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The IEEE 802.20 Working Group held a successful session on March 14, 2003, with a record attendance of 237 individuals, significantly up from 61 in January 2003. The group included notable members from major 3G companies such as DoCoMo, Ericsson, and Qualcomm, as well as numerous service providers and consultants. A total of 185 individuals received voting rights during this session. Key leadership positions were filled, with Jerry Upton as Chair and Gang Wu as Procedural Vice Chair. A proposal for a name change was deferred for further discussion.
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IEEE 802.20Report of Session #1 Mark Klerer March 14, 2003
Successful Launch of Working Group • Record Attendance • 237 individuals attended at least one meeting of the session ( Compared to 61 in January 2003 and approximately 50-60 people at the ECSG meetings.) • 185 individuals received voting rights. • 83 Corporation and 35+ consultants
Broad Interest Across Wireless IndustryInterest measured by number of Members • Major 3G Companies • DoCoMo (6 US + 2 Japan) • Ericsson (1) • ETRI (6) • Kyocera (3) • LG Electronics (6) • Lucent (4) • Motorola (7) • Nokia (3) • Nortel (5) • Qualcomm (8) • Samsung (6) • Emerging Wireless Access Technologies (802.16, 802.20) • Airvana (1) • Alvarion (3) • ArrayComm (9) • Broadcom (2) • Flarion (7) • Intel (6) • Interdigital (1) • Navini (3) • Runcom (1) • Wi-LAN (3)
Broad Interest Across Wireless IndustryInterest measured by number of members gaining voting rights • Service Providers • France Telecom • Knology (1) • KT (1) • Nextel (3) • NTT (1) • Sprint (3) • TeliaSonera (1) • User Community • Bombardier (1) • Delphi (1) • Fujitsu (2) • NEC (1) • Northrop Grumman (2) • Panasonic (1) • Sony (3) • Texas Instruments (1) • Toshiba (1) • Toyota ITC • Knowledge Industry (Consultants) • Bussey Consulting (4) • CTCI Group (2) • Khademi Consulting (1) • Ladcomm (2) • TMG (3) • + ~ 21 Independent Consultants
Election Results • Working Group Chair – Jerry Upton • Procedural Vice Chair – Gang Wu • Liaison Vice Chair - Eshwar Pittampalli
Name Change • Decision on name change deferred