Board members

Our Executive Board consists of a minimum of four Executive Board Members and a maximum of 12 Executive Board Members plus the Chair. Up to three Board positions are reserved for large OEM/System Integrators from the mobile industry and up to three for licenced holders of spectrum.

Airvana is a leading provider of network infrastructure products used by wireless operators to provide mobile broadband services. Airvana’s software and hardware products enable wireless networks to deliver broadband-quality multimedia services to mobile phones, laptop computers and other mobile devices. These services include Internet access, e-mail, music downloads, video, IP-TV, gaming, push-to-talk and voice-over-IP. Airvana’s solutions enable new services and deliver carrier-grade mobility, scalability and reliability with relatively low operating and capital costs.

Worldwide, Airvana’s mobile broadband systems are deployed on six continents in 16 major networks by industry-leading service providers who demand high standards of carrier-class performance. Airvana has OEM agreements with Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel Networks, and QUALCOMM. For more information, please visit www.airvana.com

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications, and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved adjusted proforma revenues of Euro 18.3 billion in 2006 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. www.alcatel-lucent.com


AT&T Inc. is the largest communications holding company in the United States and worldwide, by revenue. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T is recognized as the leading worldwide provider of IP-based communications services to businesses and the leading U.S. provider of wireless, high speed Internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services. As part of its "three screen" integration strategy, AT&T is expanding video entertainment offerings to include such next-generation television services as AT&T U-verseSM TV. The merger of AT&T and BellSouth, along with the ownership consolidation of Cingular Wireless and YELLOWPAGES.COM, will speed convergence, competition and continued innovation in the communications and entertainment industry, creating new solutions for consumers and businesses. AT&T continues to build on the heritage of its predecessor companies that have served customers for more than a century. The new AT&T will earn customer trust and loyalty with a continuing commitment to the deployment of innovative products and services, reliable, high-quality service and excellent customer care. www.att.com


Cisco is a worldwide leading provider of hardware, software, and service offerings used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction, and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco vision is to change the way people work, live, play, and learn. www.cisco.com


Comcast Corporation is a leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 24.2 million cable customers, 12.1 million high-speed Internet customers, and 3.0 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content. Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, four regional Comcast SportsNets and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet business. www.comcast.com


ip.access is a leading manufacturer of picocell and femtocell infrastructure solutions which bring IP and cellular technologies together to drive down costs and increase coverage and capacity of mobile networks. We are the company behind the multi-award winning Oyster 3G™ femtocell, which increases cell capacity and coverage, reduces costs and improves the 3G user experience at home. Our nanoGSM® is the world’s most deployed picocell, in live service with more than 35 networks around the world. It provides GSM, GPRS and EDGE coverage and capacity for offices, shops and (using satellite backhaul) passenger aircraft, ships and remote rural areas. www.ipaccess.com


NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. www.nec.com


Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com


Located in Bath, UK and Beijing, China, picoChip is the industry's leading supplier of femtocell silicon. picoChip's hardware, software and systems solutions are in use by over 100 network operators, including eight of the global top ten. The company sells to seven of the top ten telecommunications equipment makers. The company's picoXcell femtocell SoCs crystallize five years' experience in the field; its picoArray programmable wireless processors are class-leading solutions for any wireless standard, including GSM/EDGE, HSPA/HSPA+, TD-SCDMA and cdma2000. As the industry-standard supplier of OFDMA-based network equipment, the company is also a frontrunner in WiMAX, LTE and LTE Advanced. www.picoChip.com


SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. is the Mobile communications segment of SOFTBANK Group (http://www.softbank.co.jp/en/index.html) which comprises Mobile communications, Broadband infrastructure (SOFTBANK BB Corp.), Fixed-line telecommunications (SOFTBANK TELECOM Corp.), Internet culture (Yahoo Japan Corporation), e-Commerce, and Other business segments. It is former Vodafone K.K. and has 11 millions of W-CDMA and 6 millions of Japanese 2nd generation customers. After joining to the Group in fiscal 2006, SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. has been able to utilize the resources of other Group operations such as abundant accomplishments and experience in portal, content and services, and IP backbone network amongst the largest in Japan. www.softbankmobile.co.jp




Ubiquisys is a privately owned communications company formed in 2004 to bring the ground breaking ZoneGate femtocell technology to market. In June 2007 independent analysts ABI Research ranked Ubiquisys number one femtocell vendor. It was the first vendor to demonstrate a fully working femtocell solution at 3GSM World Congress 2006 and a year later unveiled the world's first commercial grade femtocell system. The company was recently named a Red Herring Europe 100 Winner. www.ubiquisys.com.



Vodafone Group Plc is a leading mobile telecommunications company, with a significant presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and the United States through the Company's subsidiary undertakings, joint ventures, associated undertakings and investments.The Group's mobile subsidiaries operate under the brand name 'Vodafone'. In the United States the Group's associated undertaking operates as Verizon Wireless. During the last two financial years, the Group has also entered into arrangements with network operators in countries where the Group does not hold an equity stake. Under the terms of these Partner Network Agreements, the Group and its partner networks co-operate in the development and marketing of global services under dual brand logos. At 30 September 2007, based on the registered customers of mobile telecommunications ventures in which it had ownership interests at that date, the Group had 241 million customers, excluding paging customers, calculated on a proportionate basis in accordance with the Company's percentage interest in these ventures. The Company had a total market capitalisation of approximately £88 billion at 3 July 2007. www.vodafone.com

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