Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Innovative Wireless Solutions the Driving Force
for Digital Communities
Diana Hage, Director, Wireless and RFID Services, IBM Corporation

Wednesday - October 11, 2006

WIMAX AND WIRELESS BROADBAND: STATE OF THE INDUSTRY
Berge Ayvazian, Conference Co-Chair, Chief Strategy Officer, Yankee Group

This presentation will examine the future dynamics of the personal and mobile broadband marketplace with a focus on strategies for growing the market opportunity for Mobile WiMAX globally.  It will also provide Yankee Group’s regional forecasts for infrastructure equipment and devices based on subscriber demand, operator trends, broadband/3G availability, and regulatory/spectrum issues.

WORLDWIDE WiMAX DEVELOPMENTS AND INTEL’S STRATEGY FOR DRIVING WiMAX FORWARD
Sean Maloney, Executive Vice President, Gen Mgr Sales and Marketing Group, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Intel

Wireless broadband is emerging as one of the most dynamic and important technologies worldwide. WIMAX is quickly becoming the de facto broadband wireless technology underpinning this revolution worldwide. In his opening keynote, Sean Maloney will walk through the current status of WiMAX worldwide, including deployments, trials, new products and new technologies. He will discuss WiMAX and “4G” business models and how developers, technologies, service providers can build real businesses around wireless broadband. At the same time, he will demonstrate new computing clients that will take the “bits and bytes” from off the wire(less) and allow new applications and uses. Finally, Sean will share new details and new demonstrations of Intel’s technology, product and platform roadmap for WiMAX and mobile devices.

11:00am

The State of Wireless Broadband and Its Future
Gregory Q. Brown, President, Networks & Enterprise Motorola, Inc.

2:30pm

- Lee Gopadze, Vice President - Wireless, Covad Communications Group
- Tom Tofigh, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Architecture AT&T Labs Research

- Mel Levine, Director of Product Management, BellSouth

- Jim Hueser, Business Unit Executive, Wireless Solutions Sales, IBM

With a focus on service provider strategies for Mobile WiMAX, this Executive Roundtable will feature representatives on several major US operators and network/system integrators. The discussion will focus on deployment strategies and business models for the introduction of Mobile WiMAX and personal broadband services in the US market  

CONFERENCE KEYNOTES & GENERAL SESSIONS
Thursday - October 12, 2006

 Mobile WiMAX: Mobile Internet Ready for Global Deployment
Ron Resnick, President and Chairman, WiMAX Forum

With the recent selection of Mobile WiMAX by Sprint as its next generation 4G technology platform, Mobile WiMAX is ready for global deployment beginning 2007.  This presentation will highlight Mobile WiMAX as the key enabler for “personal broadband” services, which will provide high speed wireless broadband and always-on IP connectivity in a mobile environment. The WiMAX Forum expects to begin certifiying Mobile WiMAX products in late 2006. Mr. Resnick will discuss the new challenges and lucrative opportunities facing the mobile Internet ecosystem to help service providers gain access to appropriate spectrum and global acceptance in both emerging and mature markets.

This session will cover the following topics:

• Separating Myths From Reality:

  • The laws of physics apply to everyone

• The Importance of Harmonized Use of Scarce Spectrum Resources

• No Point to Re-Invent the Wheel:

  • Duplication will fragment the market

• Convergence or Confrontation:

  • So what is it going to be then?

• How About Joining Forces?

  • The case for synergies towards NGMN