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Wireless History Foundation Announces 2017 Inductees for Wireless Hall of Fame
The Wireless History Foundation (WHF) will induct three honorees into
the prestigious Wireless Hall of Fame during the Foundation's Awards
Dinner in San Francisco on September 11, the eve of the inaugural Mobile
World Congress Americas conference. This year's inductees are:
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Robert S. Foosaner. In both private and public sector
leadership roles, Bob consistently sought to find the best and highest
use of available radio spectrum. As Chief of the FCC's Private Radio
Bureau, Foosaner led proceedings that helped create the foundation of
the modern commercial wireless industry. After departing the FCC, Bob
joined Jones Day, becoming Chairman of the law firm's
Telecommunication Group before becoming head of Nextel's Government
Affairs office. There, he led Nextel's collaboration with the FCC and
the public safety community to proactively resolve potentially
disastrous interference issues.
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Friedhelm "Fred" Hillebrand. From 1984 to 1992, Fred and his
team contributed to the GSM standard and led the implementation of
Deutsche Telekom's (News - Alert) GSM network. Notably, Fred proposed inclusion of a
simple and low-cost messaging capability that would be supported by
all networks and native on every mobile device. As a result of Fred's
persistence, Short Message Service (SMS) was adopted as a universal
feature in the GSM standard. From 1996 to 2000 he was Chairman of
ETSI's (News - Alert) Technical Committee SMG (Special Mobile Group), which
elaborated the GSM evolution an the basic parameters of 3G. He
initiated the integration of all GSM and 3G related work into 3GPP
(Third Generation Partnership Project).
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Charles C. Townsend. Charlie has been a consistent pioneer in
developing and launching new wireless services. As founder and CEO of
Atlantic Cellular, he became a strong advocate for the role of smaller
operators in serving rural markets. Townsend also founded Aloha
Partners, the largest licensee of 700 MHz spectrum in the initial FCC
auction. Charlie is currently the General Partner of Bluewater
Wireless, a successful bidder in the FCC's 600 MHz auction. He served
on the CTIA (News - Alert) Board and Executive Committee for over two decades.
Charlie also was one of the Founding Board members of the Wireless
History Foundation.
"Collectively, our Class of 2017 inductees helped fuel advancements in
business practices, policy and technology," said WHF Board member Rob
Mechaley, CEO of MobileSphere Holdings and chairman of the 2017
selection committee. "These individuals truly represent the innovative
spirit that has helped wireless change the lives of billions of users
around the globe for the better."
The Wireless Hall of Fame dinner will take place at the Four Seasons
Hotel in San Francisco on Monday, September 11. To participate as a
sponsor of the 2017 Wireless Hall of Fame dinner, please contact David
Diggs at david (at) wirelesshistoryfoundation dot org.
The Wireless History Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
formed to preserve and promote the history of the wireless industry. www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org
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