Municipal Wireless Broadband

Mike Roberts is lead author of Future Mobile Broadband: Revenue Opportunities for HSPA to LTE, EV-DO to UMB & WiMAX and a Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media. His research areas include mobile broadband, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, wireless VoIP, fixed-mobile convergence and IP Multimedia Subsystem. His primary outputs are reports, including WiMAX Broadband Convergence: Emerging Fixed, Portable & Mobile Revenue Opportunities and Municipal Wireless Broadband. Mike has been tracking emerging mobile, wireless and fixed markets since 2000, when he started contributing to Informa research services such as 3G Wireless Broadband and Telecom Markets. He regularly presents and chairs at key industry events and provides comments on mobile broadband, convergence and other topics to the press.

Bailey White is a Sr. Partner with Civitium where he helps cities, counties and states achieve their goals for municipal wireless. He has recently advised San Francisco in their negotiations with EarthLink and Google, led Riverside’s negotiations with AT&T, conducted a feasibility study for Harlem, New York City and advised Georgia Technology Authority on a state wide municipal wireless program. He previously served as Director of Marketing and Client Services for Pervasive Services, a Wi-Fi content management firm with clients such as Wireless Philadelphia and the San Francisco Giants

Civitium is the market-leading management, policy, technology and communications consulting firm focused on community broadband initiatives. Civitium provides value through the firm's balanced government and commercial experience, advising the most high-profile wireless cities in the world. Civitium is unique in its intense focus in this area, its experience with other leading cities, its non-affiliation with vendors and services providers and its industry leadership. The firm acts as the trusted advisor to steward many of the market's most high-profile cities and their leadership. As the industry evolves to include new business models, larger regional implementations, and new technologies, Civitium continues to advise many of the most innovative and significant projects.

For more information on Civitium please visit www.civitium.com

Mike Wilt is an Analyst at Civitium, and has worked with many of the firm's clients performing response evaluations and financial analysis. He has assembled and analyzed one of the largest collections of operator agreements for municipal wireless projects. Most recently he helped the Georgia Technology Authority devise a strategy for a state wide digital inclusion initiative. Prior to joining Civitium Mike was associated with the Center for Advanced Communication Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Civitium is the market-leading management, policy, technology and communications consulting firm focused on community broadband initiatives. Civitium provides value through the firm's balanced government and commercial experience, advising the most high-profile wireless cities in the world. Civitium is unique in its intense focus in this area, its experience with other leading cities, its non-affiliation with vendors and services providers and its industry leadership. The firm acts as the trusted advisor to steward many of the market's most high-profile cities and their leadership. As the industry evolves to include new business models, larger regional implementations, and new technologies, Civitium continues to advise many of the most innovative and significant projects.

For more information on Civitium please visit www.civitium.com