November 2000 Meeting Notice

Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2000
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:30PM.
Location: Hewlett-Packard in CUPERTINO

Overview:

This month the focus is on 3G with views from Don R. Gibson, Director, Philips Consumer Communications (PCC), a manufacturer and Eileen Healy, CEO of Healy & Co. and Telecompetition, a market research firm.

3G is an ITU specification for the third generation (analog cellular was the first generation, digital PCS the second) of mobile communications technology. 3G promises increased bandwidth, up to 384 Kbps when a device is stationery or moving at pedestrian speed, 128 Kbps in a car, and 2 Mbps in fixed applications. 3G will work over wireless air interfaces such as GSM, TDMA, and CDMA. The new EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution) air interface has been developed specifically to meet the bandwidth needs of 3G. (Webopedia)

AGENDA

"3G and The Wireless Internet - Will They Make $$$?" By Don R. Gibson, Director, Philips Consumer Communications (PCC)

The Wireless Internet is predicted to become a huge worldwide business. But how will this occur given the "deaths" of so many dot-coms, and the stumbling starts of early wireless Internet services. Will 3G save this business? Subjects explored will include: Market Drivers and The New Vocabulary; 3G - Opportunities and Dilemmas; The Mobile Internet Handset - Key Features; WAP - Is it the solution or the problem? WISP, WASP, etc. Are they good businesses or pests? The I-mode Success; The 3G Business Case, and more.

 

"3G: Worldwide Forecasts and Market Drivers". Eileen Healy, CEO of Healy & Co. and Telecompetition

Ms. Healy will share the results of Telecompetition's fresh study on 3G services for the UMTS Forum including a 10-year forecast for three distinct 3G services. Included are insights into how the wireless industry must adapt to the needs of mobile Internet users, as well as what those needs are. Ms. Healy is a veteran of the wireless and telecom industry including key roles at Dataquest and Pac Bell Wireless. She has founded and runs two telecom related consulting companies in Northern California.