Key Issues

The Global Mobile WiMAX Congress
explores the service provider business case for WiMAX - in all of its
variations. We'll explore the opportunity for mobile operators, for
fixed and broadband service providers, and for entirely new entrants.
Across developed and emerging markets.

Key issues include:

Business models and markets

  • The impact of mobile WiMAX on the service provider competitive landscape worldwide
  • The investment climate: What are vcs investing in today?
  • Disrupting 3G models for mobile broadband: Advertising funded access for embedded devices
  • The business case for mobile WiMAX for GSM operators
  • The mobile WiMAX opportunity for fixed telcos, broadband and wISPs
  • The mobile WiMAX opportunity for fixed telcos, broadband and wISPs
  • The Triple and Quad play for mobile WiMAX operators
  • Femtocells - an opportunity for mobile WiMAX operators?
  • The case for mobile WiMAX in emerging markets
  • WiMAX market forecasting across key regional markets worldwide

Spectrum

  • Review of spectrum auctions around the world - historic and upcoming
  • How much should you bid? Deciphering the cost of WiMAX spectrum
  • The potential for mobile WiMAX services in cellular spectrum
  • Opportunities for Site-sharing, SDR, Band-sharing and spectrum trading

Devices

  • Device manufacturer's mobile WiMAX roadmaps
  • Dual mode GSM/WiMAX devices
  • The evolution of the mui (mobile user interface) - touchscreens, flip phones and useability
  • Next generation silicon for WiMAX - tackling the power issue
  • WiMAX and embedded devices - from the PC to other household devices
  • Specialization into media players, voice devices, UMPCs

Technology

  • Calculating the cost and performance benefits of WiMAX vs. 3G
  • Equipment certification roadmap
  • Reports from the field - trials around the world
  • Mobile WiMAX, 3G LTE and the road to 4G.
  • Performance and QoS for voice, video conferencing and streaming media
  • Advances in WiMAX Roaming
  • 802.16m: Gigabit WiMAX?

Applications and revenue streams

  • Personal Broadband services - getting value from consumer multimedia apps
  • Bundling, Pricing and packaging mobile broadband services
  • Consumer market trends and user behaviour
  • Mobile TV and WiMAX
  • New communications mediums that will emerge from bringing broadband to personal, mobile devices - and entirely new device types