Four entering Wireless Hall of Fame this fall

* Nick Kauser, former CTO of four major wireless carriers including Rogers Cantel, McCaw Cellular Communications, AT&T Wireless Services and Clearwire, which he as well co-founded. Kauser built the first nationwide network across both Canada and the United States, and laid the basis for nationwide automatic roaming. *Robert Marino, former president and first employee of United TeleSpectrum, as well former president of cellular companies including Compania de Radiocomunicaciones Moviles, Houston Cellular Telephone Company, and the Northeast Region of Nextel Communications. Marino moved from the carrier side to industry services as group president of Convergys Information Management Group.

* Clayton Niles, radio telecommunications pioneer and former chairman of Communications Industries. He played a critical role in securing interconnection for the radio common carrier industry and in convincing the FCC to open cellular applications to RCCs, as then as telephone companies. *Arnold Pohs, former chairman and CEO of CommNet Cellular, former chairman of the CTIA. Pohs was a strong advocate for rural wireless.

Existing Hall members include MCI founder William McGowan, wireless pioneer Craig McCaw, Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs and Martin Cooper, father of the cellphone.