Kelly Balius - VP for Spectrum Management, WorldCom Broadband
Solutions
Jim Hannan - Vice President - Network and Technology Engineering,
Sprint Broadband Wireless Group, Inc.
Roger
Carter
- Engineering Manager, Distance. Learning, Arizona State University
Jon M. Schill - Vice President ITFS Partnerships, Digital Broadcast
Corporation
In the era of broadband, ITFS/MMDS systems will have opportunities
to create new and more effective educational services. ITFS licensee
institutions need to be prepared to seize that opportunity. Hear
and see what the companies involved in wireless broadband systems
are planning and what progress they are making in building two way
interactive systems.
James Keithley -Vice President, Law and External Affairs, Sprint
Broadband Wireless Group, Inc.
Proposals to move ITFS to another segment of the electronic spectrum
pose a serious threat to the continued usefulness of ITFS. A move
also threatens the loss of the revenues that the federal government
had long promised ITFS licensees as the means to support its services
to education. How serious is the threat, how does it deepen and
widen the digital divide, and how should ITFS licensees respond?
ITFS license holders receive offers for their excess spectrum ranging
from cash to equity. BIA Financial Network presents a case study
on how to analyze the different options presented to ITFS license
holders and determine the factors that should be considered to optimize
value. Case studies will be presented that are witness to the substantial
value that institutions are holding in their license, often times
unaware.
