Joint IEEE Section &
Communication Society Meeting

Trends in the Telecommunications Industry

Speaker: Celia Desmond: Celia Desmond, President of World Class - Telecommunications which provides training in telecommunications management, has lectured internationally. As Director - Industry Liaison for Stentor Resource Center Inc., she was the corporate external technical linkage. At Bell Canada, Celia provided strategic direction to corporate planners, ran technology/service trials, standardized equipment, and provided technical and project management support to large business clients. She is author of "Project Management for Telecommunications Managers" (Springer). Celia holds MS Engineering, BS Mathematics & Psychology, and an Ontario Teaching Certificate. Celia has taught at the University at Ryerson School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, and University of Toronto.

Event Date: Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Meeting Location: Johnny's Cafe, 4702 South 27th Street, Omaha, NE

Sign in & Happy Hour: 5:00 P.M.

Dinner Served: 5:40 P.M.

Presentation & Questions: 6:15 P.M.

Meal Price and Selections:

• $20 - Top Sirloin (10 oz)
• $20 - Ginger Chicken
• $20 - Salmon Filet
• $10 - Student Top Sirloin (10 oz)
• $10 - Student Ginger Chicken
• $10 - Student Salmon Filet

All meals include baked potato, salad, rolls, coffee, and tea.

IEEE Student meals are half-price ($10).

This presentation is worth One and a half (1.5) Professional Development Hours. Indicate your need for a PDH certificate during sign in at the meeting or on the sign up form below.

Sponsor: Open

Topic Overview: This talk is an overview of the present environment with trends in the voice, data, and multimedia communications industry. The evolution of technologies, such as Voice over IP, allowed people to use internet for voice calls. Engineers and other creative designers are introducing new services almost daily and many of these become popular. This growth helps but cannot sustain the industry because the revenues produced by these services are low. The internet culture was one of offering free service, with generally low quality, which is diametrically opposed to the telecom culture. The nature of the telecom industry has changed, and will continue to evolve.