Agenda Day 2

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  • 08:00

    • Analyst Breakfast Briefing Session

  • A

    • What are the Major Strategic Issues Facing Operators in the Coming Decade as they Prepare to Commercialise LTE?

  • Thomas Wehmeier, Principle Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media, UK
  • B

    • What are the Costs and Revenues from LTE?

  • Sylvian Fabre, Research Director, Gartner, UK
  • C

    • What are the Costs and Revenues from LTE?

  • Keith Mallinson, Founder, WiseHarbor, UK
  • D

    • Forget LTE Trial Results and Simulation Studies – Here is the Real Thing!

  • Mike Thelander, CEO, Signals Research Group, USA
  • E

    • Is Backhaul on Demand the solution to the backhaul crunch?

  • Philip Bates, Senior Manager, Analysys Mason, UK
  • F

    • Becoming a Full-Fledged Wireless ISP with LTE

  • Patrick Steemers, Principal TME, CapGemini, Netherlands
  • G

    • Using LTE to boost ARPU

  • Zhahid Ghadialy, Managing Director, ExplanoTech & 3G 4G Wireless Blog, UK
  • H

    • What’s Wrong with LTE?

  • Stéphane Téral, Directing Analyst, Infonetics Research, UK
  • I

    • What Will the LTE Core Network Look Like?

  • Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Rethink Research, UK
  • J

    • Challenges with Voice Over LTE

  • Dean Bubley, Managing Director, Disruptive Analysis, UK
  • K

    • 2010 - Last Chance for an LTE Patent Pool?

  • Graham Bell, Principal Consultant, PA Consulting Group, UK
  • L

    • Greening the Industry: Can LTE Deliver?

  • Walter Tuttelbee, Executive Director, Mobile VCE, UK
  • M

    • Smart Grids - Synergies and Opportunities for LTE

  • Ajit Jaokar, Managing Director, FutureText, UK
  • N

    • LTE in Consumer Devices: a Future Marketplace Reality or a Technologist’s Pipedream?

  • Howard Wilcox, Senior Analyst, Juniper Research, UK
  • TOPIC

    • LTE World Summit Keynote Plenary Session

  • 08:55

    • Chairman’s Opening Remarks

  • Keith Mallinson, Founder, WiseHarbor, UK
  • 09:00

    • What are the Challenges Facing Mobile Operators as they Move Towards the Commercialisation of LTE?

  • Thomas Wehmeier, , Principle Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media, UK

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    • Developing an “always most profitably connected” model
    • Steps to mass-market LTE
    • Questioning the operator’s role in the future value chain
  • 09:20

    • Always Broadband Connected: The Integration of Cable and Mobile Broadband Services

  • Stephen Bye, VP of Wireless, Cox Communications, USA

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    • Cox Communications is a leading cable operator in the USA. Cox successfully completed a trial in both the AWS and 700MHz spectrum band this year. The trial included high definition video streaming, leading analysts to speculate that as a cable operator, Cox could differentiate their wireless offerings from traditional operators
  • 09:40

    • The Value of 4G in the Broadband Explosion Scenario

  • Mathew Oommen, VP Device & Technology Development, Sprint, USA

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    • Why is 4G important as a price pressure point?
    • Growth with pain or growth with profitability?
    • Examining the various 4G ecosystems and how they will play out?
  • 10:05

    • Standards and IPR in Telecommunications

  • Roberto Dini,, Founder, Sisvel, Italy

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    • The importance of IPR in the telecommunications industry - Lessons learned fromthe past
    • Enabling competition by fostering the creation of a fair and reasonable market price
    • Patent pool and standard – how do they work together
  • 10:25

    • Redefining the Wireless Quality of Experience with LTE

  • Ken Wirth,, President, 4G/LTE Networks, Alcatel-Lucent

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  • 10:50

    • Morning Refreshments & Exhibition Visit

  • TOPIC

    • Providing New & Legacy Services With SAE

  • 11:50

    • How Can Operators Offer Legacy-IN Services Within LTE/SAE?

