Dr Ernest Simon
Pioneer Inventor
He s a Cameroonian who pioneered the development of some leading information
communication technologies in the world today. These are the Very Small Aperture Terminals
(VSATs) that he developed together with Hughes Network Systems of USA in 1983, and work
in the Low Earth Orbiting satellite system (LEOs) and Personal Communications Services (PCS)
fields. He also pioneered the Code Division Multiple Access technology used in cell phones
throughout the Americas and Asia, competing with the GSM used in Europe and Africa, and is
now working on third generation wireless systems and All-IP based Wireless Networks.