RAWCON2000 Tuesday Evening Panel Session

on the topic of

Accessing the Wireless Internet: Cellular, LAN, or Other?

Moderator:

Brad Smith

Senior Partner
Data/IP Networking Editor, Wireless Week

Panelists

Kumar Balachandran, Senior Consulting Engineer, Ericsson, Inc.

Bruce Rowland, Senior Manager, Internet Wireless Systems, Lucent Technologies

Gary Hand, Mobile Software Strategy Manager, Pervasive Computing Division, IBM Corp.

Durga Satapathy, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sprint; Chair, IEEE 802.16's Wireless High-Speed Unlicensed Metropolitan Area Networks Study Group

Organizers

Michael Heutmaker, Lucent Technologies

Modest Oprysko, IBM

Tuesday, September 12, 2000
7:00-9:00 pm

Technology, business, and performance aspects of wireless access to the Internet are reshaping the landscape of the wireless industry. How many people will use their mobile phone to access the Internet, and for what purposes? Will third-generation cellular technology be economically feasible on a mass scale? Will ubiquitous and economical high-speed wireless LAN connections be a significant player for portable users? Will fixed wireless access significantly enhance the availability of broadband access? Will all of these modes complement each other or all exist independently? The panelists bring the perspectives of service providers, mobile phone developers, infrastructure developers, and computer companies to the discussion of what is happening now and what might happen next.

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