  • Dietmar Kohnenmergen, Master Expert, System Architecture Network, E-Plus Mobilfunk,Germany

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    • Why is there a need to offer legacy services such as pre-paid and VPN over the LTE network?
    • What are the options from system architecture point of view?
    • What are the challenges and potential problems with each option from operator point of view?
    • 3GPP standard solution in R8 and R9
  • 12:15

    • Utilising the New EPC to Deliver a Converged Service Offering for Fixed and Mobile Networks

  • Vince Spinelli, VP Mobile Service Provider Segment, Juniper Networks, Belgium

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    • How will mobile operators with a fixed and mobile network deploy SAE?
    • Creating a better value quadplay service offering with an integrated core network
    • Business models for fully monetise bundled services including offering such as IPTV
    • 3GPP standard solution in R8 and R9
  • 12:40

    • Handling Voice over LTE, What Are the Various Options

  • Koshimizu Takashi, Director of Core Network Development Department, NTT DoCoMo, Japan

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    • How will the EPC handle voice services?
    • Understanding the increased complexity of VoLGA
    • Should operators be concerned with providing a voice service for initial LTE rollouts?
  • 13:05

    • Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit

  • 14:15

    • Are the Findings of All IP Transformation in the Fixed Domain Applicable to the Transformation in the Mobile Domain?

  • Manfred Schmitz, Head of Mobile Architecture and Services, Detecon International, Germany

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    • The role of QoE (Quality of Experience) in defining the framework
    • Enabling an end to end view from the service down to the network as key to success
    • Enabling the network consolidation by providing one network for different type of services
    • Interoperabilty / communication with the legacy part of the world
    • Examples for converged multi play services
  • TOPIC

    • Interoperability & Interconnection

  • 14:40

    • Managing Femtocells and Untrusted Networks in the Packet Core

  • Jonathan Morgan, Member of the LTE Special Interest Group, FemtoForum, USA

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    • Architecture challenges for the core network to accommodate Femtocells
    • Managing end to end QoS for femtocells how is it different?
    • How can operators manage untrusted networks – examining the role of EPDG’s
  • 15:05

    • Opportunities for IPX Internetworking in the Transition to All-IP

  • Sybren van Bentum, Director Portfolio Management, Mobile Services,iBasis/KPN Global Carrier Services, The Netherlands

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    • How does IP interconnection work today, and how can it work much more efficiently in future?
    • Enabling service providers to exchange IP-based traffic securely and with a guaranteed quality of service
    • Reviewing GSMA’s IP exchange recommendations
  • TOPIC

    • SAE Deployment Roadmaps – Planning a Cost Efficient Migration

  • 15:40

    • Deploying a Next Generation Core Network for 3G – What Are the Challenges With the Current 3G Architecture?

  • Thomas Magedanz, Head of NGN Division, Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, Germany

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    • Enabling high-speed multimedia services such as video and Internet on its 3G/UMTS networks
    • What elements required for 4G can be included in todays core network?
    • Having a single platform for 2G, 3G and LTE and supporting multiple functions in a single node
    • Eliminating the need for forklift upgrades
  • 16:05

    • Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit

  • 16:50

    • Audience Think Tank: Flexible Deployment Models for the EPC - Centralized vs. Distributed Network Architecture for MME, SGW and PGW Deployment

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    • The centralized model, in which PDN GWs, SGWs, and possibly other elements such as the MMEs are located in a few central sites
    • The distributed model, in which PDN GWs, SGWs, are located in a relatively large number of sites
    • The regionalized model, where PDN GWs, SGWs, and so on located in a limited number of regional sites
  • 17:15

    • IPv6 Transition Considerations for LTE and Evolved Packet Core/h2>
  • Latif Lalid, President, IPv6 Forum, Luxemburg

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    • Examining IPv6 specifications
    • What progress is being made to implement IPv6 and what is the impact on NGMNs?
    • Is IPv6 an candidate to EPC?
  • 17:40

    • End of Conference