Philippe Dupuis (engineer)
{{UPE|date=September 2021}}
{{short description|Frencd telecommunication engineer (1931-2019)}}
{{Infobox engineer
|name = Philippe Dupuis
|image = Phiippe Dupuis.jpg
|caption = Philippe Dupuis in 1999 in Paris
|birth_place = French
|birth_date = {{Birth year|1931}}
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|02|07|1931}}
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|known_for = Co-founding GSM Technology
|occupation = Telecommunications engineer}}
Philippe Dupuis ({{IPA|fr|filip dypɥi}}; 1931-2019) was a French post-war telecommunications engineer, polytechnician, and a radiocommunications expert born in Saint Romain de Colbosc, Normandy, France. He co-invented Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). He was on the ETSI Technical Committee and also served as the president of the GSM group.{{Cite web|title=The modest father of SMS, who had much to be modest about|url=https://www.theregister.com/2015/07/08/the_real_history_of_sms/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.theregister.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=GSM & UMTS: The Creation of Global Mobile Communications - PDF Free Download|url=https://epdf.pub/gsm-amp-umts-the-creation-of-global-mobile-communications.html|access-date=2020-08-21|website=epdf.pub|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-02-16|title=Philippe Dupuis, le père du GSM s'est éteint|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/philippe-dupuis-le-pere-du-gsm-sest-eteint-964834|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Les Echos|language=fr}}{{Cite web|date=2019-04-02|title=Philippe Dupuis (51), l'artisan du GSM|url=https://www.lajauneetlarouge.com/philippe-dupuis-51-lartisan-du-gsm/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=La Jaune et la Rouge|language=fr-FR}}
Early life and education
Career
Dupuis started his career at PTT or "Postes, Télégraphes et Téléphones de France," in 1956. He supervised the launch of the first French mobile VHF telephony network covering Paris. Dupuis joined France Câbles & Radio, a state-owned company in 1962. The company sent him to Senegal for three years to oversee the activities in West Africa. In 1973, Dupuis led the creation of the Telecommunications Department for external networks. He re-joined PTT as the head of the international services division. He became the managing director of SOFRECOM, a French telecommunication service company, in 1978. Three years after that, he became an advisor to the director-general of telecommunications for mobile services.{{Citation|last=Dupuis|first=Philippe|title=GSM : un projet européen au retentissement mondial|date=2014-02-04|url=http://books.openedition.org/igpde/3456|work=Les ingénieurs des Télécommunications dans la France contemporaine : Réseaux, innovation et territoires (XIXe-XXe siècles). Colloque des 21 et 22 octobre 2010|pages=205–223|editor-last=Griset|editor-first=Pascal|series=Histoire économique et financière - XIXe-XXe|place=Vincennes|publisher=Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique|isbn=978-2-8218-3701-0|access-date=2020-08-21}}
He contributed to the establishment of Franco-German R & D cooperation for the successful development of the GSM standard. Dupuis served as the lead of the French delegation for GSM at CEPT Groupe Special Mobile, chaired by Thomas Haug, and European Telecommunication Standard Institute, ETSI.
He became an independent consultant after the adoption of GSM in 1992. He was then appointed as the president of the GSM group in April 1992 to succeed Thomas Haug. As the president, he contributed to the developments in 2G and laid the groundwork for 3G. He retired from the business in 1996.{{Cite book|last=Lembke|first=Johan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-ROPEybrpsC&dq=philippe+dupuis+GSM&pg=PA141|title=Competition for Technological Leadership: EU Policy for High Technology|date=2002-11-27|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn=978-1-78195-699-1|language=en}}
Honors and awards
In 1996, he received knighthood as he became Knight of the Legion of Honour and National Officer of Merit. He, along with Thomas Haug, received the James Clerk Maxwell Medal in 2018. Prince William presented the award to them in Edinburg for their contributions to the first digital mobile telephone standard.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-10|title=Old Mobile Phone History Martin Cooper of Motorola|url=https://www.wemedia.co.in/article/wm/4e1c24a0928e11eaa88a6573a1769945|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Rozbuzz WeMedia}}{{Cite web|date=2018-09-28|title=Philippe Dupuis, Lauréat de Mathématiques en 1949, reçoit la médaille Maxwell 2018|url=https://concoursgeneral.org/philippe-dupuis-laureat-de-mathematiques-en-1949-recoit-la-medaille-maxwell-2018/|access-date=2020-08-21|website=Association des Lauréats du Concours Général|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|title=Revue TELECOM 191 - La définition du GSM Les contributions majeures d'alumnis de Télécom ParisTech {{!}} Telecom Paris alumni {{!}} Le réseau des étudiants et diplômés de Télécom Paris|url=https://www.telecom-paris-alumni.fr/article/revue-telecom-191-la-definition-du-gsm-les-contributions-majeures-d-alumnis-de-telecom-paristech/15/12/2018/2995|access-date=2020-08-21|website=www.telecom-paris-alumni.fr|language=fr}}