At NGMN Alliance first meeting, the Board of Directors elected Johan Wibergh from Vodafone as new NGMN Chairman. The Board also agreed to focus its work-programme in the next years on key industry areas, in particular, international 5G trials and testing, end-to-end architecture, IPR and spectrum demand. In addition, the Board highlighted its commitment to maintain and grow NGMN’s network of industry vertical representatives for the work on 5G solutions addressing future business opportunities.
In his concluding remarks, Johan Wibergh stated: “I am honoured to be appointed as the Chairman of the NGMN Board and want to express my sincere appreciation to the former Chairman Bruno Jacobfeuerborn. Under his leadership the NGMN Alliance has grown significantly and has successfully developed the widely-acknowledged NGMN 5G White Paper. I am fully committed to continue his excellent work and to contribute Vodafone’s expertise in the Alliance’s efforts to shape the 5G development in the coming years.”
The Annual General Meeting of the NGMN Alliance appointed new Board Members on October 12th, 2016. The new Board Members elected for the period from 2016 to 2018 are:
- Tom Keathley, SVP Wireless Network Architecture and Design, AT&T
- Bruce Rodin, VP Wireless Networks, Bell Canada
- Ameet Shah, group strategy director, BT
- Huang Yuhong, deputy general manager, China Mobile Research Institute, China Mobile
- Shyang-Yih Chen, president of Telecom. Laboratories, Chunghwa Telecom
- Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, CTO, Deutsche Telekom
- Paul Berriman, Group CTO, Hong Kong Telecom
- Jacob Groote, VP Mobile Operations, KPN
- Seong-Mok Oh, SEVP and head of network group, KT
- Armin Huewels, VP wireless technologies, Liberty Global
- Doug Smith, CEO, Ligado Networks
- Seizo Onoe, CTO and member of the board, NTT DOCOMO
- Alain Maloberti, SVP, Orange Labs Networks, Orange
- Tay Soo Meng, Group CTO, Singtel
- Jin-Hyo Park, SVP and head of Network Technology R&D Centre, SK Telecom
- Günther Ottendorfer, COO Technology, Sprint
- Sandro Dionisi, director of Global Advisory Services, Telecom Italia
- Enrique Blanco, Group CTO, Telefonica
- Wolfgang Fleischer, head of Network Virtualisation, Telekom Austria
- Mats Svärdh, head of Networks & IT Infrastructure, Global Services & Operations, Telia Company
- Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO, TELUS
- Neville Ray, EVP and CTO, T-Mobile US
- Gediz Sezgin, chief network technologies officer, Turkcell
- Michael S. Irizarry, EVP & CTO Engineering and Information Services, US Cellular
- Adam Koeppe, VP of Network Technology Planning, Verizon
- Tommy Ljunggren, group director Architecture and Security, VimpelCom
- Johan Wibergh, Group CTO, Vodafone
- Peter Meissner, CEO, NGMN
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