NEWS Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Washington, D. C. 20554 This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action. Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes official action. See MCI v. FCC. 515 F 2d 385 (D.C. Circ 1974). News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEWS CONTACT: July 12, 2012 Cecilia Sulhoff: 202-418-0587 Email: cecilia.sulhoff@fcc.gov FCC ANNOUNCES AGENDA FOR FORUM ON FUTURE OF WIRELESS BAND PLANS Washington, D.C.: The Commission today announced the agenda for the Forum on the Future of Wireless Band Plans being held on Monday, July 16, 2012. This forum will serve to launch a continuing dialogue between the Commission and key industry stakeholders and will explore the technological issues affecting wireless band plan design. The forum will include discussions on the impact of developments in filter technology on band planning, LTE trends and their implications for future band plans, and network operator perspectives on band plan design. 9:30 AM Opening Remarks Julius Genachowski, Chairman, FCC Introductory Remarks Marty Cooper, Chairman & Co-Founder, Dyna LLC 9:50 AM Filter Design Tutorial William Mueller, Strategic Marketing Manager, Avago 10:15 AM Panel #1: Filter Technology and its Impact on Band Planning Moderators: Michael Ha, Electronics Engineer, Office of Engineering & Technology, FCC Walter Johnston, Chief, ECD, Office of Engineering & Technology, FCC Panelists: Arthur S. Morris III, Chief Technical Officer, WiSpry Benjamin Abbott, Corporate Fellow, TriQuint Semiconductor Gene Tkachenko, Senior Director of Engineering, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. William Mueller, Strategic Marketing Manager, Avago Jeff Shamblin, Chief Scientist, Ethertronics 11:30 AM Lunch Break 12:45 PM FCC Thoughts on Future Band Plans Presentation 1:00 PM Panel #2: LTE Trends and their Implications on Band Planning Moderators: Chris Helzer, Electronics Engineer, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, FCC Brian Daly, Director in Office of CTO-Strategic Standards, AT&T Panelists: Stephen Wilkus, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Alcatel Lucent Erika Tejedor, Senior Systems Management Engineer, Ericsson Bill Aberth, Chief Technical Officer, Motorola Mobility Al Jette, Head of North America Industry Environment, Nokia Siemens Network Peter Gaal, Principal Engineer, Qualcomm 2:00 PM Panel #3: Network Operator Perspectives on Band Plan Design Moderators: Tom Peters, Chief Engineer, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, FCC Brian Markwalter, VP of Technology & Standards, Consumer Electronics Association Panelists: Iyad Tarazi, Vice President of Network Development & Engineering, Sprint George Harter, Director of Access Development, Clearwire Dan Wilson, Principal Engineer, T-Mobile Tom Sawanobori, Vice President, Technology, Verizon Doug Hyslop, Rural Cellular Association Representative 3:00 PM Closing Remarks Julie Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering & Technology, FCC 2The workshop will begin at 9:30 am and will be held in the Commission Meeting Room at the FCC’s headquarters in Washington, DC. It is free and open to the public, with seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. The forum will be broadcast live over the Internet. You can view the forum at http://www.fcc.gov/live the day of the event. Questions from the Internet audience can be submitted via email to livequestions@fcc.gov. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please include a description of the accommodation you will need. Individuals making such requests must include their contact information should FCC staff need to contact them for more information. Requests should be made as early as possible. Please send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau: 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY). -FCC-