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| Conference Programme (Provisional*) | ||
| Day 1: Network Evolution Theme: The Impact of New/Emerging Air Interfaces on Mobile Broadband Wireless Network Deployment |
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| 08.30: | Registration, coffee, informal discussion | |
| 08.50 | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
| 09.00 | 3GPP-2 (EV-DO): Roadmap and Vision for Future Mobile
Broadband Wireless Deployment. Mark Yarkosky, Director of Technical Development - Sprint |
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| 09.30 | LTE: Roadmap and Vision for Future Mobile Broadband Wireless Deployment Dr. Stanley Chia, Senior Director - Vodafone Group |
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| 10.00 | WiMAX: A Route to Low Cost Rapid Deployment of Localised Broadband
Mobile Wireless. Alejandro Martinez, Senior Manager, H/W Product Management - Navini Networks |
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| Coffee & Tea Break | ||
| 11.15 | Metro WiFi: Low Opex, Low Capex – Competitor or Complimentary? Chari Narasimha, Chief Architect - Tropos Networks |
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| 11:45 | Enterprise Mobility - What Customers Expect From Wireless
Broadband Networks Kelly Brown, Manager of Enterprise Mobility - Verizon Business |
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| 12.15 | Achieving Cost Effective Network Coverage for High Speed
Broadband Mobile. Hossein Parandeh, Director of Marketing - Motorola |
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Lunch |
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| 14.00 | Cellular Infrastructure Design for Low Deployment and Operational
Costs. |
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| 14.30 | Challenges and Solutions for 3GPP LTE Basestation Design Gang-Hua Yang, Chief Scientist - Huawei Technologies Co |
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| 15.00 | Multiple Standards, Multiple Markets – All winners
or too much choice? Alan Varghese, Principal Analyst - ABI Research |
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Coffee & Tea
Break |
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| 16.15 | Can WiMAX Compete as a Mobile Service? Caroline Gabriel, Director - Rethink Research Associates |
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| 16.45 | Panel Session: WiFi, WiMAX, EV-DO, 3G, 4G, LTE, ??? - Is this healthy competition, complimentary service provision or just plain politics? |  |
| 19.15 | Drinks on the terrace (Sagaing Courtyard) - kindly sponsored by Powerwave | |
| 20.00 | Conference Banquet (Rhapsody Rooms) - kindly
sponsored by Andrew Corporation Music by The John Adams Jazz Trio - kindly sponsored by TelASIC |
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| Day 2: Technology Evolution Theme: The Impact of New/Emerging Technologies on Network Topology/Price/Performance |
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| 08.30 | Registration, coffee, informal discussion | ||
| 09:00 | Demostrating A Flexible Approach to Radio
Access Network Backhaul Roger Koenig - CEO Carrier Access Corporation & Mike Phillip -- VP Software Systems, Wintegra |
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| 09.30 | IP Backhaul – Getting the Cost Down and Bandwidth Up Alan Solheim, VP Product Management - DragonWave |
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| 10.00 | Cost Effective Power Generation for Remote Cell Sites Dieter Brächtken, CEO - P21 & Vodafone |
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| 11.15 | Meeting the Price/Performance/Support Challenges for Multiple Broadband Wireless Standards Rupert Baines, VP Marketing - picoChip |
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| 11.45 | Programability vs Hardware Acceleration – Getting the Balance Right. Alan Gatherer, CTO Wireless Infrastructure - Texas Instruments |
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| 12.15 | System Integration, the Key to Cost Reduction
in Cellular RF, Mickey Miller, Group President - Andrew Corporation |
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| 14.00 | RF Over Fibre – Simplifying Wireless
Infrastructure |
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| 14.30 | Distributed Network Infrastructure, the
Key to Lower Site Cost. Bill Vassilakis, Vice President, Corporate Research - Powerwave |
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| 15.00 | Leveraging MIMO in Wide-Area Networks Sunil Sanghavi, Senior Vice President, Products - Arraycomm |
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| 16.00 | Reconfigurable Basestations – Do the Benefits Outweigh the
Costs? Toney Prather, CEO - Mid-Tex Cellular & Vanu Bose, CEO - Vanu |
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| 16.30 | Cellular over IP – A Viable Proposition
in the Network? Elliott Hoole, VP Technology - RadioFrame Networks |
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| 19.00 | Wine tasting in the courtyard (Sagaing Courtyard) - kindly sponsored by picoChip | ||
| 20.00 | Gala Dinner (Rhapsody Rooms) - kindly
sponsored by Texas Instruments Music by 2tone - kindly sponsored by TelASIC |
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| Day 3: Service Evolution Theme: The Impact of New/Emerging User Services on Network Dimensioning |
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| 08.30 | Registration, coffee, informal discussion | |
| 09.30 | Network Considerations for Next Generation
Services Kalyani Bogineni - Verizon Wireless |
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| 10.00 | Channel Capacity, Coverage and CAPEX – Getting the Right Balance
for Mobile TV. Alan Moskowitz, Director - MobiTV |
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| 10.30 | The Business Case for Mobile Multimedia – Does it Stack Up? Brian Modoff, Director Global Equities - Deutsche Bank |
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| Coffee & Tea Break | ||
| 11:45 | Mobile VoIP – Network Dimensioning for Quality
of Service Harri Holma, Principal Engineer - Nokia |
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| 12.15 | Rev B: Taking EV-DO to the Next Level Vedat Eyuboglu, Chief Technology Officer - Airvana |
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| 12.45 | Delivering Rich Media Content in the Network Jay Miller- VP Business Development - Tira Wireless |
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| Lunch | ||
| 14.30 | WiMAX Triple-play & Mobile Extending Cable and Satellite Infrastructures
to VoD, Interactive TV and Mobile WiMAX Benjamin Finzi, President, Americas Operations - WiNetworks |
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| 15.00 | Dimensioning the Network Infrastructure for Rich Media Content Carlton O'Neal, VP Marketing - Alvarion |
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| 15:30 | Cost Effective Delivery of Rich Media Content over the
Cellular Network Laura Lazarescou, Manager Business Development - Alcatel |
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| 16.00 | Towards Converged Fixed/Mobile IP Services and Networks Annie Chen - Cisco Systems |
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| Drinks & Light Refreshments | ||
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* Avren Events reserves
the right to change this programme without notice due to speaker
additions or cancellations. |
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