WiMAX 2005 – B2B conferences visiongain

The WiMAX 2005 conference will take place on May 11th & 12th at the Marriott Kensington Hotel, London. It will cover the significance and potential impact of WiMAX as well as the obstacles. The technical, industry and regulatory challenges will be discussed before the technology can become a true broadband contender. WiMAX is one of the most hyped technologies in history, but until both products and models emerge, it is unclear how justified the hype is. Therefore the competing and alternative technologies will also be presented at the event, such as Flarion’s FLASH-OFDM® mobile broadband system; IP Wireless’ UMTS TDD technology and Texas Instrument’s discussion on whether wired broadband is complementary to WiMAX.

Over the two days you will be able to engage in the debate on how to integrate WiMAX and alternative broadband services into your company’s strategy, by adopting innovative marketing solutions and revenue enhancing models. You will have the chance to hear how BT and aLÓ are utilising WiMAX to extend their broadband offerings in the UK and Spain respectively. Swisscom will discuss a mobile operator’s view on WiMAX and how it will affect their investments in 3G and Public W-LAN. Find out how Intel is involved with mobile data and a longer-term co-existence with 3G. Other key speakers will present case studies on their latest WiMAX developments, including Nortel Networks; Fujitsu Microelectronics America; Alvarion; Navini Networks and Cisco Systems.

Companies and organisations participating in the conference program include:

Aditya Agrawal, VP & Chair, Certification Working Group, WiMAX Forum
Yann Jaffré, Strategy & Business Development, Swisscom
Dr. Frank Perthel, Director Product Management, Siemens Communications
Guy Bouguet, Market Development Manager, EMEA, Broadband Wireless Development, Intel
Chet Patel, General Manager of Internet Access Products, BT Wireless Broadband
Alejandro Rivas Micoud, CEO, aLÓ Spain
Scott Wickware, VP, UMTS Product Solutions, Nortel Networks
Reza Golshan, Director of System ASIC Development, Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.
William Webb, Head of R&D, Ofcom
Sai Subramanian, VP Marketing, Navini Networks
Mark Sicner, Business Development Manager- WiMAX, Cisco Systems
Brian Bortz, Director of Market Development, Alvarion
Tom Flanagan, Director of Broadband Strategy, Texas Instruments

Complementing this conference, is a Pre-conference Interactive Workshop (Tuesday 10th May 2005) entitled WiMAX AND MBWA AN OVERVIEW: CHALLENGES AND BUSINESS MODELS FOR FIXED AND MOBLE OPERATORS which will be led by:

Karim Taga, Managing Director, Austrian Head of Telecommunications, IT, Media & Electronics Practice, Arthur D. Little.

This workshop will provide an in-depth look into the potential impact of WiMAX on the mobile and when the best time will be to invest in the mobile broadband wireless market. Its interactive format will provide the opportunity for all participants to discuss how to offer customers the most effective business models and how to overcome the existing challenges.

For more information about this event, please visit www.b2b-conferences.com

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Senh Ip
Corporate communications
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8767 6711
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Email: Senh.ip@visiongain.com

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