CTIA WIRELESS 2003 Gears Up for Wi-Fi Conference; Smart Pass Executive Conference Eyes the Future of Wireless.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Wireless 2003 WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2003 The Cellular Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. & Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Association (CTIA) is pleased to announce the Smart Pass Executive Conference, presented by 802.11Planet.com, at CTIA WIRELESS 2003, March 17-19 in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . "CTIA WIRELESS 2003 is celebrating the first 20 years of wireless, but we're also looking ahead into the next 20 years," said Tom Wheeler, President and 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. of CTIA. "Wi-Fi is just one emerging technology that is transforming the boundaries of wireless. Right now, we're shaping how Wi-Fi and other promising technologies will be used in the years to come." The two-day Smart Pass Executive Conference will include sessions on:
Wi-Fi Security: Problems and Solutions
March 17, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
The security issues associated with 802.11 wireless LAN technology
have received almost as much attention as its Wi-Fi's success in the
marketplace. University research teams have published detailed exposes
on cracking the basic security provisions in the IEEE standard,
spurring titanic efforts by vendors, the IEEE, the Wi-Fi Alliance, and
others to rectify the situation. This seminar will discuss and
examine:
-- The strengths and weaknesses of WEP (Wired Equivalent
Privacy), the original 802.11 security standard.
-- 802.1x - the recently ratified IEEE framework for
authentication and authorization procedures.
-- EAP (Extended Authentication Protocol) and its ramifications
for strong authentication.
-- VPN (virtual private network) technology and the problems it
does and doesn't solve.
-- WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), WEP's replacement, based on IEEE
standards promulgated by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Wireless LAN Meets Wireless WAN
March 18, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cellular data and fixed wireless LANs have, until recently, been
entirely separate and somewhat competitive realms. Two forces are
likely to change this:
-- Consumer demand as people are increasingly likely to carry
multifunction mobile computing/communications devices equipped
to connect to both mobile and fixed wireless networks.
-- The push to ubiquitous public access for WLAN. Wi-Fi operators
offer great front-end technology, but lack scalable back-end
systems. Other wireless carriers already have extensive
back-end infrastructure in place.
Numerous developers are hard at work bridging the gulf that separates
the telephony-based and data-based worlds. This seminar looks in
detail at the trends and initiatives bringing WLAN and WWAN together.
CTIA WIRELESS 2003 is the world's largest wireless trade show. This year, the show will take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is a collection of buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lower end of building one is located 500 m (1640 feet) upriver from Canal Street on the banks of the Mississippi River. Named after former mayor of New Orleans Ernest N. in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 17-19. Register now to network with industry leaders, regulators, technologists and reporters at the one place that draws the best of wireless -- CTIA WIRELESS 2003. For more information about CTIA WIRELESS 2003, including registration, travel and housing, and session details, please visit our Web site at www.wireless2003.com. Note: Reporters interested in attending CTIA WIRELESS 2003 should contact Erin McGee at emcgee@ctia.org or by phone at 202.736.2980. Qualified reporters can also register for FREE MEDIA CREDENTIALS CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. online at www.wireless2003.com/media/. CTIA would like to thank its WIRELESS 2003 Media Center sponsors Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. and Nextel Communications Nextel Communications, styled NEXTEL, (Former NASDAQ: NXTL) which is now known as the Sprint Nextel Corporation was a telecommunications firm based in the United States. Known for providing a nation-wide mobile communications system. . CTIA is the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry, representing carriers, manufacturers and wireless Internet providers Internet provider - Internet Service Provider . www.wow-com.com |
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