Mobile WiMAX Technology Update

Moderator
	Philip Marshall Vice President Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group
Panelists
	Bernard Aboussouan Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Sequans Communications		Milan Zoric Senior Technical Expert, ETSI
	Karim El Naggar Vice President, WiMAX Product Group, Alcatel-Lucent

Adequate technology development and standardization is critical for mobile WiMAX to gain market foothold in 2008 and 2009. In this session key industry experts will provide updates regarding the status of mobile WIMAX technology, including its performance in practical operating environments, emerging performance enhancements, standardization and certification, and implementation scenarios.

Evolution from Fixed/Nomadic to Mobile WiMAX Networks

Moderator
	Philip Marshall Vice President Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group
Panelists
	Claudio Adriani CTO, WiTech Srl		Rino Buccio CTO, Retelit Group
	Burcak Beser CTO, Telsima		Mike Stacey CTO, Irish Broadband

Broadband wireless service providers worldwide are grappling with migration strategies from fixed and nomadic broadband wireless to 802.16e mobile WIMAX technology. This session will investigate the key technical and commercial challenges, and identify best practices for this evolution in a variety of market environments. The CTO of Irish Broadband will present a case study on the practical implications of Irish Broadband’s move to mobile WiMAX. The CTO of Telsima will present one approach to fixed to mobile WiMAX network migration and the CTO of WiTech will leverage the NOVUS approach to effectively plan and implement this type of WiMAX network migration initiative. Finally, the CTO of the Retelit Group will describe his company's plans for deploying WiMAX in North and North-Central Italy using the 3.5 GHz spectrum acquired for 23 million euro in the recent auction.

WiMAX, Femto Cells and Mobile Broadband

Doug Pulley CTO, picoChip

The need to economically deliver broadband services have resulted in interest in a variety of network technologies including femtocells. The underlying value proposition for femtocells to deliver low cost broadband connectivity will be investigated in this session. Particular emphasis towards the development of low cost femto-cell technology, and the enablement of compelling business models for broadband wireless services.

Underlying WiMAX Technology Ecosystem

Moderator
	Philip Marshall Vice President Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group
Panelists
	Oded Melamed CEO, Altair Semiconductor		Tracy R. Trent Chief Executive Officer, Chairman & Co-Founder. Proximetry, Inc.
	Dave Gelvin President, Tranzeo Wireless Technologies USA

WiMAX is more than just an air interface technology. This session will focus on the complex ecosystems that are required for rich service delivery and user experience. It will compare and contrast the ecosystem requirements for the different markets in which WIMAX is being implemented, and challenges in delivering end-to-end solutions.

Integrated WiMAX and WiFi Mesh Networks

Sai Subramanian Director, Marketing for Broadband Wireless Business, Cisco

What is the role for integrating WiFi and WiFi Mesh in WiMAX implementations? This session will investigate implementation strategies for efficiently integrating WiMAX, WiFi and WiFi mesh. The presentation will assess the commercial and technical strengths and weaknesses for integrated WiFi/WiMAX solutions in a variety of market settings.