Kohei SATOH

Managing Director ARIB, Japan

3GPP PCG Vice Chairman

Kohei Satoh received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Yamagata University in 1973 and 1975, respectively, and received Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Kyoto University in 1989. In 1975, he joined the Electrical Communication Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (NTT), Japan, and in 1992, he transferred to NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc. (NTT DoCoMo). Since 1975, he has been engaged in the research on radio propagation for satellite communication systems, research and development of mobile satellite communications and mobile communications systems. After 1985, he has been also engaged in standardization activities of mobile satellite services in ITU-R and international alliance activities for IMT-2000. He has been a President and CEO of DoCoMo Communications Laboratories Europe GmbH in Munich, Germany, from November 2000 to May 2002. In July 2002, he moved from NTT DoCoMo to Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB). He is now a Managing Director of ARIB, and his current job is to promote standardization activities on mobile communication systems for enhancement of IMT-2000 and for IMT-Advanced. He has actively participated in ITU-R WP5D, 3GPP, APT Wireless Group and China, Japan and Korea IT Standards meeting since he joined ARIB. He is currently vice chairman of APT Wireless Group. Dr. Satoh is a member of the IEEE and the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers of Japan.

Rajan S. Mathews

Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India

Prior to joining COAI as DG, Rajan served as COO of US Operations and Corp. CFO and VP of Telargo Inc, overseeing all of the company’s Financial, Treasury, Accounting, Tax, Administrative and Human Resource functions. Prior to joining Telargo, Rajan was President of Afghan Wireless Communications Company, establishing it as Afghanistan’s largest and most profitable telecommunications company. Before this, Rajan served as VP and CFO of Call Sciences Inc., a premier provider of Unified Communications Services. Immediately before this, he was at AT & T Wireless, where he held a number of executive leadership positions, including Divisional CFO, Corporate Controller, President and CEO of one if its largest joint ventures – Birla-AT&T in India (now IDEA). Earlier in his career, Rajan was a finance executive at such companies as Beatrice International, Tri-Star/Columbia Motion Pictures and senior consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Rajan served on the boards of several for-profit and non-profit organizations. He earned both his Master of Business Administration and Master of Arts degrees from Rutgers University and he is a CPA from the State of New Jersey.

T. R. DUA,

Chairman - Advisory Board (LTE Summit Mumbai)

An engineering graduate with diploma in Business Management and export Marketing. Have an experience of over 35 years in the telecom sector. Experience includes all facets of telecom be it Product Development, Business Development, Telecom Licensing, Regulatory, Spectrum Management And Spectrum Related Issues Like Spectrum Pricing, Efficient Utilization etc. Have also been involved very closely with number of Joint Ventures / Technical Collaborations. All these years I have held very prestigious positions as Director in leading telecom companies like Bharti Airtel Ltd., Shyam Telecom Ltd., & presently I am working as a Deputy Director General with Cellular Operators Association of India. Very actively involved with various professional institutions / associations to promote the interest of telecom sector and published many papers in telecom.