David Wisely Author

Peter Smyth has been at the forefront of developments in telecoms and computer science for over 35 years, most recently as VP of core innovation at CableLabs, USA. He previously held various senior research positions at BT Group, including VP of mobility and converged services, and head of mobility and wireless research. He holds 19 granted patents and was awarded the prestigious Martlesham Medal for Science and Technology in 2011. Peter Willis worked for BT Group from 1988 to 2021, during which time he researched distributed computer networks, designed, installed, and operated BT's first internet service, and contributed to BT's 21st-century network architecture. He evaluated many new network technologies, including NFV solutions, optical burst switching, terabit ethernet and terabit routers. He was the lead author of the first ETSI NFV whitepaper and was key in developing NFV into an industry-wide technology. David Wisely worked at BT Group for over 25 years where he became the head of mobility research in 2009. He was the technical manager for a range of influential EU projects including BRAIN and MIND which went on to shape 3 and 4G mobile standards. After leaving BT, he moved to Surrey University where he worked on 5G techno-economics. He holds 20 patents and is the author of two books on mobile telecoms.