Jonathan Wakeling
Acting Director, Fundamental Research and IPR. BT Group plc
Speaker profile
Jon has worked for BT for over forty years, starting as an apprentice, with over thirty years in technology research and strategy roles. He has a wide range of expertise in satellite, HAPS and wireless communications, broadband access technologies, customer demand for bandwidth and techno-economic analysis of new network technologies.
Jon’s current role includes: developing new learning in fundamental physical phenomena into engineering capabilities; driving IPR generation and exploitation; evaluation of emerging non-terrestrial network (NTN) technologies and systems; developing an NTN R&D programme covering component development through to applications and services; building collaborative project proposals and teams. Jon is focusing on satellite/HAPS-terrestrial convergence and integration in 5/6G, space-ground quantum and optical communications, and helping the New Anglia LEP establish and develop the SpaceEast cluster.