetings

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• There was no December 1999 WCA meeting.

• November 1999

  •  "Project Phoenix, The Search for Extraterrestrials" by Dr. Seth Shostak, the Public Programs Scientist at the SETI Institute

  •  "European De-Regulation - Fact or Fiction" by Barbara Judge, Director of Operations, N.A., Compliance Certification Services

• October 1999

  •  "Smart Phones in the New Millennium" by David Hayden, Senior Industry Analyst with Mobile Insights

  • "WAP as an Application Platform"  by Dr. Jack Grimes, CTO of ServiceHub.com

• September 1999

  •  "Towards the Generation-after-Next Wireless" by Gary Kelson Executive Director of the  Berkeley Wireless Research Center (BWRC)   and several student research assistants in the program.

      "Berkeley Wireless Research Center" Gary Kelson Executive Director, BWRC

      "Analog and RF Circuits" Johan Vanderhaegen, BWRC

      "Pleiades: Ultra Low-Power Hybrid and Reconfigurable Computing" Marlene Wan, BWRC

      "Wireless Communications Systems Trends" Ning Zhang, BWRC

• August 1999

  This month's program was a panel session that focused on Broadband Wireless technology featuring executives from Teligent, Nextlink, and Winstar, three of the top Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) and their market perspective. The speakers included:

  •  "Teligent Overview" by Rich Kane, VP of Corporate Operations for Teligent

  •   "The New Telecom Marketplace"  by Dave Dobel, VP of Channel Marketing for Winstar

  •   "Nextlink Overview" Margaret Marino, VP at Nextlink

• July 1999

  •  "Wireless Packet Data" by Ray Fasnacht, co-founder and Vice President of AirLink Communications

  •  "Software Defined Radio - A Window on the Evolution of Wireless Technology and Business" by John D. Ralston, Vice President, Morphics Technology, Inc.

• June 1999

  •   "LMDS and Broadband Wireless Access" by Terry Young , Marketing Director, Telecompetition, Inc. , San Ramon, CA

  •   "What's up with Ultra Wideband (UWB) Technology - Part II" by Dick Laine, Harris Microwave Communications Division, Redwood City, CA

• May 1999

  •  "Wireless LANs: A Market Overview" by Greg Nadari, Frost & Sullivan

  •  "What's up with Ultrawide Band (UWB) Technology" by Dewayne Hendricks, Com21

• April 1999

  •  "Key Areas Driving Wireless Product Development" by Vito Palmieri, Managing Director, Airtouch

  •  "Third Generation Chip Market" by Mika Nuotio, Director, Cadence Design (PDF File, 570K)

• March 1999

   A special Panel Discussion on "Wireless Multipoint Connectivity" by four industry leaders, moderated by George Bechtel of Strategies Unlimited.

  • "Overview of the Wireless Mulitipoint Connectivity Market" by George Bechtel, Director, Strategies Unlimited

  •  "Operator Wants and Needs" by Paul Thompson, CTO of Network Systems Technology, a Wireless Internet Access provider

  •  "A Point-to-Multipoint System for LMDS" by Mike Foster, V.P. Marketing and Sales - Point-to-Multipoint at P-Com, Inc.

  • "Bandwidth-On-Demand Systems for Multi-Point Connectivity" by Jim Schoenduve, Executive V.P., Marketing and Sales for Wytec, Inc.

  •   "Unlicensed Broadband Wireless" by Joe Tavormina, President of Ubiquity Communication, Inc.

• February 1999

  •  "Broadband Wireless - The Industry's Next Growth Opportunity" by Mr. Eric Zimits, Managing Director of Communications Technology at Hambrecht & Quist (PDF File, 302K)

• January 1999

  •  "Multipath in Cellular Networks: Impediment or Opportunity?" by Mati Wax, CTO of US Wireless Corporation

  •  "Broadband Wireless Access: A Perspective" by Professor Donald Cox of Stanford University

    Power Point presentation of Professor Cox's presentation