Dr. Fumio Watanabe

http://www.uqwimax.jp/english/

CTO, UQ Communications Inc.

Dr. Watanabe has 30 years of experience in research and development on satellite communication systems and mobile communication systems including IMT-2000, IMT-Advanced and WiMAX. He also has long activity in international standardization of mobile systems in ITU-R TG8/1 and WP8F. He is CTO of UQ Communications Inc. He is also the Executive Director & General Manager of Network Technology Division of KDDI.

He received Piero Fanti International Prize in 1989, the R & D Awards of Radio Systems awarded by RCR in 1991, and the meritorious Awards on ITU activities from ITU-AJ in 2001, respectively. He is a chairman of Broadband Wireless Access Committee in ARIB and a vice president of WiMAX Forum Japan Office. He is Fellow of IEIEC.

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