Annual Conference Sponsors, Exhibitors and Speakers
FleetTalk Management Services Ltd, Kenwood, Motorola and Trident Micro Systems are corporate sponsors of Enterprise Wireless 2006, co-sponsored by AAPC and USMSS, to be held Sept. 27-28 at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, FL. (For the whole roster, visit http://www.enterprisewireless.org/events/events.htm). More exhibitors are signed up this year than ever before for this event. A full agenda of experts from Cisco, FEMA and other leading organizations will be presenting during the two-day event.
“We are quite pleased with the caliber of our exhibitors, our conference speakers and corporate partners who are supporting this important industry event. This validates the importance of this conference to the enterprise wireless community,” said Mark E. Crosby, EWA President and CEO.
Sessions and Speaker Line up
Limited space is still available for the special pre-show workshop, “IP Technology Changes Everything…Are you Ready?” to be held from 9AM-5PM on Tuesday, September 26th. Full co-op for the $295 fee is available from Motorola and Kenwood. Is your business prepared for the future? The workshop is designed for management team, technicians and sales personnel. You may download the workshop agenda at www.enterprisewireless.org/events/events.htm.
Keynote Address: Captain Al Haynes will tell the story about an aircraft and a terrible crash no one was expected to survive. It is really about leadership skills you need whether facing a natural disaster or a business emergency. He has inspired and instructed business leaders everywhere. Don’t miss it!
A Business Network Disaster Will Happen – Are You Truly ready?
Patrick Cuntz (Moderator), Vice President of the Radio Division, EMCO Technologies, Inc.; David Reeves, Vice President, P&R Communications Service, Inc.; Shoshana Resnick, Florida Long Term Recovery Office, Federal Emergency Management Agency; and Bruce Deer, President and CEO of the American Association of Paging Carriers and President & CEO of SkyTel Corp.
Wireless for the IT Professional and IT Networking for the Wireless Professional
Rhett Grotzinger (moderator), Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Trident Micro Systems; Tony Guzman, Assistant Professor - Network and Communications Management, DeVry University; Frank Ohrtman, Instructor, Applied Learning Solutions.
Effective Broadband Wireless Integration: Two-Way, Voice and Data
Dean Zanone, Customer Solution Manager, Safety and Security Systems, CISCO Systems, Inc.; James Dabbs, President, Critical Response Systems, Nanda Ramachandran, Technical Marketing Manager, Mesh Networks Product Group, Motorola Inc., Jerry Schulist, President and General Manager, Wireless Technology Equipment Co., Inc. "WTEC"
Winning at the RFP Game: Successful Design and Strategic Vendor Response
Gary A. Lorenz (Moderator), Director of Market Development, Motorola’s Radio Products and Service Division; Wes Wernette, Principal, FutureSight Consulting, LLC; Michelle Keshel, CEO & Founder, Sales Automation Support, Inc.; and Tony Sabino
President, Regional Communications, Inc.
There is still time to register for the conference. For more information, visit www.enterprisewireless.org/events/events.htm.
Wi-Fi Decision Expected From FCC
According to a report in Communications Daily, the FCC is expected to rule against Massachusetts Port Authority’s demand that Continental Airline remove its Wi-Fi system from its frequent flyer lounge at Boston-Logan International Airport. EWA, and its airport members have been involved in numerous meetings and other efforts at the FCC supporting Continental’s position that Massport’s attempted lease restrictions are preempted by FCC Over-the-Air Reception Devices (OTARD) rules. The ruling would have a positive impact on all tenants that have, or will have, Wi-Fi deployments.
ULS Changes Unexpectedly Moved Forward
On August 26-27, the FCC planned to make some changes to the Universal Licensing System (ULS) file formats used by all Frequency Advisory Committees to electronically file coordinated applications. However, the Licensing Division elected to implement those changes two days earlier without prior notice to its frequency advisory committees, thus creating a number of application submission problems for all coordinators. The Licensing Division has since implemented some corrective measures, but some additional issues remain that EWA must address on an application-by-application basis. In spite of these application-processing challenges, EWA has endeavored to coordinate and file license applications as expeditiously as possible.
FCC Schedules Auction of 1.4 GHz bands Licenses
The auction for licenses in the 1.4 GHz is scheduled to commence on February 7, 2007, according to the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. A total of 64 licenses will be auctioned in the paired 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands, and in the unpaired 1390-1392 MHz band (collectively the 1.4 GHz bands).
In the auction, known as Auction No. 69, two 3-megahertz blocks, each consisting of a pair of 1.5 megahertz segments in the 1392-1395 MHz and 1432-1435 MHz bands, will be offered in each of six regions known as Economic Area Groupings (EAGs). Additionally, one 2-megahertz block of unpaired spectrum in the 1390-1392 MHz band will be offered in each of 52 geographic areas known as Major Economic Areas (MEAs).
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