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Launch of XOHM WiMax
Wednesday, June 18 • 12:35 PM - 12:55 PM • Room S113
XOHM Mobile WiMAX from Sprint is the product of a technology ecosystem consisting of Intel, Samsung, Motorola, Nokia and Nokia-Siemens Networks. It will alter the wireless landscape by challenging conventional telecom walled-garden wisdom and wirelessly enabling devices well beyond the cellphone and laptop. Commercial service of this next generation mobile Internet offering begins this year and NXTcomm audiences will be among the first to hear about launch plans.
Speaker
Atish Gude, Senior Vice President of Mobile Broadband Operations, Sprint Nextel
Atish Gude serves as the senior vice president of Mobile Broadband Operations in Sprint Nextel’s new XOHM Mobile Broadband business unit. After Sprint selected mobile WiMAX as the technology platform for building its next generation mobile broadband business, Atish was appointed the head of operations. In this role, he is responsible for building the network and operations including sales, marketing, product/ service delivery, network and customer management.Prior to this role, Atish was the senior vice president of Corporate Strategy for Sprint Nextel. Atish’s team has driven the company’s three year strategic plan including the company’s SmartGrowth coverage strategy for managing growth and profitability, managing Sprint’s Balanced Scorecard and performance metrics and developing Sprint’s broadband strategy including program managing two market trials.