William has over 30 years of experience across most aspects of fixed and mobile telecommunications. An engineer by training, with a PhD in modulation theory, he has held various roles as CTO, CEO and consultant. He was CTO at Access Partnership, CTO at CBNG (a fixed wireless company) and CTO at OpenSignal. He was one of the founding directors of Neul, a company developing machine-to-machine technologies and networks. William was a Director at Ofcom where he managed a team providing technical advice and performing research across all areas of Ofcom’s regulatory remit. He was President of the IET – Europe’s largest Professional Engineering body during 14/15.

William has published 23 books including “The 5G Myth”, “The End of Telecoms History” and “Spectrum Management”, over 100 papers, and 18 patents. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IEEE and the IET, a Visiting Professor at Southampton University, a Board Member of the Marconi Society and a non-executive director at Motability. He has been awarded three honorary doctorates and the IET’s Mountbatten medal, one of its highest honours, in recognition of his contribution to technology entrepreneurship.