The Wireless History Foundation is holding its inaugural Wireless Hall of Fame dinner Oct. 5 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The event will recognize new members into the Wireless Hall of Fame, started by RCR Wireless News in 2000. Tickets are $250 and can be purchased at www.wirelesshistoryfoundation.org.
“Induction in the Wireless Hall of Fame is one of the wireless industry’s highest honors,” said Denny Strigl, retired president and chief operating officer of Verizon Communications and former president and CEO of Verizon Wireless. Strigl, who was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame in 2004, will chair the event, which takes place on the eve of the CTIA fall trade show. “I am proud to be associated with individuals whose contributions and achievements launched the wireless industry and to honor them at the inaugural Wireless Hall of Fame dinner.”
The Wireless History Foundation was formed to preserve and promote the history of wireless telecommunications and assumed administration of the Wireless Hall of Fame program, originally created in 2000 by RCR Wireless News, to recognize outstanding achievements across all disciplines in the wireless industry. Twenty-four people have been inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame to date.