After an early stint with Marconi Canada designing mobile wireless radios, Nick spent the first phase of his career in Venezuela. He worked for the National Telephone Co. (āCANTVā) and co-founded two companies in the communications industry.
In 1984 Nick was recruited by Cantel (now Rogers Wireless), the newly-licensed Canadian cellular carrier based in Toronto. He served as Vice President of Engineering and subsequently Senior Vice President of Operations, building out the first nationwide cellular network in Canada when Cantel achieved coast-to-coast cellular coverage in 1989.
After joining McCaw Cellular Communications in 1990, Nick also led the team that built the first nationwide network in the United States. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, and continued in this role after the merger with AT&T Wireless Services. Until his retirement in 1998, he oversaw all aspects of engineering and network operations, long-range planning and evolution of the wireless network. Nick was also responsible for Project Angel, the AT&T Wireless fixed wireless initiative.
In 2004, Nick helped launch Clearwire and served as Chief Technology Officer of Clearwire Inc., President of Clearwire International, and a Director of Clearwire, Inc. He has served on the boards of Cantel, XO Communications and RadioFrame Networks, and continues to serve on multiple boards, including Pendrell Corporation (Formerly ICO Global Holdings Communications, Inc.).
Nick obtained his electrical engineering degree from McGill University in 1963 and has completed post graduate courses in Logic design and Random Noise and Signals. For his pioneering work in fixed wireless, he received the prestigious Gold Prize awarded by The Carnegie Melon Institute and American Management Systems for excellence in the application of information technology. In 2011 he was inducted into the Wireless Hall of Fame.
Nick Kauser is presently a Partner in Eagle River Holdings.