Andrew Howell, Research In Motion, has been elected as the new Chairman of the 3GPP Technical Specification Group for the GSM EDGE Radio Access Network.

He replaces Jacques Achard, Alcatel Lucent, who steps down after two sucessful years in the role. Mr Howell paid tribute to Jacques Achard:

“It is not going to be easy following Jacques. He has done an excellent job over the last two years and I know his patient style of chairmanship has been appreciated by all. He will be missed. I am pleased to know that, even though he is unable to continue as the chair, he will still be involved with the work of GERAN.”



The appointment brings Andrew Howell back in to the centre of the GERAN stage, as he was the GERAN Chairman from April 2005 to May 2007.

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Elections for the position of a Chairman and 3 Vice Chairmen of TSG GERAN (GSM EDGE Radio Access Network) were held during

GERAN#42, 11 to 15 May 2009 in Shenzhen, ChinaElections for the position of a Chairman and 3 Vice Chairmen of TSG GERAN (GSM EDGE Radio Access Network) were held during GERAN#42, 11 to 15 May 2009 in Shenzhen, China

Chairmanship

	Name	Company / Partner
	Mr Andrew HOWELL	Research in Motion UK Limited / ETSI

Vice Chairmanship

	Name	Company / Partner
	Dr Jongsoo CHOI	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd / TTA
	Mr Zhixi WANG	HuaWei Technologies Co., Ltd / ATIS
	Dr Leo PATANAPONGPIBUL	VODAFONE Group Plc / ETSI

See Also:

• The 3GPP TSG Elections page

• The GERAN#42 Highlights page, with links to the draft report