The Role of Femtocells in 4G Networks and Services
Stuart Carlaw, Vice President & Chief Research Officer - ABI Research

Two major challenges face the network provider of the future when contemplating rolling out 4G networks. The first is ensuring there is high quality coverage where it is required and the second is providing capacity. Femtocells provide a route to rolling out services where users need them most, in a very cost-effective way. Looking beyond this basic premise, there are huge opportunities for femtocells to be used by service providers to open doors to new revenue streams and partners.

 

The Market Outlook for LTE
Aditya Kaul, Director, Mobile Networks - ABI Research

As the new decade kicks in there are hopes for LTE to become the new global fourth-generation technology of choice. Although LTE is aimed at improving network performance and tackling the growing insatiable end-user demand for mobile data, operators have to be careful and avoid disrupting existing revenue-generating 2G/3G legacy networks. This session provides a “thirty thousand feet” view of LTE equipment vendors, device vendors, silicon vendors, operator trials, rollouts, standards, trade group activity and spectrum availability. The session also looks beyond the marketing hype of LTE and tackles the key questions of cost and complexity and whether LTE will indeed be the technology that defines this decade.

 

Sizing the 4G Infrastructure Market
Jake Saunders, Vice President of Forecasting

The market for LTE and WiMAX is largely divided into two camps, with only a small number of companies fully committed to both. How large will the market be for each technology? How large are the niche opportunities? This session will focus on current market trends to present a view of the future. It will provide a deep understanding of the current market metrics for mobile network solutions and will offer historical background for 2G and 3G technologies so that the 4G opportunities are in the proper context.

 

State of the WiMAX Market - A Commercially Active 4G Ecosystem
Philip Solis, Director, Wireless Connectivity - ABI Research

Like most new mobile wireless technologies, WiMAX has taken quite some time to become a commercial reality. While much attention has been focused on Sprint and Clearwire (their delays and their re-formation into the current Clearwire), WiMAX Forum certification delays, and a global recession, WiMAX service providers have also forged ahead with deployment, including the construction of larger scale networks. ABI Research will describe the shape of the ecosystem and the current state of the market in terms of network deployments, subscribers, and devices, before examining WiMAX's future direction.

 

Delivering the Mobile Internet Today, and Bridging the Digital Divide
Garth Collier, Managing Director of Asia Pacific/Japan, WiMAX - Intel Corporation

This presentation will review WiMAX's global success in 2009 and the outlook for increasing momentum in 2010. Mr. Collier will investigate case studies from mature and emerging markets to showcase how WiMAX is enabling new business models and pricing structures. The session will conclude with a review of device availability and in particular Intel's WiMAX embedded roadmap.

 

Taking Care of the Cash Cow Telephony Services When Moving to 4G
Andrew Williamson, Head of Core & IMS Strategic Marketing - Ericsson AB

What options exist for delivering voice and SMS services over packet-only 4G networks such as WiMAX and LTE? This presentation discusses the issues that must be overcome and the new opportunities 4G's low latency and high bandwidth provide for premium communications services.

 

WiMAX: The New Game in 2010
Kevin Jones, Global WiMAX Evangelist - Intel

2010 will be a pivotal year for WiMAX worldwide.
WiMAX established a lot of momentum in 2009 with numerous launches across Asia, Europe and the Americas. This presentation will provide a global WiMAX update with a focus on the key events in 2010 as WiMAX continues to experience rapid growth.
Also, this presentation will provide a summary on the activities Intel and its ecosystem partners will put in place to support this growth.

 

A Paradigm Shift in Future Mobile Network
Sharhram Niri, Director of Global LTE/SAE Strategy & Solution - NEC

LTE will enable true convergence of IT and telecommunications, ensuring revenue generation from new business models and new concepts such as the cloud, reducing TCO, creating bigger, smarter and cheaper networks. But there are questions around how LTE can be rolled out cost-effectively, without throwing investment in legacy networks away. As such, 2G, 3G and LTE are likely to co-exist for some years to come and the challenge facing operators will be how to manage these multiple networks.
This presentation will examine the trends in the telecom industry and will explain why the sector is in need of a reform both in business and operational aspects. It will also introduce alternatives for future mobile broadband networks.

 

Mobile Broadband with LTE
Sami Jokinen, Senior Technology Marketing Manager, LTE - Nokia Devices R&D

This presentation will focus on three topics. First, it will consider the strategic role of LTE among various alternatives, examining the claims of HSPA+ being sufficient for years to come and the role of voice in LTE. Secondly, it will stress of importance of a viable ecosystem, highlighting the fact that technological performance is not the only thing that matters. Finally, it will present the device manufacturer's view on the outlook for the LTE market, assessing the drivers and obstacles on the way to wide consumer acceptance, and the roles of different device categories in LTE.

