Conference Overview

The main themes reviewed and covered in this conference are some of the latest issues facing mobile broadband operators.

Key issues include:

  • Mobile WiMAX business models and positioning strategies in developed and developing markets
  • Latest operator experiences – case studies from recent 802.16e launches
  • Timeframes for technology certification, interoperability testing, device availability beyond CPE
  • 3G / mobile WiMAX / LTE coexistence and convergence
  • Valuation models for WiMAX spectrum and update on licensing and spectrum policy, neutrality and availability globally
  • Ecosystem development -- what has happened with Clearwire, Sprint, Intel partnership since the announcement in May 2008?
  • Potential uptake of WiMAX by winners of Europe 2.6GHz auctions in 2008-2010
  • What are the compelling services over mobile WiMAX – content, usability and application suite requirements for corporate users and consumers
  • Roaming within WiMAX networks and with other mobile platforms
  • New base station formats and access technologies - femtocells and remote radio heads – and their impact on indoor coverage and capacity
  • Technological leapfrogging via WiMAX: case studies from Africa and Asia
  • Progress on wave 2 certification; will there be a wave 3 and what it will look like; roadmap to 802.16m
  • Development of release 1.x for FDD mode
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