22nd May- Congress Day Two

9:00

Registration

Chair for day 2:

Ian Phillips, Senior Consultant Engineer, Network Implementation Group, Roke Manor Research

9:20

Update on the UK’s 2.6GHz auction

The case for technology neutrality in the 2.6 GHz band and what this means in practice
How the auction is structured to support technology neutrality - Ofcom’s approach compared to others in Europe
How will post-auction trading work in practice?
How will the auction affect operators, the market and consumer value?

Charles Jenne, Policy Director, Spectrum Policy Group, Ofcom

	Presentation
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9:40

Panel discussion - review of recent and upcoming spectrum auctions and regulatory changes in Europe and worldwide

Global overview of what’s on offer, what prices are being paid and by whom
To what extent does technology neutrality affect the price paid?
What is the progress on opening up 2.6GHz across Europe and beyond? What impact might the UK auctions have globally?
Progress on increasing access globally to below 1GHz spectrum
Update on the revision of the EU Regulatory Framework and its implications
Spectrum harmonization: regulatory-led, industry-led, or none?
Panelists include:

Isolde Goggin, Telecommunications and Regulatory Affairs Consultant

Phillipa Marks, Founder and Director, Plum Consulting

Graham MacDonald, Wireless Standards and Regulations Manager, Corporate Technology Group, Intel Corportaion

Charles Jenne, Policy Director, Spectrum Policy Group, Ofcom

MP3

10:20

Building the Mobile Broadband Ecosystem in the Era of Next Generation Mobile Networks, Devices, Services and Telecoms

Hossein Moiin, Group VP Technical Strategy, T-Mobile International

	Presentation
	MP3

10:40

Mobile Broadband Roadmap - Operator Perspectives

What is it for? How do rival technologies compare technically?
Other factors that will be important in market success
What role will HSPA play?

Trevor Gill, Head of Networks, Vodafone Group Research & Development UK


	MP3

11:00

Mobile Broadband Roadmap - Operator Perspectives

Prof. Ed Candy, Chief Technology Officer, '3' Group

11:20

Morning coffee

11:40

HSPA and LTE: Building the Global Broadband Ecosystem and Bridging the Digital Divide

John Holland, CTO, Ericsson Ireland

	Presentation
	MP3

12:10

The Mobile Broadband Roadmap- Qualcomm's Perspective

The mobile broadband roadmap is not just about air interface evolution
We will see an amazing array of devices, enabled by and supporting dynamic, personalized services and applications
The opportunities will be diverse, enabling new market entrants and business models
Wireless devices will continue to evolve from an alternative to the wired phone and PC into a true mobile lifestyle and information device

Dan Novak, Vice President Global Marketing, Qualcomm

	Presentation
	MP3

12:30

Panel Discussion: Building the Mobile Broadband Ecosystem – When and How?

Reality of economics of the mobile market in UK and Europe – what will stimulate operators’ appetite for investment in replacement technology?
- Why should they feel the need to upgrade their networks now?
- What is their attitude to technology and openness to standards?
How might the patchwork of UMTS and WiFi/WiMAX topographies coexist and cooperate to enhance the user experience?
Achieving the reality of a connected broadband application and user experience that copes with:
- disconnection
- narrowband connection
- mobile broadband connection
- wireless (fixed) broadband connection
- wired broadband connection
What are the operators asking of their technology partners?
What will be required to enable a seamless transition between standards – seamless roaming? single billing?
What are the devices required to build the new broadband ecosystem?
How will legacy voice be supported during the migration?
How and when will femtocells and SDR help deliver the promise of mobile broadband?

Chairman:

Dr Alan Carr, Management Group, PA Cambridge Technology Centre

Panellists include:

Hossein Moiin, Group VP Technical Strategy, T-Mobile International

Trevor Gill, Head of Networks, Vodafone Group Research & Development .UK

Matt Millar, Director, Mobile and Devices EMEA, Adobe Systems

Prof. Ed Candy, Chief Technology Officer, '3' Group

John Holland, CTO, Ericsson Ireland

MP3

13:10

Lunch

13:10- 14:30

Optional Lunchtime Briefing: Wireless IP Roaming; Trustive's 3rd Annual Wireless IP Roaming Conference. Click here to see programme

14:30

What role will WiFi play in enabling an always connected experience for mobile broadband subscribers?

How will its future pan out over next 5-10 years?
How and when will authentication be standardised and simplified?
Do WiFi aggregators have plans to evolve their services into WiMAX?
What are models for competition or interoperability with mobile WiMAX, UMTS and LTE from a business and technical perspective?
Will femtocells kill WiFi? If not how will they co-exist?

Panellists include:

Luis Serrano, Vice President, Network Strategy, Boingo Wireless

Andrew Till, Director of Strategy and Porfolio, Mobile Devices, Motorola

Adrian Dury, Head of Commercial Strategy and Business Development, The Cloud

Laurent Freléchoux, Product Marketing Director, Comfone AG

MP3

15:15

Mobile WiMAX – What Has Been Delivered to date?

Progress with data rates, seamless handover and roaming agreements
How do opex and capex compare with broadband over cellular networks?
How can mobile WiMAX achieve economies of scale other than in the emerging world?
3.5 v 2.5 v 2.3 – how do they impact coverage, capacity and mobility? Which will prevail?
What works indoors and what doesn’t? What are the hidden bottlenecks?
Achieving cost-effective backhaul

Marcin Marszalek, Business Development Director, WiMAX Telecom AG

	Presentation
	MP3

15:45

Afternoon tea

16:15

Radio access evolution through the HSDPA roadmap towards LTE

What are the possible operator deployment strategies and timelines for covering their geographies with HSDPA? Taking in-building coverage and suburban areas into account
Will HSDPA enable broadband mobile in hot spots to further leverage the diffusion of HSDPA in most laptops?
The HSDPA standard and its evolution performance and related service requirements for mobile applications

Valeria D'Amico, Radio Access Researcher, Telecom Italia