WCA's next meeting
will be
Date:
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM.
Location: Hewlett-Packard in CUPERTINO
19091 Pruneridge Ave., Cupertino, CA
Building 48S, Oak Room Auditorium
Snacks
- both healthy and non healthy - are provided
For April, the WCA will present two speakers
looking at the 3rd Generation Market. Ms Healy will make a presentation
that focuses on Multimedia applications and Mr. Bernstein will
present AT&T's vision for building the next generation network
that will carry these services.
"IP Multimedia Subsystems:
Results of Analysis for UMTS Forum",
Eileen Healy, CTO of Telecompetition.
Eileen Healy, CEO of Telecompetition, will
discuss the results of a report done for the UMTS Forum that
analyzes the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). This technology
represents a market estimated at $322 billion worldwide by
2010. IMS provides a vision of robust, highly valuable services
that integrate multimedia activities and allow services to
interact with each other, thus enhancing the natural, intuitive
process of the end user, in whatever network he is operating
-- fixed, mobile, or roaming. Ms. Healy will share information
on the resultant integration that opens up possibilities for
far richer services than are available today.
"AT&T's
Vision for next generation Wireless",
Charlie Bernstein, Bay Area VP/GM for AT&T Wireless
Charlie Bernstein, AT&T Wireless Bay Area
Vice President/General Manager, will share the company's vision
of next generation wireless which will include a rollout of
2.5G coverage throughout the country by year's end. He will
describe how 2.5G and 3G compare to today's service and discuss
the next killer apps to revolutionize mobile multimedia. Along
with mobile Internet phones, AT&T Wireless customers will
enjoy converged networks for voice and data, new mobile multimedia
applications, an expanded offering of handsets and other devices,
and worldwide roaming on other GSM networks.
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WCA is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the mutual benefit
of Northern California companies and organizations involved
in wireless communication technologies.
- For additional WCA info see: www.wca.org
- Program ends at 6:00 PM with networking until 6:30 PM.
- Participants are cautioned not to discuss proprietary information.
- Questions: Contact Al Juodikis at (408) 984-7269, email:
wca@wca.org
- A $10.00 donation will be collected at the door to defray
costs.
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Mark
your calendar for these upcoming WCA meetings
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May 21st
Meeting
Update
on Location Based Services and the FCC E911 mandate
WCA will host a panel that
will review the current trends in Location Based Services
and how the E911 FCC mandate is being addressed.
June 18th
Meeting
Update on RF Semiconductors
WCA will host a panel that
will review what is hot in the field of RF semiconductors.
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April 9, 2002 6:30PM - 8:30PM. The Westin Hotel, Palo Alto,
CA. Wireless
LANs: The next big wireless opportunity?
(Special registration rate for WCA. See below)
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WiFi - is it a threat
or opportunity for carriers?
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Will Public WLANs take
off, if so how? With "start-up" service providers, established
telecom carriers or ISPs?
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What market segments--
home, travelers, corporate, education -- will this technology
penetrate first?
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What applications will
be the key drivers?
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Bottom line - where's
the money? How will it be shared? Is there enough for
everyone?
- Panel:
- Moderator: Joanie Wexler -Independent
Technology Journalist
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Dave Ross - QIS, Director
of Business Development - Qualcomm
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Ken Haase - Director
of Product Marketing - Proxim
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Rajeev Chand - Equity
Research Analyst - Wireless Technologies - Rutberg &
Co.
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Venetia Espinoza - Director
of Business Development - Nextel Wireless
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