Wireless Leaders Report on Key Market and Technology Issues
PALO ALTO, Calif. — June 15, 1994 — In May, Michael Killen, president of Killen & Associates, and the National Technological University invited top experts in wireless communications to the University of Maryland to discuss and report on "Wireless Technologies: Access Anytime, Anywhere."
Twenty-three leaders in wireless communications (vendors, customers and technologists), interviewed on four separate days, explored the key issues, important developments, and future direction of wireless communications with Killen. The multifaceted accounts on wireless technology, products and services that resulted from these extraordinary meetings cover:
– Strategic Issues
– Spectrum, Interfaces, and Relocation Issues
– Applications and Technologies
– Product Opportunities and Design Considerations
Notable interviewees for these sessions included:
– Richard Green, president & chief executive officer, CableLabs
– Wayne Schelle, board member, PCIA board of directors, and chairman & chief executive officer, American Personal Communications
– Thomas E. Wheeler, president & chief executive officer, CTIA
– John T. Stupka, president and chief executive officer, Southwestern irTouch Communications)
– Dr. Thomas P. Stanley, chief engineer, FCC, and chief, Office of Engineering and Technology
– Sandy Abramson, manager, Wireless Regulatory & Standards Affairs, AT&T Bell Laboratories/NCR and president, UTAM Inc.
– Thomas E. Lusk, vice president of engineering, Columbia Spectrum Management Inc.
– Michael Senkowski, partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
– Dr. Mark Epstein, vice president of development, Qualcomm Inc.
– Charles I. Cook, co-chair, Joint Technical Committee Chair, T1P1, US West Technologies
– Richard R. Goldberg, director of PCS Planning, Bellcore
– Richard Carl Dreher, P.E., manager technical sales support, Ericsson Radio Systems
– Bruno Pattan, senior technical staff member, FCC Office of Engineering and Technology
– Harley W. Radin, chairman & chief executive officer, Direct Broadcasting Satellite Corp.
– Dr. Arunas G. Slekys, vice president, Digital Cellular Networks Business Unit, Hughes Network Systems Inc.
– Donald Warfield, vice president of strategic marketing, SkyTel
– John A. Swart, faculty member, Telecommunications Research Associates
– Robert A. Steuernagel, vice president of marketing, Bell Atlantic Mobile
– Frank Wapole, president and chief executive officer, ARDIS
– David S. Rendall, president & co-founder, RP Consulting Group Inc.
– Thomas R. Berger, senior vice president of technology and operations, ARDIS
– Charles (Pete) Peterson, manager, advanced technology, AirTouch Communications
A hard copy report of bulleted conclusions, charts, and graphs, and a videotaped presentation of each participant in this program, "Wireless Technologies: Access Anytime, Anywhere," is immediately available from Killen & Associates.
David Jung, former director of business development for BT North America, said that "This project is the greatest assemblage of information ever gathered on wireless technology and markets. Any company that plans to market or use wireless technology should study this report and video."
For additional information, contact Jules Street at telephone 415/323-3842, fax: 415/323-2846.
Killen & Associates Inc. produces telecommunications and computer business studies that are used by executives in supplier, user, and investment organizations worldwide.
Recent titles include "The Internet: Impact on Commercial Transactions, Information Services, E-Mail, Marketing Services, and Enterprise Services and Operations," "Global Multimedia Teaming: Requirements for Leadership," "PCS Auctioning Strategies: Competing from the High Ground," "AT&T's Financial Services Strategy, Transactions Anytime, Anywhere," "EFT Services Opportunities: Traditional and Non-Traditional Markets," "AT&T's Local Services Strategy," and "Interactive TV Business Opportunities: Engaging the Mind at Work and Play."
The company also develops television programs and Executive Video Briefings and stages television events.
Killen has written four books on computing and hosts "The Killen Report," an interview format information technology/business-issue television talk-show.
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Killen & Associates, Palo Alto
Jules Street, 415/323-3842