[September 07, 2016]

Wireless Hall of Fame Honors Groundbreaking Industry Leaders

The Wireless Hall of Fame awards celebrated the achievements of six outstanding executives in the wireless communications industry. Hosted by the non-profit Wireless History Foundation at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, the sold out event was attended by 300 industry leaders from across the country. The honorees were introduced by colleagues instrumental in their careers, then featured in an awards presentation sharing video highlights of their achievements. The 2016 honorees are:

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2016 Wireless Hall of Fame award honorees and presenters from left to right: Flip Porter, Shelby Taylor, Ralph de la Vega, Abigail Pollak, Marcelo Claure, Dick Sherwin, Wayne Perry, and Dale Hatfield. Not pictured: Dick Frenkiel and Joel Engel. Photo by Rihard Mayer Photography

• Industry Associate Category - FJ Pollak (posthumously) of TracFone, introduced by Marcelo Claure, CEO of Sprint (News - Alert)
• Technology Category - Joel Engel, Richard Frenkiel and Philip Porter (posthumously), all formerly of Bell Laboratories, introduced by Hall of Fame member Dale Hatfield of the University of Colorado
• Pioneer Category - Richard Sherwin of Spot On Networks, introduced by Hall of Fame member Wayne Perry, CEO of Shotgun Investments
• Service Provider Category - Ralph de la Vega of AT&T (News - Alert) Inc., introduced by Randall Stephenson, Chairman and CEO of AT&T

After the reception, dinner and awards presentations, the evening concluded with a cocktail hour to toast the honorees and all the sponsors that made the event possible. "We are proud to include these individuals into the Wireless Hall of Fame. They represent the startup, the growth, and the future of the wireless industry," said WHF board member Rob Mechaley, CEO of MobileSphere Holdings LLC, and Chairman of the 2016 selection committee. "Thank you to our generous sponsors, who have made this event possible."

The 2016 Wireless Hall of Fame event sponsors are:

• Bandwidth Level: AT&T, Eagle River, and Verizon
• Spectrum Level: Assurant Solutions, CTIA, NextNav, Nokia, Qualcomm (News - Alert), and Trilogy Partnership
• Frequencies Level: Asurion, BlackBerry, BlueWater Wireless, Dyna LLC, Ericsson, Mosaik Solutions, Samsung, Spot On Networks, Sprint, Syniverse (News - Alert), T-Mobile, TracFone, Vertical Bridge, Vodafone Americas Foundation, Wilkinson Barker & Knauer LLP, ZTE USA
• Connections Level: Jay Whitehurst and Sameer Vuyyuru of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., Crown Castle, Dale Hatfield, Andrea and Stephanie Joel, Mobilitie, MVP Capital, National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE), Wireless Infrastructure Association, Lawrence Movshin and Bryan Tramont of Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP

For additional information or to participate as a sponsor of the September 2017 awards dinner in San Francisco, please contact Liz Maxfield at liz (at) wirelesshistoryfoundation dot org.

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