 

LTE -- The Whole World United Under One Technology
Jai Rajaraman, Senior Director, Asia-Pacific - GSMA

With the major operators and vendors around the world committing to LTE, this presentation will look at the migration paths for operators and the more important factor of ensuring all services can be supported by a single platform. It will discuss the challenges that LTE has faced in supporting voice on an IP network, and the progress the industry has made in resolving those challenges to keep the ecosystem as large and vibrant as it is for GSM, 3G and HSPA.

 

ATCA 4.0 for a 4G World: Deployment Strategies
Anthony Ambrose, General Manager and Vice President - RadiSys

This presentation will examine the ways in which the next generation of AdvancedTCA platforms, ATCA 4.0, will enable applications that meet telecom customers' demands. ATCA 4.0, supporting the evolution from 10G to 40G platforms, allows next-generation networks to scale smoothly to higher performance as bandwidth demands continue to grow. Mr. Ambrose will detail deployment strategies for ATCA 4.0 for 4G networks and video applications.

 

WiMAX and Content
Anne Leonardo, All Youth Channels, Inc., MTV Philippines, U92 Radio

This presentation is about the licensing challenge that goes with monetizing branded mobile content. What do customers want, and how much will they pay? How do licensing costs impact the profitability of 3G and 4G streaming content services? The session will explore potential solutions to the licensing conundrum and will evaluate the impact of mobile Internet on future revenues from branded content.

 

LTE on the Fast Track
Lu XiaoFeng, Director of Mobile Network Sales Support - Huawei Technologies

During this session, we will share Huawei's view for the operators' requirement about MBB (More bandwidth, More revenue and low TCO). We will also discuss how the technologies availability now and the future development to fulfill these requirements. LTE industry progress will also be discussed.

 

4G Mobile Backhauling - A Critical Success Factor of Service Deployment
Yaki Sfadya, AVP New Market Opportunities - ECI Telecom Ltd.

While much attention has been given to 4G wireless access networks, little focus has been directed to the reset of the network and specifically to the aggregation, transport and backhauling of such 4G networks. The dramatic increase in capacity per cell, the fundamental shift from TDM to packet technology, and the topology change put additional strains on the backhaul network. The quality-sensitive services that operators have planned to deliver over 4G technology require mobile backhaul that is: packet-based, multiple technology, scalable and future proof, as well as cost-effective. Understanding the impact of 4G on mobile backhaul transport is critical for successful 4G network and services deployment.

 

How Cellular Phone Technology Patent Portfolios Benefit the Industry
Sean Corey, IP Counsel - Sisvel US

To address the complexity, infringement and litigation issues surrounding IP and patent licensing, cell phone manufacturers are embracing joint patent portfolios to reduce IP risk and encourage the use of patented technologies. Put simply, these patent pools make it easier for 4G mobile phone manufacturers to obtain licenses for essential patents by creating a streamlined method for patent owners to license patents, on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms.

With the support of leading technology firms, patent pools offer an approach to IP that promotes broad-based adoption of new and innovative technologies. Attendees of this session will learn how a consortium benefits patent holders, licensees and end users, with examples of successful patent licensing portfolios.

 

4G Networks
Lingyang Song, Professor - Peking University, Beijing, China

Wireless network coding (WNC) has attracted considerable interest from both academia and industrial researchers recently. WNC improves the system throughput and coverage, and in particular, technical documents on WNC have appeared in LTE 3GPP meetings. In this talk, we will first introduce the concepts of WNC, then present a few popular protocols, and finally discuss its possible applications in IMT-A.

 

Winning Ingredients of 4G Semiconductor Solutions
Lars Johnsson, Vice President Marketing & Business Development - Beceem Communications

This presentation explores the success requirements for 4G semiconductors and how "LTE Rel 8 Standards compliance" is just one aspect of what is required to enable competitive 4G devices. The importance of the radio-frontend, multi-mode support, Wi-Fi/BT coexistence, session continuity and their impact on good chip design will be explored.

 

Strategic approaches towards your 4th Generation Networks - Coverage, Homogeneous User Experience and a Profitable Business Model
Remus Tan, Market Development Manager, Mobile Networks - Tellabs Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd

As mobile operators begin to evaluate or invest in initial 4th generation mobile communication networks equipment, many questions are asked about whether to invest in WiMAX or LTE. With each technology having its own merits, strategic approaches in moving towards 4th Generation mobile networks should be focused on improving end-user experience while maintaining a profitable business model.

