September 24, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Research and consulting organization the Yankee Group (YankeeGroup.com) announced on Tuesday that it has confirmed a group of senior telecommunications executives, corporate customers, telecom policy-makers and Yankee Group telecommunications experts for its October Telecom Industry Forum.
The two-day event, held in Washington, DC on October 21 and 22, will explore the five most important issues facing communications service providers in the post-recession economy, says the Yankee Group, including deregulation, globalization, access to capital, new technology and competition.
Among the confirmed presenters, says the Yankee Group, are FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy; Network Appliance VP Jeffry R. Allen; Yankee Group founder Howard Anderson; ADC Software Systems president Larry Parker; Sprint chairman and CEO Bill Esrey; National Telecommunications and Information Administration deputy secretary Michael D. Gallagher; AT&T Network Services president Frank Ianna; Lucent Technologies? Bell Labs president Bill O?Shea; National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners general counsel James Bradford Ramsay; ADC CEO Richard Roscitt; Verizon president and CEO Ivan Seidenberg; Former FCC Chairman Dick Wiley; and others.
More information about the forum is available at the Yankee Group?s website, says the company.
