Simon Pike Email & Phone Number

Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Thatcham

London

I was Chair of the International Working Group ('Cluster 4') of the UK Spectrum Policy Forum,

Coordinating the Liberal Democrat campaign in the South East region of England for the UK to remain in the European Union.We tried our best!

Newbury

I was responsible for Vodafone’s strategy on radio spectrum management and I led Vodafone's representation on spectrum-related issues in CEPT, ITU and ETSI.I was responsible for representing Vodafone on issues relating to spectrum management, in UK (Ofcom, Government, Spectrum Policy Forum, and techUK), Europe (CEPT and the European Commission) and internationally (ITU, GSMA and NGMN). I was jointly responsible for developing Vodafone’s strategy on spectrum and related regulatory fields, and wrote many internal policy papers and briefing papers.I was a member of the UK delegation for the last five World Radiocommunication Conferences, playing a full part in the delegation (for example, preparing briefing material and participating in the Editorial Committee), I actively contributed to the preparatory studies for the Conferences, in CEPT (CPG project teams) and ITU (JTG 4-5-6-7, WP5D, WP8F, JTG 1-6-8-9 etc), and I was given leadership positions in WRC-03 and WRC-07.I wrote Vodafone responses to many Ofcom consultations, especially on the digital dividend (800MHz band), spectrum usage rights and cognitive radio, and for the spectrum management aspects of many other responses to consultations by Ofcom, CEPT, the European Commission and EU Radio Spectrum Policy Group. I played a leading role in the studies that enabled UK to release the 800MHz band for mobile.I was appointed as Chair of the International Working Group ('Cluster 4') of the UK Spectrum Policy Forum, and I have held a number of chairmanships and positions of responsibility within ITU, CEPT and ETSI bodies.

Swindon, United Kingdom

I provided the technical input to the strategy for the GSM Business Unit, for both GSM and UMTS, and was responsible for ensuring that positions taken in standards meetings were aligned with this strategy. I represented Lucent Technologies in ETSI standards meetings for GSM and UMTS, and provided consultancy on radio, spectrum and related issues.

Swindon, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the definition and specification of RF architecture for future products, and providing advice to design teams. Iepresented Motorola on ETSI standards committees, and was elected Chairman of ETSI SMG 8 in January 1995. I developed proposals for collaborative research projects (both EU and UK funded).

Crawley Court, Winchester

I was responsible within the Experimental and Development (R&D) Department of the IBA for research in the area of terrestrial TV distribution by microwaves (12GHz and 40GHz). I developed the experimental equipment for field trials, and represented the IBA on a Government consultative committee.This was one of the first (unsuccessful) attempts to use mm-waves for a consumer application.