Baltimore ACM Chapter

The Baltimore ACM Chapter would like to announce the following lecture:

Title: Xohm WiMax: Sprint's 4G Broadband Network

Speaker: John Muscarella

When: Tuesday, April 21, 6:00 - 7:00 pm

Where: National Electronics Museum

Abstract:

Mr. John J. Muscarella from Sprint will be presenting an overview of
their latest mobile broadband network technology offering (WiMax). 4G
is often regarded as a major technological evolutionary step that will
truly bring the Internet to life. The availability of Sprint 4G
delivers on the company's promise to provide the fastest wireless
Internet experience of any national carrier. Sprint's 4G approach
represents a major shift in the way people will use broadband,
expanding business, consumers, and local governments ability to extend
Internet operations well beyond home and office use. Topics to be
covered in Mr. Muscarella's presentation include:

- Industry trends
- Mobile broadband evolution
- What is 4G?
- WiMax expanding local and global coverage
- Sprint 4G mobile broadband solutions
- Business applications enabled via 4G
- 4G products and services timeline
- Technology demonstration
- Next steps, and beyond

Speaker:

Mr. Muscarella is the Sprint 4G Director for Enterprise Sales. In his
position, he is responsible for the overall enterprise strategy for
business sales channels. His team has the primary responsibility to
develop, implement, and launch solutions utilizing the WiMax network,
delivering these solutions to Enterprise and Public Sector clients.

This presentation is being co-sponsored by the Baltimore Chapter of
the ACM and Baltimore Sections of the IEEE (Communications Society,
Computer Society, Signal Processing Society, and Aerospace Electronics
Society). The meeting is being held at the National Electronics
Museum on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The museum is
located at 1745 W Nursery Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090.

The talk will be preceded by refreshments and a light dinner at 5:30 pm.

If you would like to attend, please register online at

http://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/meeting_view/list_meeting/569 .

Directions:

See the National Electronics Museum website at

http://www.hem-usa.org .

Thank you for your attention,

The BACM Executive Committee

Emil Volcheck, Chair
Jay Smart, Vice Chair
Joyce Little, Secretary
Kathleen Harmeyer, Treasurer
Craig Holcomb, Member at Large
David Isherwood, Member at Large