Agenda day 2

8.00 Registration


		Ecosystem development and technology roadmaps

9:00		Keynote – update on the Clearwire, Sprint, Intel partnership since the announcement in May 2008
		How will Sprint promote the value of their own standalone cellular network vis a vis the new Clearwire? Is the value proposition data? If it offers VoIP what about cable companies already offering it? What impact has this has on the mobile WiMAX proposition elsewhere?

9:30 to 11:00		3G / mobile WiMAX / LTE coexistence and convergence – operator and supplier perspectives on:
		A series of keynote presentations which will cover: How mobile WiMAX will impact current 3G networks and the shift to open IP networks, IP-HSPA / HSPA+ & LTE The extent to which IPR will be a cost differentiator between the two When will real competition emerge between LTE and WiMAX – another 3years?

11:00		Roaming with mobile WiMAX
		Panel discussion: driving progress to enable roaming within WiMAX networks and with other mobile platforms

		Applications and services

12:00		Short presentations and panel discussion: What are the compelling services over mobile WiMAX? Content, usability and application suite requirements for corporate users and consumers
		What new services will evolve to drive demand for mobile WiMAX – what services is it uniquely suited to provide? Walled garden versus open mobile approaches to content delivery mobile broadcast TV over WiMAX (MXtv) - will it live up to its promise of completely transforming the economics of WiMAX for operators worldwide? How many channels and how interactive?

13:00		Lunch

		Stream A

		In building coverage and RF planning
		New base station formats and access technologies - femtocells and remote radio heads – and their impact on indoor coverage and capacity

14:00- 15:30		A series of case studies examining cost effective solutions for in improving building coverage and penetration:
		equipment challenges installation challenges operational costs negotiation with estate owners

15:30		Break

		Access networks and backhaul
16:00- 17:30		A series of case studies which will address what new solutions are evolving to address the growing bandwidth demand for mobile backhaul – particularly to cope with compression technologies and video

17:30		Panel discussion

18:00		Close of Congress

		Stream B

		Operator trials and roll-out strategies
		Latest operator experiences of recent 802.16e trials and launches. From plans to implementation – what were the lessons learned and how did design performance match up to delivery?

14:00- 17:00		*A series of case studies which will cover:*
		financing strategies cost structures – capex / opex - cost per MHz pop subscriber numbers to make the business casemarket entry strategy / value proposition / tariff structures CPE and device strategies – for developing and developed regions take-up rates / customer reactions churn management competitor responses operational requirements – human resources, organisational structure, back office working with manufacturers to resolve problems in deployment

17:30		Panel discussion

18:00		Close of Congress