On October 9, 2017, the Wireless Innovation Forum collaborated with the CBRS Alliance to create a one day "Master Monday" session on networks can benefit from the CBRS.  This WISPAPALOOZA provided up-to-date information about how the ecosystem is rolling out and offered insights on many lucrative new opportunities. 

Featured speakers included: 

  • Welcome, Introduction and Overview, Lee Pucker (CEO, Wireless Innovation Forum)
  • CBRS Band (Part 96) Use Cases for WISPs, Mat Varghese (SAS Product Manager, Google) 
  • Regulatory, Steve Coran (FCC Counsel for WISPA) and Richard Bernhardt (National Spectrum Advisor for WISPA and member of the WInnForum SSC Steering Group) 
  • Release 1 High Level Architecture and Standards, Al Jette (Head of North American Standards for Nokia and member of the WInnForum SSC Steering Group)
  • Fixed Wireless Access: Monica Paolini (President, Senza Fili Consulting)
  • CBRS Network Architectures for Certain Use Cases: Masoud Olfat (Director Technology, Standard, and Regulatory for Federated Wireless and Chair of the CBRS Alliance Networks Work Group)
  • Band Coexistence, Al Jette  (Head of North American Standards for Nokia and member of the WInnForum SSC Steering Group)
  • Panel Session: How YOU Can Get Access to 150MHz of Spectrum, moderated by Richard Bernhardt (National Spectrum Advisor for WISPA and member of the WInnForum SSC Steering Group), Panelists include:
    • Mat Varghese (Google)
    • Al Jette (Nokia)
    • Lee Pucker (WInnForum)
    • Steve Coran (WISPA)