Sr. Broadband Consultant for Magellan, Greg Whelan, will be speaking at the Maine Broadband Summit this Friday at 10:50 a.m. On the schedule, look for "Session B1 - The Open Last Mile" and reach out to Greg after his talk to learn more about how we can help bring fiber broadband to your towns and cities.

Follow this link to register https://www.mainebroadbandcoalition.org/2021mainebroadbandsummit

Greg is a subject matter expert in broadband, fiber, digital infrastructure, mobile, 5G, cloud/edge, telecommunications, and IoT.  He was a pioneer in broadband and created the project that led to the first broadband ADSL modem chipset in the industry.  He was a co-founder and vice president of the original Broadband Forum and participated in early international broadband standards organizations.  He was part of the team that architected one of the first Open Access Broadband networks in the U.S. and was early in connecting private funding and open fiber networks.  Prior to joining Magellan Advisors, he was an independent broadband industry analyst and advisor. Before that he led broadband marketing and products at Cisco Systems, Cascade Communications, Analog Devices and a number of start-ups in the greater Boston area. 

Maine Broadband Coalition (MBC) is a network of public policy works, educational advocates, businesses, non-profit organizations, government agencies, and individuals who care deeply about Maine’s digital future. We believe in the power of community driven broadband planning - evidence based policy making, and multi-organizational collaboration to enable a future of reliable, accessible, and affordable high speed internet for everyone.  We welcome one and all to this effort.