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August 14, 2009 Mark Wigfield, 202-418-0253
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FCC ANNOUNCES SENIOR ADVISOR ON BROADBAND
Washington, D.C. – Dr. Carlos Kirjner has been named Senior Advisor to the Chairman 
on Broadband.  Dr. Kirjner will lend his broad international expertise in the business, economics 
and operations of the telecommunications industry to the Federal Communications 
Commission’s development of a National Broadband Plan.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, directed the FCC to submit a 
National Broadband Plan to Congress by February 17, 2010 that addresses broadband 
deployment, adoption, affordability, and the use of broadband to advance solutions to national 
priorities, including health care, education, energy efficiency, public safety, job creation, 
investment, and others.
Dr. Kirjner has worked for 15 years in high-tech and telecom strategy, operations, 
marketing, business development, and technology. Prior to joining the FCC he was Vice 
President, Business Development, for Telegent Systems, Inc., a fabless semiconductor 
manufacturer, where he led business development efforts. He was Director for New Business 
Development at Vodafone Group, PLC. Before that, he was a partner at McKinsey & Co’s 
telecommunications and high-tech practices, where he led work for clients in wireline and 
wireless services, telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturers, IT 
services providers, and public safety agencies. Dr. Kirjner has a PhD in Electrical Engineering 
and Computer Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was awarded de 
Sakrison Prize for outstanding and innovative research, an MSc with distinction in Electrical 
Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, and a BSc in Engineering 
from Escola Politecnica de Universidade de Sao Paulo.
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More information about the National Broadband Plan can be found at www.broadband.gov