Google's Rick Whitt Named Keynote Presenter For the Super WiFi Summit in Miami, February 1-3

TMC and Crossfire Media today announced that Rick Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel for Google, will be featured in multiple keynote sessions at the upcoming Super WiFi Summit, which is taking place in Miami on February 1-3, 2012. In Rick's first session, which is scheduled to take place at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, February 1st, he will discuss how the use of unlicensed spectrum, referred to as White Spaces, is fostering technology and providing new mobile broadband alternatives for local providers. This session will as well discuss how the White Spaces database can safely allocate and facilitate the use of this spectrum. On Thursday, February 2nd at 9:00 AM, Rick's second keynote address will cover topics including Android, HTML5, and Google's overall wireless strategy.

Richard S. Whitt is Director and Managing Counsel for Telecom and Media Policy for Google Inc. He is responsible for Google's strategy and advocacy on all wireline, wireless, and media matters earlier the Federal Communications Commission, other Federal agencies and the U.S. Congress. Rick represents the company's interests on a variety of broadband and spectrum policy issues, as then as the "un-regulation" of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and other Web-based applications.

"The unused portions of the UHF white space spectrum can drive down the costs of consumer broadband access and provide a range of new opportunities for service providers and device manufacturers - and we're all looking forward to hearing Google's perspective on this topic," said event producer Carl Ford of Crossfire Media.

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