Regis J. “Bud” Bates has more than 48 years of experience in telecommunications and information services and has long been considered a technology “Guru.” He currently contributes to these fields as an author, consultant, expert witness, speaker, course developer, and teacher. He has written numerous books on the technologies.
With clients spanning the range of Fortune 100–500 companies, Mr. Bates has been involved in the design of major voice and data networks. His innovative ideas in implementation have been written up in trade journals and magazines. Many of his projects deal with multiple sites and countries using various architectures. A significant amount of Mr. Bates’ work has also been in the wireless communications ...
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