America's next generation of wireless products

The emergence of wireless communications has changed every aspect of our daily lives. In the blink of an eye more wireless products are introduced and yesterday's rage becomes today's outdated fad. How have wireless technologies changed the culture of America? What could possibly be next?

On the next edition of Technogenesis, Jon Horovitz, a vice president at Nextel Communications, and Edmond J. Thomas, chief of the Office of Engineering and Technology at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), join Stevens President Dr. Harold Raveche in an exciting presentation of the next wave of wireless products.

Technogenesis is a weekly TV program produced by Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens), in cooperation with cn8, the Comcast Network. This week's program features an investigation into how wireless communications have changed every facet of our lives, from business to homeland security to the organization of our personal affairs. The program also explores new technologies working to further connect our lives without wires.

The Technogenesis program, "The Next Generation of Wireless Products in America." airs at 7:00 p.m., on cn8, the Comcast Network, each of the following Sundays in New Jersey and parts of neighboring states, including the Philadelphia and Baltimore regions: June 15, June 29, July 13 and July 27. The program will also appear at various times throughout the week on the local Comcast outlets in Prince William and Fairfax counties, Va., as well as Prince George's County, Md. Please check for local listings.

Hosted by Stevens President Dr. Harold J. Raveche and veteran TV journalist Steve Taylor, each program includes special guests from the areas of science, technology, government, education, business or industry.

Jon Horovitz has been working in the wireless industry for more than 12 years. He currently heads up the Indirect Sales team at Nextel Communications, covering the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut/Western Massachusetts areas. Horovitz's team works with local outside authorized representatives, wholesale and retail dealers, and local and national retailers. He's responsible for growing Nextel's presence within the indirect distribution channel by increasing the amount of dealers, as well as Nextel's wireless share within those dealerships.

Edmond Thomas in his 36-year career has held senior positions in R&D, strategic planning, operations, regulatory matters, and telecommunication network design and implementation. On February 1, 2002, he was appointed chief of the Office of the Engineering and Technology (OET) at the Federal Communications Commission.

Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Thomas served as president and CEO of RSL USA, a $500 million dollar international telecommunications company, as well as president of Science and Technology at Bell Atlantic.

In 1998 he was named one of the 50 most influential people in long distance by Phone Plus Magazine.

Co-produced by Stevens and Comcast, the half-hour Technogenesis programs feature government, research and industry leaders discussing some of the most challenging real-world issues facing science and technology today.

The Comcast Network is one of the nation's largest regional cable networks reaching more than to 4 million households in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

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