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Wireless Hall of Fame Honored Five Mobile Innovators
Five individuals joined the 52 wireless industry pioneers and innovators
inducted into the prestigious Wireless Hall of Fame. The event, hosted
by the Wireless History Foundation (WHF), a nonprofit organization that
has honored the hall of fame members for the past decade, honored Barry
A. Adelman, Pat Cipov, Alain Maloberti, Liz Maxfield and Ed Reynolds.
"We are honoring these amazing innovators on the 35th
anniversary of the first commercial cellular telephone call in the U.S."
said Jenifer Snyder, Executive Director of the Wireless History
Foundation, "and we are thrilled to celebrate their contributions
thereto and induction into the Wireless Hall of Fame with such an
incredible room of global operator executives, industry leaders, mobile
pioneers and wireless innovators."
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Barry A. Adelman: Adelman of Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman
LLP served as a powerful and critical legal representative of the
industry as a whole and was a central figure in creating the framework
for an industry that now represents essential 21st Century
infrastructure. Adelman was introduced by Wireless Hall of Fame
Member, John Stanton.
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Pat Cipov: Cipov has been actively involved in all aspects of
ownership and operations of the wireless construction and maintenance
of communication towers and antenna systems and has left an indelible
impact on the safety and quality of the industry. Cipov was introduced
by James Tracey, Chairman, National Association of Tower Erectors.
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Alain Maloberti: In addition to serving as an executive of
France Telecom (News - Alert) and Orange, Maloberti served as the first chairman of
the European standards group ETSI SMG2, the group that standardized
the GSM radio interface and helped pave the way for the success of GSM
in Europe. Maloberti was introduced by Wireless Hall of Fame Member,
Jan Uddenfeldt.
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Liz Maxfield: Maxfield was instrumental in the early
development of the cellular industryfrom working on many of the first
FCC license filings and is a pioneer in preserving the history of the
wireless industry through the formation of the Wireless History
Foundation. Maxfield was introduced by Wireless Hall of Fame Member
and Wireless History Foundation Co-Founder, Arlene Harris.
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Ed Reynolds: Over a career spanning several decades, Reynolds
led the implementation of multiple wireless technologies from analog
to 4G that shaped the wireless revolution and wireless companies
ranging from Cingular (News - Alert) and AT&T Wireless to FirstNet. Reynolds was
introduced by Wireless Hall of Fame Member, Ralph de la Vega.
The Wireless History Foundation and the evening's honorees paid special
thanks to the 2018 event sponsors:
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Bandwidth Level: AT&T, Eagle River, Trilogy Partners, Verizon
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Spectrum Level: Assurant Solutions, CTIA, Ericsson, GSMA, National
Association of Tower Erectors, Telecom Ventures/Columbia Capital
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Frequencies Level: Bluewater Wireless, Comcast, Dyna LLC, Friedman
Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman, Mosiak, Pensare Acquisition Corp., Somos,
Inc., Sprint, Syniverse, T-Mobile (News - Alert), US Cellular, Vertical Bridge
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Connections Level: Bandwidth, Inc., CallFire, CLX Communications,
Inc., Comtech Telecommunications Corp., Crown Castle, John Dwyer,
Interop, Steve Zitnick, Interop, Larry & Lois Movshin, Lukas Lafuria
Gutierrez & Sachs LLP, Qualcomm, SpotOn Networks, Stuart Subotnick,
The mGive Foundation, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, Wireless
Infrastructure Association, Zipwhip
For additional information or to participate as a sponsor of the 2019
Wireless Hall of Fame awards dinner, please contact Jenifer Snyder at [email protected].
About the Wireless History Foundation
Founded in October 2008 on the 25th anniversary of the first
commercial cellular telephone call in the United States, the Wireless
History Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established by
wireless pioneers seeking to increase public understanding of the
wireless industry and its social and economic impacts by chronicling the
achievements of individuals, the contributions of numerous
organizations, and the evolution of wireless communications. Its
signature event is the annual Wireless Hall of Fame Awards Dinner, which
provides public recognition of outstanding individuals across all
segments of the wireless industry. Learn more about the Wireless History
Foundation at www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org.
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