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NYCwireless August Meeting
TONIGHT!!
TONIGHT!!
TONIGHT!!
Wed, August 29th, 2007 at 7:00pm
Please note earlier starting time for meeting.
Bway.net
568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner
Suite 404
New York, NY 10012
(lobby sign-in required)
Agenda:
Presentation by
-- Michael Hallinan and Tejpaul Bhatia, GlobeCo2020
Company Description
GlobeCo2020 is sharing the internet with the developing world. We
are a media services company that delivers digital content into
emerging markets. We aim to develop sustainable business models for
broadband networks. We are focused on bridging the global digital
divide due to poor infrastructure and unsustainable business models
in the developing world.
Join us at NYCwireless to help answer how wireless technologies can
be used to bridge the global digital divide.
Topics covered:
-> Wireless infrastructure in the developing world
-> Content delivery as a business model
-> A "franchise model" for wireless networks
-> Emphasis on brainstorming, questions and feedback
Bios:
Michael Rourk Hallinan
As a Captain in the Marine Corps, Michael has six years of experience
planning, installing, operating and maintaining over 20 wireless and
satellite voice, video and data systems in Australia, Kenya, Kuwait,
Japan, Korea, Philippines, Iraq and Hurricane Katrina ravaged parts
of the US.
Michael received the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal for leading
50 Marines with "inexhaustible energy" during the final combat
offensive in Fallujah, Iraq. He also received a Navy Commendation
Medal for leading 50 engineers in deploying wireless networks
throughout Asia and the Middle East. He is an active member of the
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association and founder
of Semper Fi House, a community support initiative for Marines.
Prior to the Marine Corps, Michael founded Student Media Group, which
distributed student media nationally for companies such as AT&T and
Citibank. Michael has also held various positions at Merrill Lynch,
the US Senate and the US Department of Justice.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from
Georgetown University. He is a board member of The Way of Grace
Development Corporation, which is developing social and physical
infrastructure in the war torn country of Liberia. Michael has worked
with the SoCal FreeNet project, which brings free wireless access to
lower-economic neighborhoods in San Diego.
Tejpaul Bhatia
Tejpaul Bhatia is the founder of Tej Media Networks, a consulting
company that provides digital technology and strategy services to
global media companies including ESPN, NBC, SONY, ABC, Brightcove and
Corpus.
Tejpaul was most recently senior manager of international business
strategy for ESPN, where he planned and launched new media businesses
in Mexico, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Europe. He joined ESPN
in 2002 to build the underlying infrastructure for acquiring,
distributing and tracking video on multiple digital platforms and was
responsible for conceiving, developing and distributing ESPN360, the
company's customizable global broadband service.
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NYCwireless monthly meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every
month. They are free, and open to all, RSVP not required.
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NYCwireless is a non-profit organization that advocates for, and
enables the growth of free, public wireless networks.
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Joe Plotkin
NYCwireless
Board of Directors
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phone: 212.982.9800
web: http://NYCwireless.net
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