Upcoming Events
Small Cells MENA
October 9-10, 2012
Dubai
Small Cells Americas
December 3-4, 2012
USA
Program
Femtocells Americas 2011, in exclusive partnership with
the Femto Forum, is billed to be the only Femto focused event in the Americas.
**50% Operator Discount ** 20% Femto Forum Full Member Discount**
DAY 1 – DECEMBER 5, 2011 8:50 Welcome to Femtocells Americas 2011Simon  Saunders, Chairman, Femto Forum |
| 9:00 Femto Forum: 2011 achievements and expanding market opportunities Simon Saunders, Chairman, Femto Forum |
 9:20 Femtocells in the Turkish GSM market and Avea's position Egemen Kurdoglu, R&D Director, Avea  |
| 9:45 Indoor small cells as an extension of the network Yoshihito Shimazaki, Deputy Division Head, SoftBank  |
 10:10 The value of femtocells in the enterprise
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| 10:30 Coffee Break |
 11:05 A new kind of network: open indoor femtos for both indoor and outdoor coverageNick Karter, Vice President of Business Development, Qualcomm  |
11:25 Getting ready for LTE femtocells in SK Telecom Yeongjune Jeong, Manager, Access Network Lab, SK Telecom  11:50 Enterprise femtocells case study – Using SON to open new market segments and transform customer satisfactionMonty Johnson, General Manager - Americas, Ubiquisys 
 12:10 Femtocells - Where are we now and where are they going?• How femtocells fit in an integrated heterogeneous network • Moving femtocells out of the home and into the enterprise segment • Marketing femtocells as a value added-service for the customer Jagdish Rebello, Research Director, iSuppli  |
| 12:30 Networking Lunch |
| 1:30 Femtocell deployments in the SMB and enterprise branch market Christopher Crawford, Business Product Manager, Verizon Wireless 
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| 2:05 Small cells deployment strategies • Co-channel versus dedicated options • The role of self organizing networks in HetNet deployments Dr. Mohamed Madkour, Head of Wireless Product Line Marketing, Huawei Technologies USA  |
2:25 Incorporating femtocells into the GCI network
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| 2:50 Coffee Break |
| 3:30 Opportunities for femtocell deployment in Telcel's network • Data offload through femtocells and small cells in densely populated areas • Where femtocells fit and what we want them to do • What's next? Telcel's vision for femtocells and small cells in a heterogeneous network Oscar Aguilar, RAN Strategic Planning Manager, Telcel México  3:55 Enterprise services: The next step for femtocellsChris McDonald, Business Development Manager, Sprint  |
 4:20 PANEL: Value Added Services through femtocells• Opportunities for femtocell services geared towards customers • Monetizing femtocells through location-based services and applications designed for the end-user • Strategies to advance the eco-system and drive development Moderator: Jagdish Rebello, Research Director, iSuppli Camillo Carlini, Home Network & Handset Engineering, Telecom Italia Chris McDonald, Business Development Manager, Sprint 
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| 5:00 End of Day One 6:00 Pre-Dinner Drinks Reception  - kindly sponsored by  6:30 Conference Gala Dinner  - kindly sponsored by  |
| DAY 2 – DECEMBER 6, 2011 |
9:00 Optus 3G Homezone
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| 9:25 Mobile network development at DOCOMO Hiroyuki Hosono, Radio Network System Group - Radio Access Network Development Department, NTT Docomo  |
9:50 4G, 3G, 2G and Wi-Fi - why small cells need to be ultra-flexible in next generation mobile networks
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| 10:10 Femtocell services, applications and the developer community • Latest developments from the Femto Forum in definite APIs and specifications • Use studies enabled by the Femto Services APIs • Taking the next step: plans to roll out the APIs to the broader developer community Andy Germano, Vice Chair, Femto Forum 10:30 Coffee Break |
| 11:00 Mosaic Telecom's femtocell launch and trial results • Femtocell field trial results • Customer feedback and live experience • Femtocells for rural carriers: Opportunities based on Mosaic's experience Rick Vergin, CEO, Mosaic Telecom 
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11:25 Latest developments in femtocell technology: Mass-market consumer-priced silicon chips at the heart of the femtocell revolution
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| 11:45 HetNet, small cells and femtocells Yoav Volloch, Director of Product Marketing, Broadcom  12:05 One year on... Antel's femtocell deployment and trials in 2011• Deployment challenges for Latin American operators • Where femtocells fit in Antel's strategic technology roadmap • Customer feedback and deployment timeline Natalia Pignataro, Cellular Planning Unit, Antel Uruguay  12.30 Heterogeneous Networks: Do you have the right building blocks?• Opportunity to leverage R&D spend from small cells to large cells; indoor to outdoor • Improve time to, and time in market • Evaluate options for software, partners and a scalable air to core signal processing chain Preet Virk, Director - Global Networking Segment Marketing, Freescale  |
12:50 Networking Lunch |
| 1:50 The role of femtocells in an integrated LTE mesh architecture • Where femtocells fit in LTE • The role of small cells in rolling out a network cost-effectively • Clear Mobitel’s vision for small cell deployment and LTE network roll-out Harpal Mann, CEO, Clear Mobitel  |
| 2:15 Mobile apps and small cells – Empowering small cells from the application layer • What are small cell APIs? • Which degree of standardization have they reached, and how can they help operators to build successful relationships with OTT players? • Bringing APIs to developers and involving the wider community - “Next TIM Open Innovation”: Italy’s initiative in developer outreach • A new biz scenario: Mobile apps in small cell covered businesses • How small cells turn mobile phones into a new enterprise device Camillo Carlini, Home Network & Handset Engineering, Telecom Italia  |
2:40 Small cell mutation: Addressing disparate operator requirements for 3G to LTE-Advanced radio access networks
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| 3:00 Do LTE and femtocells need one another? • What do current models around 3G tell us? • How important are femtocells to supporting operator LTE strategies? • What's the role of Wi-Fi? Peter Jarich, Research Director, Current Analysis 
3:20 Coffee Break |
3:50 Different applications for femtocell technology
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4:15 Optimizing, personalizing and monetizing services for femtocell users
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| 4:35 PANEL: Femtocells as an integral part of an integrated heterogeneous network • Latest advancements and good news in femtocell seamless technology • Ensuring handover and tying femtocells into a broader network infrastructure • The role of femtocells and small cells in next generation networks Moderator: Peter Jarich, Research Director, Current Analysis Nick Karter, Vice President of Business Development, Qualcomm Payam Maveddat, Chief Strategist & EVP - Product Management, Taqua George Noon, Leader, Innovation & Strategy - Alcatel-Lucent Tom Blackley, Product Architect, GCI Communications    
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