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TelSoc News and Events
TelSoc Online Event: Professor William Webb: Is it really the end of telecoms history?
Wednesday 12th March 2025 – from 5.00 pm AEDT
TelSoc has pleasure in announcing its next online event on Wednesday 12th March , from 5.00 pm.
The presentation will be by Professor William Webb, connecting from the United Kingdom. He will present a perspective on the history of telecommunications, highlighting why we are now in a different phase than any that has come before, and the likely consequences of that for the sector and more generally.
William’s presentation will draw on his many publications and substantial work in the sector, especially in the mobile services area and in spectrum policy and management, such as The 5G Myth. In particular the presentation will pick up on his most recent book, The End of Telecoms History, published in mid-2024.
The End of Telecoms History has provoked a high level of controversy about the business case that has underpinned the mobile industry in recent years, and its viability. The book was reviewed in the December issue of the Journal; see William Webb’s Contrarian Thesis at https://telsoc.org/journal/jtde-v12-n4/a1176. A further article on the same themes, entitled It’s Time to Rethink 6G, was published in the IEEE Spectrum magazine on 10th February 2025 at https://spectrum.ieee.org/u/william-webb1
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About William Webb: William is an independent consultant providing advice across all telecommunications matters and an Associate with Incyte Consulting. He was one of the founding directors of Neul, a company developing machine-to-machine technologies and networks. Prior to this William was a Director at Ofcom where he managed a team providing technical advice and performing research. He has worked for a range of communications consultancies and spent three years providing strategic management across Motorola’s entire communications portfolio, based in Chicago. He was IET President 2014-2015. |
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William has published 20 books, 100 papers, and 18 patents. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IEEE and the IET, a Visiting Professor at Southampton University and a Board Member of the Marconi Society. He has been awarded multiple honorary doctorates by the UK’s leading universities.
Please join us and William Webb on 12th March 2025. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A Session – and you will be able to share your thoughts and questions. Sure to be interesting.
The event is free, but you must register to be sent a link. Register at https://telsoc.org/event
With the compliment of TelSoc