"WiMAX Promises & Pitfalls" Topic of Kagan Audio Briefing.MONTEREY, Calif. -- Kagan Research has announced the panelists for its exclusive audio briefing on "The Promises and Pitfalls of Investing in WiMAX," to be held on Thursday, December 7. The 90-minute teleconference will focus on how WiMAX fits into the fixed and mobile broadband Description Mobile Broadband is a type of wireless internet access that differs from Wi-Fi. Mobile Broadband is the name used to describe the 3G services which are made possible by HSDPA and HSUPA, the latest technologies on the W-CDMA evolutionary path. carrier ecosystem and how the timing of WiMAX's standards-supported coming-of-age will determine its uses and success. Featured speakers will include these industry experts: * Warren Lee is a Principal with Canaan Partners. His current investments at Canaan include Motionbox and Tremor Media. Mr. Lee joined Canaan in August 2005 from Comcast Interactive Capital, where he led its investments in and served as a director or observer on the boards of Arbor Networks, Arroyo Video Solutions, Broadbus Technologies, CommunityConnect, Counterpane Internet Security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. , netForensics, ReefEdge and Tripwire trip·wire n. 1. A wire stretched near ground level to trip or ensnare an enemy. 2. A wire or line that activates a weapon, trap, or camera, for example, when pulled. 3. . * Matthew I. Growney is Executive Vice President and Chief of Strategy at DarwinSuzsoft, a U.S.-China software and services company. He is responsible for developing and executing Darwin's plan for expanding its footprint into China through mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Darwin Partners, Mr. Growney was Co-founder and Managing Director of Motorola Ventures (MV), where he co-managed approximately $350M across 70+ companies focused on emerging networks, new media, mobile devices, Web 2.0, enterprise software, and material science. * Ronny Haraldsvik is Vice President of Marketing for Qualcomm where he leads its global marketing initiatives for mobile broadband. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Mr. Haraldsvik was in charge of Flarion's marketing team since joining the company in 2001, and responsible for the worldwide marketing of FLASH-OFDM[R]. * Sharon Armbrust is Kagan's senior consultant specializing in wired/wireless telecommunications and cable TV practices, with a focus on investments in technology. She provides appraisals, business plans and legal testimony for Kagan's wireless, tower and cable TV clients. * John Mansell is Kagan's lead analyst for sports media Sports Media, Inc. 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"The Promises and Pitfalls of Investing in WiMAX" will provide insight on which sectors offer the biggest growth and investment opportunities, and which ones are the riskiest. Panelists will also address the key regulatory, technical, and competitive challenges still to be resolved. The briefing is designed to give equipment suppliers, investors, WiMAX operators, and cable TV, telecom or DBS operators an opportunity to hear and speak with a panel of industry experts in a live Q&A session. Topics to be addressed include: * Who are the early adopters of WiMAX and why? * What are WiMAX's biggest advantages vs. existing and evolving 3G technologies, and what is its Achilles heel Achilles heel Noun a small but fatal weakness [Achilles in Greek mythology was killed by an arrow in his unprotected heel] Achilles heel n → talón m de Aquiles ? * Whether incumbent telecom carriers will make acquisitions and establish WiMAX partnerships or fight off-deck applications, the Slingbox, VoIP and municipal mesh networks. * Which incumbent carriers and equipment suppliers will find WiMAX complementary to their fledgling data and video services and which will seek to slow it down. * What the likely strategies will be for DBS, cable TV operators, Internet portals and search engines, and how WiMAX could fit into their plans. * What the prospects are for licensed spectrum bands; and what the future holds for mesh networks and unlicensed bands. "The Promises and Pitfalls of Investing in WiMAX" will include substantive discussions related to emerging business models and will examine the sector's potential value for investors. To register for this timely, in-depth audio briefing, go to www.kagan.com/wimax About Kagan Research, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control For nearly 37 years, media and communications operators, content providers and institutional investors have relied on Kagan Research for thought leadership in media business research. Kagan's consulting, publishing and data services provide exclusive benchmarking data and analysis, market advisories and long-range forecasts for TV, radio, cable, satellite, wireless, movie and sports sectors, as well as informed perspectives on emerging media, digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. , and Internet technologies. 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