In this session, Remus Tan will discuss, through a common mobile networks packet core as foundation, how we could leverage both WiMAX and LTE to improve network coverage; enable service operators to provide seamless data access for end-users between disparate wireless access mediums; and fundamentals in creating a new mobile network business model with either content- or application-based tariffs. Lastly, he will explore mechanisms to control escalating RAN backhaul network costs.

 

From HSPA+ to LTE: an Operator Perspective
Christian Daigneault, Chief Technology Officer - CSL Limited

This presentation will focus on building the first all-IP HSPA+ network as a first step towards LTE. It will discuss the process of revamping 3G networks to make them LTE-ready. Mr. Daigneault will also touch on the challenges that operators are facing, notably the fact that broadband traffic is increasing faster than revenue. He will consider the potential of HSPA and LTE products and technologies to lower the cost of a network as traffic grows, and will report on the results of the LTE commercial trial in Hong Kong: how ready is the technology?

 

The Importance of Dual FDD/TDD Compatibility
Raj Singh, CEO and President - Wavesat, Inc.

There are enormous opportunities to provide LTE UE devices in markets where operators provide services primarily in either FDD or TDD-based wireless spectrum. There are additional opportunities in markets where operators have both types of spectrum available, and intend to take full advantage of these assets. This will require an LTE UE that can roam between the FDD network and the TDD network. OEMs and ODMs are highly motivated to fully leverage their investment in a baseband chipset supplier's technology to capture as much of this UE business as possible, at the lowest cost possible. Because Wavesat provides a single LTE baseband chipset supporting both FDD and TDD, OEMs/ODMs will realize their goal by developing and testing fewer UE device designs, managing less inventory, and requiring less support overhead.

 

Developing 4G Networks From The Inside Out
Mario Bouchard, President & CEO - iBwave Solutions

This presentation discusses the opportunity for coupling new revenues with network investment. It will focus on these topics:

• In-building market drivers and mobile users reality
• Offloading data to Femto and Wi-Fi: who really benefits?
• Planning an optimal indoor 4G network that will smoothly integrate with the outdoor network

 

Network Evolution
Alan Solheim, Vice-President of Business Development & Strategic Marketing - DragonWave Inc.

Mobile networks have been undergoing a revolution on many fronts - moving from circuits to packets, moving from voice to data and video; and the bandwidth demand per subscriber has grown by a factor of 1000. This presentation will discuss how these trends have impacted backhaul technology and architectures and will discuss the challenges that need to be addressed in the future.

 

Meeting the Mobile Broadband Challenge
Mark Rice, General Manager, Americas - Altair Semiconductor

This presentation will cover the challenges that the mobile broadband market faces on the road to success. It will focus on two potentially conflicting areas - Time to Market (TTM) and why semiconductor solutions must meet broadband requirements now as well as into the future.

The session will also seek to gain a better understanding of the issues today and what the mobile broadband market requires from chip manufacturers to meet those challenges.

 

DUEL - A Better LTE Uplink Receiver Design
Tim Fowler, Commercial Director - Cambridge Consultants

Much is talked about headline downlink data rates, but much of the user experience of broadband services relies upon a good uplink. LTE uses an all-new uplink transmission scheme which introduces some new challenges to designing the uplink to get good performance. DUEL is a new base station receiver design that can enhance the uplink performance for LTE, such that users will notice the difference, offering either longer battery life for users or higher performance at lower network costs.

 

Driving 4G Leadership
Kelvin Lee, Senior General Manager - Green Packet Berhad

Today, consumers are in the driver's seat of mobile internet technology and operators will have to find the right solution to fulfill their demands. Kelvin Lee examines this conundrum and identifies the technology that operators can bank on as well as strategies to roll out their services. Lee will also share a backgrounder on Greenpacket.

 

New Thinking in Core Network
Jimmy WingChung Chow, Marketing Expert, Market Department of Core Network Product Line - Huawei Technologies

The rapid growth in mobile broadband and Internet services brings new challenges for mobile networks. Operators need to have a new vision of core network evolution to meet those challenges and to build a unified core network for data, voice and media. This presentation will explain Huawei’s view of the core network and its solutions (One Core, CDN, Cloud Computing) aimed at helping operators facing those challenges.

 

Giving More than a Voice to LTE with IMS
Manuel Vexler, Chief Marketing Officer IMS/NGN - Huawei Technologies

From the inception, LTE standards were designed for multimedia. When used with IMS network architecture, LTE shares many common building blocks to deliver the best quality of experience. Together IMS and LTE offer tight management of network resources and advanced nomadic voice and data services such as high fidelity voice, IPTv and presence.