Wireless Communication & Network

Biography

Mazlan Abbas has more than 25 years of experience and accomplishments as a senior management capacity primarily accountable for R&D, Product Development Innovation & Solutions, Technology Management, Network Operations and Academia. He is a result-driven professional who utilises his subject matter expertise, leadership, and teamwork to design and execute innovative solutions that create sustaining value to the organisation. Before joining MIMOS, he spent 13 years in CELCOM (mobile operator), handling many senior management positions (including R&D, Billing Operations, Technology & Technical Management, Network Administration & Management, Mobile Data, Integrated Business Solutions and Mobility Solutions). Rich experience and knowledge with IT and Telecommunications operation and transformation. Prior to Celcom, he spent 10 years as an Assoc. Professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is a frequent speaker in many major & established telco conferences such as U-World 2013, WiFi World Summit 2012, Wireless Broadband Emerging Market 2011, WiMAX Forum SEA 2011, ISBC 2010, P1 Expert Net 2009, WiMAX World Congress 2009, IPCentral/Wireless World CeBIT 2009, APT and AIC etc. He currently serves as MOSTI's Technofund and Science Fund (ICT Cluster) Technical & Commercial Evaluation Committee, alternate Member of Communications Industry Standardization Committee (MCMC), Industry Advisory Panel (IAP) for several local universities. He ranked No. 20th Thought Leader by 2014 Onalytics Report.

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