The global financial crunch created significant challenges for wireless broadband operators in 2009, as lenders and equity investors became more cautious, selective and risk averse. Access to the U.S. government's broadband stimulus funds won't be easy either, with the program being way oversubscribed.

Whether you are a start-up looking for funding to kick start your business or an established operator in search of additional investment, join the WCAI webinar and learn about alternative funding opportunities available to operators in rural and emerging markets.

Speakers:

• Bill MacNamara, Vice President, Agility Ventures
• Bill Wallace, Chairman, DigitalBridge
• Mike Brown, CEO, Dynamic Broadband

This webinar is jointly organized by the WCAI’s Emerging Markets and Broadband Financial Committees. It is open to all and free of charge.

Register here, or contact Susan Polyakova, susan@wcai.com, with questions.

Maximizing Success for Your Broadband Stimulus Application in Final Filing Round
December 17, 2009, 2:00 PM ET

The second Notice of Funds Availability for BIP/BTOP economic stimulus funding is not expected until mid-January. Yet, many potential applicants are already hard at work developing plans for this second, and last, filing window.

Join the WCAI webinar and learn from Paul Sinderbrand, WCAI Counsel and a partner at Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, what you should be doing now to maximize the odds that your second round application will be successful.

The webinar is organized by the WCAI’s Emerging Markets and Broadband Financial committees and is open to WCAI members only.

Contact Susan, susan@wcai.com for presentation materials if you missed the webinar.

3.65 GHz Band: Unlocking Its Potential
November 18, 2009, 1:00 PM ET

The 3.65 GHz band presents a unique opportunity to operators in the United States to expand their coverage to new markets and improve the economics and performance of their networks.  Over 800 operators nationwide have applied for or received a license to operate in these lightly licensed frequencies since they were made available by the FCC in 2005.  However, the band has still not reached a critical mass of deployment and harbors significant potential for growth.
 
Join the WCAI webinar and find out how you can maximize your return on investment in the 3.65 GHz band and unlock the band's potential by addressing its remaining regulatory and technical challenges.

Presenters: 

• Fred Campbell, WCAI President & CEO
  
  
• Paul Sinderbrand, WCAI Regulatory Counsel, Wilkinson Barker Knauer
  
  
• Jason Lazar, WCAI 3.65GHz Working Group Chair, KeyOn Communications
  
  
• Harry Perlow, WCAI Engineering Committee Chair, Clearwire Corporation
  

The webinar is open to all and is free of charge.

Missed the webinar? Download the presentation here!

WCAI Webinar: Analyzing Broadband Stimulus Rules and Applications
WCAI will hold a member-only webinar on Wednesday, July 8 at 2 pm ET to analyze the broadband stimulus NoFA released by the NTIA and the RUS this week and brief the members on the next steps they need to take to apply for the broadband stimulus funds. Speaking on the webinar will be WCAI President Fred Campbell and WCAI Regulatory Counsel Paul Sinderbrand of Wilkinson Barker Knauer. The event will be sponsored by WCAI member Airspan. The webinar is open to WCAI members only and is free of charge.

For more information or to register, please contact Angela Wagner at angela@wcai.com.

Broadband Provisions of Economic Stimulus Bill: Obtaining Government Funding for Your Business
WCAI will hold a webinar on Thursday, February 19 at 2 pm ET to analyze the impact of the Economic Stimulus Bill on wireless broadband providers and discuss next steps at the various governmental entities charged with distributing more than $6 billion in funding for broadband grants. The presentation will be led by WCAI Legal Counsel Paul Sinderbrand and Christine Crowe of Wilkinson Barker Knauer. The webinar is open to WCAI members only and is free of charge.

International CES
Las Vegas, NV

The deadline for free registration is October 1, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.cesweb.org/.

Law Seminars International
Washington, DC

The sixth annual comprehensive conference on Spectrum Management and latest policy issues before Congress and the FCC. For more information or to register, please visit http://www.lawseminars.com/seminars/10SPECDC.php.