ADVISORY/Flarion Technologies CTO Joins Distinguished Panel at Vehicular Technology Conference.News/Assignment Editors and Business/High Tech/Calendar Editors ADVISORY ... for Monday (Oct. 8) BEDMINSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001 Flarion's CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Dr. Rajiv Laroia, Discusses flash-OFDM as a ReadyTechnology for Ubiquitous Access to Unsurpassed Mobile Voice and Data Services
Who: Dr. Rajiv Laroia, founder and CTO of Flarion Technologies, a
leader in development of a breakthrough mobile communications
system based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple-Access
(OFDM) and the Internet Protocol (IP) for IP-based air interface
technology, enabling the business case for the mobilization of
network access to next generation voice and data services
What: will participate in a panel discussion on Wireless System
Capacity Analysis. Laroia will present flash-OFDMTM and
participate in the question and answer session that follows.
Other panelists include:
Dr. Kota Kinoshita, CTO, NTT DoCoMo
Hakan Eriksson, VP Research, Ericsson
Dr. Roberto Padovani, SVP, Qualcomm
Dr. Dean Sirovica, President, MWIF
Where: Vehicular Technology Conference Fall 2001 at the Atlantic City
Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
When: The panel is scheduled for Monday, October 8, from 7:00 p.m. -
9:30 p.m. EDT.
Details: The purpose of VTC Fall 2001 is to disseminate knowledge of
mobile communications and transportation systems, and present the
latest developments in mobile communications technology. For more
information on VTC Fall 2001, visit the website at
www.fallvtc2001.org.
About Flarion Flarion Technologies is mobilizing high-speed access to next generation data and voice application services See ASP and Web services. with its flash-OFDM(TM) technology, the industry's first IP-based, broadband cellular system for high-speed data and resilient voice for the mobile economy. Flarion's award-winning flash-OFDM system, which originated in Bell Labs, enables unsurpassed data rates and transparent IP access to the Internet infrastructure, at significant savings as compared to former generation technologies such as GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. and TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). . By mobilizing the networks, Flarion delivers mobile operators and enterprise-serving providers with the profitable business case to offer customers the speed of broadband and the mobility of cellular, at the price of dialup. Flarion Technologies was launched in February 2000 and current investors include: Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , Charles River Charles River River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Ventures, Lucent Technologies' New Venture Group and Pequot Capital. The company now has over 135 employees, including many of the world's top networking and communication experts. Flarion's board of directors includes its CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Ray Dolan, former executive vice president with Bell Atlantic NYNEX NYNEX New York-New England & X for the Unknown (Telephone Company) NYNEX New York Network Exchange Mobile, and former COO of NextWave Telecom, Andy Viterbi, co-founder of Qualcomm and co-inventor of CDMA, Matt Desch, chairman of Airspan Networks and former president of Nortel Networks Wireless Group; and Dan Stanzione, former COO Lucent Technologies. More information about Flarion Technologies can be found at www.flarion.com. Note to editors: All trademarks and registered trademarks contained herein remain the property of their respective companies. |
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