Principal　Dr. Fumio WATANABE

■ QUALIFICATIONS
  • 40 years of experience in research and development of satellite and mobile communication systems including IMT-2000, IMT-Advanced, WiMAX and 5G
  • Head of development, commercialization and deployment of mobile communication systems including 3G (cdmaOne), EV-DO, WiMAX in KDDI and UQ Communications
  • Long time activities in international and domestic standardization of mobile communication systems in ITU-R, ARIB and fora
■ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Fifth-Wave Initiative: 2018 – now
  • KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc.: 1988 – 1999, 2014 -2018
    • Chairman of the Board of Directors, 2014 -2018
    • Board Member, 1998 – 1999
  • KDDI Corporation, 1980 – 1988, 1999 – 2014
    • Executive Director, Technology Development Division, 2006 – 2013
    • Director, Radio Access Technology Division, 1999 – 2006
  • UQ Communications Inc.
    • CTO, 2007 – 2018
  • KDDI Foundations
    • Chairman, 2016 – 2018
  • Tokyo Institute of Technologies
    • Coordinate Professor, 2015 – 2018
  • Standardization
    • ARIB BWA Study Committee, Adviser, 2018 – now
    • ARIB BWA Study Committee, Chairman, 2003 – 2018
    • ARIB Mobile Radio Transmission Study Group, Vice Chairman, 1995 -1998
    • ARIB 3G Mobile Standardization Group, Vice Chairman, 1995 – 2000
    • ITU-R WP8F, Vice Head of Japanese Delegation, 2002 – 2004
    • ITU-R TG8/1, Vice Head of Japanese Delegation, 1993 – 2000
    • ITU-R TG8/1 WG4, Vice Chairman, 1997 – 1999
    • ITU WARC/WRC, Japanese Delegation, 1988-ORB, 1997, 2003
    • ITU-R SG4 (FSS), Japanese Delegation,1985 – 1989
    • WiMAX Forum, Board of Director, 2008 – 2018
■ EDUCATION
  • Ph. D in Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technologies, 1980
    “A research on antenna pattern synthesis by mathematical programming”
  • Master of Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technologies, 1977
  • Bachelor of Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technologies, 1975
■ AWARDS
  • Piero Fanti International Prize, 1989
  • The R & D Awards of Radio Systems, 1991
  • The meritorious Awards on ITU activities, 2001
  • The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, 2010
  • Maejima Memorial Awards, 2013