The course team

May 03, 2012 by admin

Professor William Webb

William Webb is CTO of Neul, a company developing a wireless machine-to- machine standard. Previously he worked for seven years as Head of Research and Development and Senior Technologist for the UK regulator, Ofcom where he led some of the major reviews conducted by Ofcom including the Spectrum Framework Review and Ultra Wideband Consultation. He has worked for Motorola and a range of communications consultancies in the fields of hardware design, computer simulation, propagation modelling, spectrum management and strategy development. William has published eleven books (including The Essentials of Modern Spectrum Management), seventy papers, and four patents. He is a Visiting Professor at Surrey University and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Professor Gerard Pogorel

Gérard Pogorel is Professor of Economics and Management at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, (ENST) in Paris, France. He is the joint author of a new book, The Radio Spectrum, and has published widely on the subject including the WIK-BNetzA report: Towards More Flexible Spectrum Regulation (Bonn, 2005, co-author). He is a regular speaker at conferences and work- shops across Europe and was Scientific Advisor for the EU-IST project “Spectrum Policies and Radio Technologies for Viable Wireless Services (SPORT VIEWS)”.

Ann LaFrance

Ann LaFrance is Coordinating Partner for the Squire Sanders communications law team in EMEA and leader of the firm's European data protection and privacy practice. Ms. LaFrance has over two dec- ades of experience working on regulatory, policy, competition and commercial matters involving the TMT sector in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and key emerging markets around the globe. She began her career as a telecommunications lawyer with Squire Sanders in Washington, DC, and from 1996-2004, she served as Chief International Counsel for MCI Communications Corp. (since acquired by Verizon) in Washington, Brussels and London/Reading. Now based in London, Ms. LaFrance's practice covers a wide range of telecommunications and media issues involving national and international law, policy and regulation, including spectrum policy and licensing matters.

Amit Nagpal

Amit is a partner at Aetha Consulting with over 15 years of experience of advising fixed and mobile operators, regulators/government bodies, financial institutions and equipment manufacturers on commercial, technical and regulatory issues. He has particular expertise in spectrum valuation and has led numerous high-profile studies in the area of radio spectrum policy for clients including the European Commission. Amit holds an M.Sc. in Radio Frequency and Communications Engineering from the University of Bradford and an M.B.A. from the University of Warwick, UK. He has been a partner at Analysys Mason as well as working for Deloitte Consulting, Smith System Engineering and the UK Radiocommunications Agency (now part of Ofcom).

womersley2

Richard Womersley

Richard Womersley has an honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering accompanied by over 15 years consulting, operational and business experience in the fields of radio spectrum management, public telecoms and digital broadcasting. He is an experienced trainer and has conducted consultancy projects for regulators, operators, governments and end-users on issues covering national and international policy; regulation and its implications; pricing, auctions and licensing; service and technology roll-out; and interference. His work has spanned Europe (including the European Commission, EBU, Ofcom and the UK Government), the Middle East, the Caribbean, the Americas, Africa, South Asia, East Asia and Australasia.

Sims3

Martin Sims

Martin Sims is a journalist and academic who specialises in communications policy issues. He set up PolicyTracker, the spectrum policy newsletter and has published articles on many facets of the subject. His work has been published in academic journals and books and he is a former editor of Intermedia, the policy journal of the International Institute of Communications. As a journalist he was a news editor in independent radio then worked for BBC network news. He has an honours degree and a masters degree in communication studies and lectures at the University of East London.

Download brochure

Personal tools