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The following announcement appears in the IEEE Grid magazine.
All interested parties are welcome to attend.

IEEE Oakland/East Bay Communications Society

Subject:	Technology Evolution in Cellular Mobile Communications
Date:		Thursday, March 19, 1992
Time:		7:00 PM
Location:	Pacific Bell, 2600 Camino Ramon, San Ramon
                (Bollinger Cyn. Rd. Exit, East to Camino Ramon)
Information:	Paul Brierley (510)823-4870  (No reservations required.)

Abstract

Cellular Mobile communications in North America is about to enter a new
phase, with a number of carriers field-testing and finalizing plans for 
deployment of second generation systems based on digital technology or
innovative extensions of the first generation analog FM technology.
Despite endorsement by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry
Association (CTIA) of TDMA - the digital technology recommended by the
TIA standards body - competing technologies such as CDMA, NAMPS,
E-TDMA and proprietary microcell implementations continue to shed
uncertainty in the technology platform which future systems will share.

This presentation will discuss the various system technology options 
available for second and future generation cellular, and provide an 
indication of how this multi-choice environment may impact the industry's 
goal to offer seamless service to subscribers.

Biography

Mr. Mohammed (Mo) O. Ali, Manager of Standards Development at PacTel
Corporation in Walnut Creek, currently participates in a number of
mobile communications industry forums and standards committees.
These include the CTIA Technology Committee, the TIA TR45.3 Subcommittee
on Digital Cellular Standards, the TIA TR45.4 Subcommittee on Microcells/PCS
standards, the Telocator PCS Membership Section, and the CCIR Task Group 8/1
committee on future public land mobile telecommunication systems (FPLMTS).
He has previously done R&D work in cellular systems while at NovAtel
Communications Ltd., and in mobile satellite communications while at
MPR Teltech Ltd.

Mr. Ali holds the degrees of BSEE and M.Eng in Electrical Engineering,
and an MBA in Management Science.  He is a member of the IEEE and NSPE.