News from the Communications Industry...focus on 4G
ITU Approves 4G Technical Requirements
4G Drives Global Spending
Qualcomm, Nokia Settlement Opens Doors for 4G
Tata Invests Heavily in WiMAX
Mobile Device Management Key to 4G Success

Related Industry Groups
SDR Forum – promoting the success of next generation radio technologies
Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) - bridges work across SDOs with current focus on optical control plane network interoperability.
WiMax Forum: promotes the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products

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From the President - Douglas N. Zuckerman - Communications: Faster-Higher-Stronger: - IEEE ICC 2008 in Beijing, China - highlighting the first time ever that ComSoc's flagship International Conference on Communications met in Beijing, also just several months prior to the Olympic Games.

Announcing Results of the 2008 ComSoc Election

Joseph L LoCicero, longtime officer on the ComSoc Board of Governors, passed away July 19, 2008

IEEE Wireless Communication Engineering Technology (WCET) certification…

The WCET application deadline has been extended to 15 August 2008. Apply today.

The WCET Practice Exam (US$75) is available.

Bonus draft e-version of the WEBOK (Wireless engineering Body of Knowledge) is provided free to those purchasing the WEBOK or applying for the WCET exam.

View the July issue of Wireless Communications Professional.

Three Free online tutorials available… Next Generation Cellular Networks (2 hrs 40 min, 93 slides) compliments of Anritsu joins Broadband Fiber Access compliments of Analog Devices and Broadband Wireless Access compliments of Cisco as free tutorials from the ComSoc Tutorials Now program. See them now; limited time access.

Kleinrock’s available … Leonard Kleinrock's 1.5 hour presentation The History of the Internet and Its Flexible Future on DVD! Preview the DVD here. The special member price is US$35. Order here via the Shop at IEEE.

Look for the new EC column coming in September.

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IEEE CCNC 2009…Special Sessions deadline extended to 15 August. For more information, click here.

IEEE WCNC 2009…Call for Papers due 22 September. For a list of potential topics and submission instructions, click here.

PIMRC 2008, Cannes, France, 15 – 18 September 2008...Themed Sensing the Future, the program includes keynotes Vivek Badrinath (Executive VP, Information Technology, Networks & Product Support, France Telecom – Orange) and David Goodman (Polytech University); plus numerous cutting-edge tutorials, workshops, panels, special sessions and more than 10 parallel technical tracks dealing with technical design as well as business aspects of today’s and next generation mobile systems. For more information, click here.

IEEE DySPAN 2008, Chicago, IL, USA, 14 – 17 October 2008….features leading business and technology executives including Dave Borth (VP, CTO & Head of Advanced Technology, Standards, & Common Engineering, Motorola), David Cleevely (Chairman, Communications Research Network), Christopher B. Galvin (Chairman & CEO, Harrison Street Capital LLC), Jorge Pereira (Principal Scientific Officer, European Commission), Dr. George Rittenhouse (Vice President, Wireless Research, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs), and Honorable Jonathan S. Adelstein, Commissioner (US Federal Communications Commission – invited). Don’t miss the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with these industry experts. Register Today! For more program information, click here.

IEEE GLOBECOM 2008…Kaoru Yano, President of NEC Corporation, has been added to the conference program as a keynote speaker. For more conference information, click here.

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Free Article of the Month:
Complimentary access to a select article from the current issue of IEEE Communications Magazine : An Overlay Photonic Layer Security Approach Scalable to 100 Gb/s

June 2008 list of Top Ten articles available now…The monthly ComSoc Top Ten list of those papers receiving the most requests for PDF views through IEEE Xplore is now posted on the ComSoc www site. See the ComSoc www site headlines at www.comsoc.org

The August ComSoc/Wiley Book of the Month is Ray Horak’s practical, accessible survey of telecommunications and data communications services and technologies… Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook. Check the ComSoc www site each month for new special offers.

The IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications - Optical Communications and Networking Series is planning a Special Issue on "THE ROLE OF OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR LARGE CAPACITY SWITCHES AND ROUTERS" for publication in 2009.

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