Keynote Panel Focuses on New Surge of Wireless ISPs at SERVICE NETWORKS/ISPCON.Business Editors & Telecommunications Writers Service Networks Fall 2002 GOLDEN, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2002 With wireline telecom provider capital expenditure stalled, and regional Bell telephone companies lobbying Congress to repeal line-sharing provisions of the 1996 Telecom Reform Act, an increasing number of Internet service providers have begun to use unlicensed wireless spectrum to bridge the bandwidth gap in the last mile. A keynote panel will focus on this theme at SERVICE NETWORKS/ISPCON, being held at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, November 5-7, 2002. With the slowing of growth of last-mile high-speed Internet deployment, service providers are also exploring ways to use unlicensed radio spectrum to deliver high-speed Internet access at the last mile. This will be the focus of Thursday's keynote panel on November 7, 2002, from 10:00a.m. - 11:00a.m. "WISPs: Alive and Kicking alive and vigorously active. See also: kicking ," moderated by Steve Stroh, Editor of Focus On Broadband Wireless Internet Access, will discuss a new class of ISPs delivering this service. "There has been something of a perfect storm in favor of wireless ISPs (WISPs)," Stroh said. "The financial climate is vastly improved for WISPs versus the competition - the prices of cable modem and DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary broadband service is rising. Equipment for WISPs has improved dramatically in the past year, and the cost is now trending downward." Stroh, an industry expert on high-speed wireless Internet access recently testified before the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. as part of its Spectrum Policy Task Force initiative, and was recently honored as Wireless ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. "Advocate of the Year" by PART-15.ORG, an organization of Wireless ISPs. Stroh's panel will include: Phlip Urso, 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 TowerStream, a large wireless ISP with extensive deployments in the Northeast, most notably in Boston, MA; Tom Freeburg, Motorola corporate vice president and director of Motorola Labs whose Canopy product line for the WISP market debuted earlier in 2002 to an enthusiastic market reception; and Douglas Campbell, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Texas-based AMA (Automatic Message Accounting) The recording and reporting of telephone calls within a telephone system. It includes the calling and called parties and start and stop times of the call. Online/AMA Wireless LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , another large wireless ISP with extensive deployments in Texas. The Wednesday SERVICE NETWORKS/ISPCON keynote will feature industry technology leader Cisco Systems, from 10:00a.m. - 11:00a.m. "Driving Profits with Service-savvy Networks" will be presented by Robert Redford, vice president of marketing of Cisco's Internet Routing Group. SERVICE NETWORKS/ISPCON is produced by Penton Media's Service Provider Events Group in Colorado. The event is sponsored and supported by Penton's BOARDWATCH Magazine and ISPWorld.com. For more information about attending or exhibiting at SERVICE NETWORKS Fall 2002 and the SERVICE NETWORKS/ISPCON community, please visit www.servicenetworks.com. Penton Media (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PME) is a leading, global business-to-business media company that produces market-focused magazines, trade shows and conferences and Web sites. Penton's integrated media portfolio serves the following industries: Internet/broadband; information technology; electronics; natural products; food/retail; manufacturing; design/engineering; supply chain; aviation; government/compliance; mechanical systems/construction and leisure/hospitality. For more information, visit www.penton.com. |
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