Conference Overview
The main themes reviewed and covered in this conference are some of the latest issues facing mobile broadband operators.
Fixed and mobile collide. Spectrum opens up. What do the CEOs say?
Wireless and mobile have always been risky markets, but there’s never been this much uncertainty. Will triple and quad play bundling work, or is it better to specialise? Are fixed or mobile players better positioned in fixed-mobile convergence? What spectrum will be available, how will it be used and which business models will win?
The CEOs who have committed to an integrated wireless + VoIP + mobile + broadband strategy
For these leaders, it no longer makes sense to treat voice and broadband as separate businesses, or fixed and mobile as separate networks. Picocells give mobile voice the power to attack wireless VoIP. Mobile WiMAX and Wi-Fi hotzones give WISPs the power to attack 3G data services. How will they position their voice and data services?
The spectrum regulators and their expert advisers
Spectrum is a huge uncertainty. How will 2.5GHz liberalisation affect cellular and wireless business models? What timescales? What are the prospects for 4G spectrum? Our regulatory panel has some – not all! – of the answers
The new kings of WiMAX
Mobile operators, telcos and WISPs are not the only players positioning themselves for mobile broadband. The new wave of WiMAX operators have been working with fixed and proprietary systems, ready to hit the ground running when 802.16e is ratified. Will the new kings of WiMAX overcome the incumbent wireless and mobile players?
…And the mobile broadband device visionaries
Press coverage of mobile broadband focuses on the networks, 3G vs WiMAX and Wi-Fi. But if we’ve learned anything from the huge success of GSM in voice and Wi-Fi in the data world, it’s that pervasive, well-designed, low-cost devices drive the market. Are we heading for converged devices, or will data and voice continue to diverge and specialise? What will mobile broadband devices cost, when will they arrive and how much subsidy will be required? What have we learned from the early days of FMC and mobile video?
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