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San Diego Telecom Council Announces Its First Event; QUALCOMM's
Irwin Jacobs To Speak About the Future of Wireless
Business Wire - November 12, 1998 11:17
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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1998--The San Diego Telecom Council, a recently assembled coalition of
corporate telecom and service professionals, today announced the program for its inaugural meeting to be held Monday, Dec.
7, at the Sheraton Grande Torrey Pines in La Jolla. Dr. Irwin Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer of QUALCOMM
Inc., will speak to the group and its guests on the future of the wireless industry.
Earlier this month the Council announced its formation as a concerted effort to give the regional telecom community a strong
and unified voice in local, national and international issues facing the fast-growing international telecom market.
The Telecom Council comprises notable CEOs and other high-ranking executives from an array of San Diego companies who
conduct business in the telecom arena, and whose principals are devoted to furthering the combined objectives of the region's
telecom industry.
According to President Vicki Marion, CEO and president of JABRA Corp., the Council was created to "forge the solidarity
needed to serve as a proactive lobby for the welfare of our regional telecom community, and to provide a forum for exchanging
information and ideas about telecom.
"The Council will be very assertive in positioning the San Diego telecom district as a worldwide center for technological
excellence, and a great place for any aspiring telecom company to establish a corporate or research presence," stated Marion.
In addition, Marion said, the Council intended to provide an international forum for the candid discussion of a wide range of
telecom topics. "We intend to use our dais as a sounding board for the wide array of contending technologies and standards of
tomorrow."
In keeping with that theme, programs committee head Joe Markee, CEO of Copper Mountain, billed the Dec. 7 meeting as a
"candid talk that promises to be a definitive appraisal of the industry from the perspective of San Diego's 'father of telecom'."
Dr. Jacobs' presentation is entitled "21st Century Wireless: A Report From the Front;" in which the QUALCOMM founder
will speak on a wide range of international telecom issues, from his company's new venture with Microsoft, to the emergence of
wireless local loops in offshore markets, to the battle for dominance in "3G," the standard for the next generation of wireless
networks.
"The individuals that make up the Council are an eclectic group of stakeholders who will begin to champion the image of our
telecom community to the outside world. Remarkably, such a group did not exist until a few of us got together and began
talking about what we perceive as San Diego's lack of presence in this area," noted Martha Dennis, vice president of the
Council and CEO of WaveWare Corp.
According to Council executives, the organization's charter includes the following:
1) Build San Diego's awareness the international business community; (2) Facilitate growth for member companies by
optimizing access to skilled work forces and sustained sources of capital; (3) Provide a forum for addressing the controversial
issues and challenges affecting the global telecom market; (4) Work to enhance the political and regulatory climate for San
Diego County telecom by providing a strong lobby to positively impact state and federal policy and legislation; (5) Provide
networking opportunities for member companies to share business opportunities in regional and global markets; (6) Forge
stronger cooperation programs between the telecom community and higher education.
In addition to Marion and Dennis, the Council's officers include secretary Lance Bridges of Cooley Godward, treasurer James
Pope of Ernst & Young, and executive director Mike Krenn of Cooley Godward. Board of Directors include Franz Birkner of
Simpact, Lindsey Burroughs of GTE Wireless, Mark Dankberg of ViaSat, Jeff Jacobs of QUALCOMM, Dave Lyon of
Silicon Wave, Joe Markee of Copper Mountain Networks, Greg McQuerter of McQUERTERGROUP, John Otterson of
Silicon Valley Bank, Bill Otterson of UCSD CONNECT, David Overskei of SAIC, Jim Skeen of J&H Marsh & McLennan,
Bill Stensrud of Enterprise Partners and Marco Thompson of ISI Design Center.
The Dec. 7 event will cost $40 for advance tickets and $45 at the door. There will be a cocktail and hors d'oeuvres reception
at 5:15 and the program will begin at 6:15 and go to 7:15.
The San Diego Telecom Council is a broad-based coalition of telecom companies, service providers, professional trade groups
and the public sector, dedicated to promoting the welfare of the industry by providing a unified voice and a forum for
exchanging ideas and experiences. For more information, please call 619/550-6100.
CONTACT: McQUERTERGROUP
Jennifer Andrews, 619/450-0030
jenna@mcquerter.com
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